The History of Galaga - Arcade Console documentary

[@ironmaiden5658]

This game is one of the main reasons why I built my own arcade machine 22 years ago. Still got it and play it to this day. Jackal and XX Mission are another two big reasons.

[@visionop8]

That is pretty damn cool

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool

[@stpworld]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Theres someone on you tube who has recorded footage of an arcade in florida in the 80s to its authentic.

[@Al-Gore-ithm]

This game inspired me to invent the internet.

[@jakobforney8891]

This is why I'm going to build mine too! Love this game

[@Ribby00]

THAT MAN IS PLAYING GALAGA! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did.

[@DarwinsChihuahua]

I understood that reference.

[@reagandow850]

MY MAN!!!! My day just got so much better. You have no Idea how happy you made me, and numerous other people, when you release a new video. LONG LIVE PATMAN QC!!! 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Make Cheers to PatmanQC Cheers for Him and Galaga!!!!🥂🍷🍸🍹🍾

[@TomTokyoYugi]

The Document History of Galaga was Pretty Amazing and Incredible Fun and I Enjoy...

[@MrZedblade]

I can't believe Galaga hasn't been done before now. But sometimes good things take time, and this episode was well worth the wait!

[@TheAnkMan]

He might have saved the best for last. Well there's hopefully more to come. But this Galaga video sure was one of his best docus.

[@TomTokyoYugi]

Well at Least I Love and Enjoy History and History of Video Games and Documents included History and Facts About the Game and Concert Art and Thank Goodness I Watched Already About the History of Galaga it was Awesome and it was Amazing and Fun!!

[@szym3k546]

One of the games of my youth. Such a great time in the Arcade Pit in my town.

[@pinwizz69]

I can remember taking Galaga games out of the shipping boxes then prepping them for delivery on Grand Traverse Vending company's route in Traverse City Michigan. The company was buying 2 ea 40 foot box truck loads a month in games including Ms. Pac Man, Centipede and others. Our most common service call was so many coins in cash boxes they'd back up into the coin mechs so we simply took them out and let the quarters fall into the bottom then use a small shop vac to suck them out to count them. This January 2nd I'll have 40 years as an Arcade and pinball games, jukeboxes , pool tables repair tech including doing circuit board repairs including restoration and converting old games into 60 in 1 Mulicade games. I install led lighted game buttons including flipper abd shake buttons on the side of the cabinet and other upgrade. A led lighted mini track ball as well on the left side of the joystick.

[@Nay089]

Just bought Galaga/Ms. Pacman Class of ‘81 machine from Arcade1up. Galaga is so much fun, I never get tired of it

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It is one of my favorite shooters

[@goofyfoot390]

The iconic shooter of all time. Galaga and Gorf have been my favorites shmups to this day. Thanks again Pat❤️

[@thefourhorsemen91]

No one else even remembers Gorf! That was amazing!

[@jimvac77]

BAD MOVE SPACE CADET

[@thefourhorsemen91]

@@jimvac77 HA! Just to hear those words again.....

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, this is probably my favorite space shooter

[@TomTokyoYugi]

I Never Play Gorf But Only Galaga Only and that it's?

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

Thank you. One of my favorites. Used to play Galaga until my hand cramped up

[@matthewlane518]

Lol, yep! Me too I remember having such bad cramps in my right hand I could barely do any school work without pain, but I kept playing anyway!

[@TheAnkMan]

@@matthewlane518 Same here, right hand cramp after Galaga. But the also Vanguard showed up in the arcade the same year with the controller on the left. Playing both you probably couldn't use either hand for a while. And so sure skip the peep show. 😇

[@matthewlane518]

@@TheAnkMan lol I remember vanguard as well

[@TheAnkMan]

@@matthewlane518 May be PatmanQC could also make a documentation about Vanguard. I remember around 1982 that it was my favorite game. Then a pal said he has it on the Atari 2600 and i couldn't wait to see it. What a disappointment. To be fair the conversion is okay, but I rarely saw any A2600 games or knew about its limited hardware.

[@Machtimus]

The rumor was that my mom was about to give birth to me when my dad was having the Galaga game of his life. My mom gave birth on the arcade console right then and there and said fuck your game. That or i was born in a hospital in Brooklyn.....but the first one sounded more badass

[@j.vonhogen9650]

It sounds like you may have daddy issues. ;-)

[@jimvac77]

Cocktail version of the game, I'm guessing. 😉

[@Machtimus]

@@jimvac77 I wouldn't know...my dad has never been a gamer. LMAO

[@jimvac77]

@@Machtimus well, nobody's perfect!

[@Machtimus]

@@jimvac77 thankfully I learned and am wiser than him for I have been a gamer since the atari 2600 and haven't looked back

[@cromagnatron7155]

As a kid, clearing the bonus rounds was quite a workout slamming that fire button. Thanks for the video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I can feel your pain :-) thanks so much

[@Seth-twu]

One of my favorite games of all time! Great video Patman! Thank you!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Mind as well, thanks

[@mattelder1971]

This is one of my favorite games of all time. A local bowling ally/arcade has it, and when I took my sons there a couple of years ago, I totally schooled them on it. LOL Who else plays the arcade version with their hands crossed? I always played it better with my right hand on the control stick and my left firing.

[@granitepenguin]

being a lefty, I play crossed a lot. I brute-force the stick with my right hand like I'm Captain Hook. I rewired the tabletop version I got for Christmas last year so the fire button is on the left. 🙂

[@dyl_pickle16-mta48]

When it comes to arcade games, my dad is a pro at Galaga. Him and I have played it many times over the years on NAMCO Museum for the PlayStation.

[@julesgamergourmand]

Interesting video. We often talk about pretty games but rarely about older games because they are less beautiful, less attractive but yet they are part of the history of video games and are therefore important, we must not forget them.

[@Rybagz]

The game didn't go on forever - it has the Stage 256 rollover bug where it'll say Stage 0 then crash. The easist way to get there is to use the no-fire bug where you leave one enemy on certain stages until it stops firing. The bullet sprites get stuck in the border and you can easily "finish" the game. I did this with a friend around 1983 - took probably over an hour to get to the end then we asked for our money back when the machine crashed.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks for the info

[@moritzalshuth7239]

Spare the top-left bee in stage 1 for one minute or so after you have killed off all the others. Then enemies stop firing at you, essentially like a continuous challenging stage.

[@Superdummy803]

Yup. Galaga was one of my favorite games back in the day. I would regularly play it until level 256. But when I did the game didn't crash. It would just say Stage 0 like you said and stay there with no more bees coming out until someone rebooted the game. Unless that is what you meant by the game crashing. I also knew the trick to make the swarm not fire at you, if memory serves, if you left the 2 left yellow bees they would stop shooting sooner than if you left just 1. I stopped doing that soon after I learned it. It made the game too easy. After a while I stopped playing the game until stage 256 too. What I would do is play until I scored 999,999 points. The game score flipped to zero at 1 million. I would intentionally kill my ships so that I got as close to 999,999 without going over and just walk away from the game at that point. To this day I could rule that game if I every decided I wanted to play it again. Fun times.

[@markusdaxamouli5196]

It's the last two blues on the two rows on far left on first screen. Don't shoot them. Avoid being hit untill they run out of bullets..they will try to shoot from off screen and suicide bomb from side of screen so don't hide in corner...after they run dry..kill them and no more bullets from any enemy for rest of your lives.

[@markusdaxamouli5196]

@@moritzalshuth7239 two rows of blue bees..shoot all but those two on each row far left.

[@richb.4374]

Many years ago I worked security at Midway Bally manufacturing, the company that built the stand up arcade versions of Galaga. On the night shift I would fire up a brand new game and play Galaga in between doing my rounds. I had a blast! When you play these in a store or arcade locations it cost your spare change, but when you got to play as much as you wanted for free, it made it even more fun. The keys for the coin box door were in them so you just opened the machine and clicked up a bunch of credits with the microswitch that the quarters would hit when someone would play the game. I even got to see them being built on the assembly line. It was interesting watching the quality control people test and adjust the machine to make sure it was playing and working right. At full boogie, the Bally workers could build up to 60 games per hour! I got to play every Bally arcade game they made including all of the pinball games. Great memories and it made those boring night shifts pass by a lot quicker.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

In my high school algebra class, I would make pixel art w/graph paper & color pencils. Megaman & galaga were my faves. Nowadays i use perler beads, wax paper, & an iron

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is fantastic

[@BlueBidyaGame]

Excellent video Pat! You put so much into these.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Many thanks!

[@thefourhorsemen91]

This is such a perfect, classic, fun, amazing game. Thanks for finally doing this!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, thanks

[@Dr.ruby7LT]

Another Namco space shooting game that is like Galaga but it’s also a spin-off. It’s called Cosmo Gang: The Video.

[@dhawkes5096]

waking up and watching the new Patman while having breakfast is a good start to the day. Thanks for all the great content.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much my friend :-)

[@cameronb9554]

Thanks for another top notch documentary Patman! Every time I watch one of your videos I’m always “Glad I did!”. Please keep doing what you do!

[@shikacaca]

I was so surprised and happy when I saw this in my feed. Galaga was a staple of my childhood.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, hope you enjoyed it

[@granitepenguin]

My wife got me the tabletop console version as a gift. The ironic thing is she ends up playing it more than I do. 🙂

[@lexsteel12]

Thanks!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much!

[@allnamesaretakenful]

Galaga is still as much fun in 2022 as it was in the 80s. Not many games can say that.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, 40 years and still awesome to play

[@j.vonhogen9650]

Another excellent video from one of my favorite gaming channels! Thanks a lot for your hard work!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks, I appreciate the nice words

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Galaga is one of my fave arcade games of aaaallll time. Thanks for another great video Patman. It is most definatly played every retro sesh.Well i wrote all that during the video. I didnt want this one to end. Well done Patman you out did yourself on this one. Thanks.

[@bransonbenson9520]

I was away for a while but Im back now!! And just in time for a video about one of my favorite games ever! Thanks for the great history buddy💯 I hope your doing great🖒

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you my friend

[@nps1016]

I put so many quarters in this back in the day. Galaga, Robocop and Dragon’s Lair are the only arcade games I ever completed. I’ll still see Galaga in some game room or arcade wherever I go and still have to put a quarter in to play, I complete 75% of the game on one quarter. There are so many app based games out there that this game is still being discovered and played today. Thanks for the look back.

[@alexzapf6422]

One of the games of my youth. Thank you for this video. Nothing like the golden age of arcades. There was a new arcade almost every week. Such amazing memories. Most of my saturdays wweee spent at a place called Herbs Arcade.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SoylentBlack1]

there was a homebrew version of "deluxe galaga" on the Amiga which i loved playing

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never tried that one

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks Pacmanqc. Great job 👍👌

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you liked it!Thanks

[@stjabraham]

I love your history, research and quirky commentary. Great job! .

[@emmanuelmarty5848]

Thanks for the excellent coverage, PatmanQC! Deluxe Galaga (released for the Amiga in the early 90's by Edgar M. Vidgal) was one I played compulsively and didn't get mentioned. Not a big deal but definitely worth checking out if you are bored 🤣

[@amigacoverdisk]

Yeah, Deluxe Galaga on the Amiga is the one I am most familiar with. Great fun game, still go back to it these days on an emulator :) . I'll have to check out some of the originals on MAME though. Thanks PatmanQC, great documentary!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never got a chance too try deluxe galaga on the Amiga back in the day but I did download it just a little while ago and it's awesome. Wish I would've had back then. Thanks for the nice words

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks a lot

[@AstroCreep77]

Hell yeah! One of the all-time greats! And he made a video about Galaga too! Seriously, though, Galaga is in my "Top 5 arcade games of the 80's that I can't put an any permanent order or ranking" along with Spy Hunter, Star Wars (1983), Dragon's Lair, Zaxxon, and Tron. These are games that get that grouping because I will play them anywhere I find one. If there is one that has the strongest chance at the number one spot, though, it's Galaga. Maybe it's because that's the game that is the most common to find these days out of the 5, but it's also the one I have the most fun playing for the longest time. DL is too hard, SW is repetitive, Zaxxon is awesome for the isometric innovation but damn near impossible to find, Spy Hunter is number 2 if it's a sit-down version, if not, then Tron is #2 for just how badass the machine looks. Anyways, Galaga is fun, easy to learn, with wonderful sound effects that will stick with you're old and decrepit in a home somewhere playing Double Dragon. When you find a good condition machine, the gameplay is typically responsive but so that you still need to think ahead. The "abduction" angle of the Galaga ship is icing on the cake. Good times, good memories.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thanks :-) it's definitely my top shooter of all time

[@Bardivus]

Great video as always. I imagine this has had to be a highly requested one from the start, as in any arcade i've been to since i was a kid (even now) its a machine that keeps a crowd around it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it!Thank you

[@johntbakken]

I spent a lot of money on this game in the arcades. Still playing it using MAME. Deluxe Galaga on my Amiga 1200 is also a favorite.

[@tomevil6]

Enjoyable video as always! I have been a fan of Galaga for many years so this one was especially enjoyable!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's always been one of my favorites as well thanks

[@mr.multiverse7686]

Galaga is one of my first shooter games I've ever played alongside Galaxian, 1942, Contra and many others..the graphics looks pretty amazing and I just couldn't stop playing Galaga for almost 2 hours..and I've still missed playing the game up to this day..Thanks, Mr. Patman..More Arcade History to come..Have a Wonderful Day 😄👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

All classic games. Thanks :-)

[@mr.multiverse7686]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Your Always Welcome! 👍

[@paxhumana2015]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , Blazing Chrome is also a pretty good modern classic that you should play as well, and ditto for Spidersaurs, which is made by one of the companies that made Contra 4, and Alien Hominid, despite looking rough, is actually a very solid shooter in its own right.

[@napynap]

I was pointing out how dorky sounding this video is, and then realized I'm the dork that watched the whole thing. Thank you Patman! Excellent work, I love this game and learned so much about the franchise.

[@MurderMostFowl]

Neat seeing a reference to Pizza time theater aka Chuckie Cheese @2:35 From way back then. I never stepped foot into one until 1984 I think

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I thought it was a neat piece of history as well

[@ikeyasector]

If anyone remembers Gyruss (my favorite arcade space shooter), there was a version on the C64 I played back in the day that was extremely close to the arcade. The new Galaga for the Commodore reminds me so much of that. Hey, I adore my Commodore 64. :)

[@CC-Tron]

Yeah I had Gyruss for the Atari 800. That and Zaxxon.

[@jimvac77]

Just played it the other day at Carolina Arcade Museum. A great take on the genre.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

GyrusS was really good for the 64. I absolutely loved my 64 as well

[@SoulforSale]

Wasn't Gyruss on a 49 way joystick?

[@ikeyasector]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I was also a huge Tempest fan and both games is where you were spinning around the playfield shooting things. But with Gyruss, the classical rocking music just gets my heart pumping. I owned the Arcade game for about a year and sold it to my brother because I needed the space. I really wished I hadn't.

[@ZEUSDAZ]

Very nice history info.

[@loki.odinson]

Awesome video! Galaga is also one of my favorite games of all time. Thank you for your thoroughness. I greatly appreciated this nice trek down memory lane. :-) I miss the simpler times in life when arcades were still prominent and with just a few quarters you could have a fun evening with games you wish you had at home.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad my retro gaming memories it helps scratch that nostalgic itch for you. Cheers

[@THEONLYGORE]

i always look forward to your videos :D another gem !!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you like them! Thank you so much

[@funshopmemphis]

Nice! My favorite game of all time!

[@bleirdo_dude]

Galaga a top 10 classic, and arcade staple. Great Doc Pat... 😎

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot

[@jianhicks]

Another great video, as always. But I was surprised there was no mention of the reset trick in the arcade version: While the demo screen is playing, wait til the enemy ship comes down and launches its tractor beam. At that point, your fighter is suddenly playable for a few seconds until the cabinets resets. It also works on the anniversary machine that's split with Mrs Pacman. Thanks again for another great video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I should have mentioned the glitch . There is also one other port I did mention so I may have to go back and do a revised version at some point. Thanks

[@soulred5195]

Great video! Love this game and it's one of my all time favorites. I have the Arcade1up Pac-Man machine which includes Galaga, and I still play it just about every day.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you. The game is a definite classic

[@xeroredux]

It’s awesome that you included arcade1up! I hope you keep doing that whenever appropriate-especially if you can determine whether or not 1up has provided the original rom. I think the community will appreciate it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I tried to include them whenever possible just because they are so cool :-)

[@Repeatpeteva]

Awesome as always! One of the greatest classics ever!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks. Definitely in my top five

[@earthad666]

Thanks

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it :-)

[@kbramlett6877]

Another great vid, Patman. Keep 'em conning. The 'cease fire' trick someone mentioned in a previous comment, is rather difficult to pull off but takes away the entire challenge of the game. This trick requires some excellent hand-eye cordination along with memorization skills. The way it is done is in the first stage, let all of the ships come into formation without shooting any of them. This is where your vision and playing skills come into play. Now, keep your eyes on the two ships that are one on top of the other on the far left-hand side of the screen. Those are the two ships you do NOT want to destroy while defeating all of the others. If you manage to do this you can move on to the second step of the trick. That is dodging those two ships for a literal total of fifteen minutes. Around the ten-minute mark, you will notice that those two ships will start shooting less and less. Then when the fifteen-minute mark hits, then those two ships will stop shooting altogether. Then destroy those ships and proceed. If you pull this off, NONE of the ships will fire at you from that point forward. The trick is not easy, well at least for me, to pull off, but I did happen to pull it off once in MAME. Now in GALAGA '88, there is a rather easy trick to get a special bonus of 10,000 points. When the bonus stage "That's Galatic Dancin'" appears, do NOT touch anything. Not the joystick, and not the fire button. When the bonus stage is over, you will get a special bonus of 10,000.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you. Thanks for the detailed description because I had no idea about it otherwise I would've mentioned it. I may have to go back and do galaga revised video with a couple things I missed :-)

[@rickybobbyracing9106]

Great video! As always, love the review of all the different versions. Don't know why, but something so relaxing about seeing that.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you like them! Thanks a lot

[@millerk20]

I have Galaga for the PS4. Looks and sounds exactly the same as the arcade version and the no-fire bee trick works.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Cool, it must be running on emulation. I should have mentioned that glitch in the game

[@paxhumana2015]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , I was actually shocked that Jim Cummings actually voiced the mask that the hero wears in the PS3 reboot of Splatterhouse.

[@Bayliner887]

As always, outstanding work! Thank you!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much :-)

[@llpBR]

I always loved the fact they called the same guy who made covers for Yes, Asia and so much progressive rock banda to make its cover, Roger Dean

[@J45yu456]

Absolutely love your reviews bud.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you like them!

[@Hologhoul]

Epic, legendary stuff! I was a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s, the wave of arcade games including Galaga was just mesmerising. These games still look, sound and play so well now. So slick, so high quality!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, This game still holds up 40 years later

[@robertbussie9979]

Great review. Galaga is easily on my top ten favorite video games. A classic that never gets old.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot, yes it is definitely a classic

[@NYKgjl10]

Galaga is iconic back then and up to till very day. Good video as usual Patman!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Indeed it is! Thanks a lot

[@coctailrob]

Check out Deluxe Galaga on the Amiga. The author went on to make an updated version for PC called Warblade

[@enfieldjohn101]

Great video! Some versions that I'd forgotten about. The ticket redemption arcade version is fantastic. I've won a lot of tickets on it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is awesome! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks

[@entertainingCed]

as always, great vids. glad you are back at it. i've missed ya. hope all is well!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. Still recuperating so it may be a while

[@stjabraham]

It's always fun seeing the various ports to different systems. Hilarious how these ports do their "best effort" within the constraints of each system. The sounds are especially fun/hilarious.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

One of my father's best friends was in the arcade business. Pinball, juke boxes and electronic arcade games is what he distributed and he serviced bowling machines. He would get machines, repair/refurbish them then resell them. He would let us keep them for a while before they sold. At one point we had Galaga, Dig Doug, Tempest and Joust. He gave us the key to open the coin box and hit the free game button hidden inside. Needless to say, I was the most popular kid at school. EVERYONE wanted to be my friend.

[@jamessm4401]

Man there’s so much history with the old, simple arcade games. Just the Atari story is a crazy one.

[@TheAnkMan]

Thanks PatmanQC for this great documentation. I remember I mentioned Galaga in the comments of your video for Galaxians, and you said you actually will create it some time in the future. And just did! I almost forgot about it. Awesome! Ah, the peep show thingy you mentioned... Back in the day you really had to decide where to drop your coins into. 🤣

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL! Thank you very much

[@paxhumana2015]

Why drop your coins into a slot when you could actually lead the women away from that way of death, marry them, make them happy housewives, and mothers to wonderful children instead?

[@sspotter1978]

I never knew about Galaga Arrangement. Would be a blast to play. Thanks PAT!

[@bigbadspikey]

Played this so many times in our Famicom back in the day. It never gets old.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree 100%

[@moogletattoo1]

Galaga was always a good time. I've never heard of Gaplus before this video. Gaplus looks like a game I will need to find and play for several hours. thanks man !

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You should! Not as good as the original but still fun

[@fnjesusfreak]

I impulse bought the tiny My Arcade cabinet at Walgreens a couple months ago.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Hopefully you got a good price on it

[@fnjesusfreak]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Think it was $20

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@fnjesusfreak Not too shabby

[@BearfootBob]

I always included a few rounds of Galaga in my 80's arcade-going, always a solid game and decent amount of gameplay on one quarter, which always factored into the equation for most kids ~

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That would be me in a nutshell back in the day :-)

[@jamesmoss3424]

I play Galaga a lot when I was a kid it's brilliant and I'm still playing it today. 😀👍🎮

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You and me both smiling

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you got that right. 😀👍🎮

[@pattontank773]

You're the best at what you do. I hope you know that. Every video is well researched and presented with love.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is extremely kind of you to say. I'm glad you enjoy the content so much

[@pruthuchauhan2159]

The Galaga Series is an important part of gaming history. Great Documentary Pat!! P.s: Little Nicky is a very underrated movie.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot my friends

[@michaelt.lancaster9776]

Have this on my PS4 and I still enjoy it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's a classic

[@Greg_Huff]

One of my all time favorite games. Thank you for this video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NathanChisholm041]

My dads best mate owned a kiosk on the beach here in Australia where he had Galaga and i had the key to endless games. We also used to take scrubbing brushes to operate the fire button much faster than you could tap. Good times...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, that's fantastic.

[@johnnygrind77]

I love that Splatterhouse got a mention here! That game really made an impression on me at a young age and the only reason I have a TG16 in the first place. I still remember the commercial like it was yesterday!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Same here! I did a history of video on it so check my channel

[@christopherbaker9676]

My dad and I used to play this game at any arcade we went to. I miss my dad so much. He's been passed longer than he was here. But he raised me right. I'll see you soon dad. We'll all be together again

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

In Pacman World Rally (think mario kart but w/pacman & friends), there is an unlockable galaga ship item. While ur driving it shoots opponents in front of u, items they are holding, or items left on the road. There is also a galaga themed racing stage

[@richardcooper]

Thanks man, always a favourite and my most favourite was Galaga Fastshoot arcade version.

[@swk38]

deluxe galaga AGA for the amiga by edgar vigdal was a great port of the galaga game, and he also authored warblade on the IOS and PC/Mac

[@davidwalker1652]

Deluxe Galaga on the Amiga was my favourite version. He added lots of original ideas too, extra power-ups, a shop, asteroid fields, secrets... was a great game with more depth than the original, yet still kept a similar feel to the Namco original.

[@alisk222]

Another wonderful video, still one of my favourite games to fire up for a quick high-score run when time allows!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot, it's definitely in my top five

[@jasontachin]

rw:ok now the GALAGA 88 fighter does reminds me of the star fighter from the movie THE LAST STARFIGHTER.^_^

[@joegalford2319]

Every one of your videos makes me want to go back and play these games.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, I wish the videogame companies would give me a commission :-)

[@rockdesu]

Beautifully art work indeed. Just needed dancers and glowing artwork.

[@TheMelbournelad]

This man IS playing Galaga, thought we hadn’t subscribed, but we have.

[@Dorelaxen]

This was my GAME back in the day. I remember my cousin taking me to a little pizza place and giving me a handful of quarters. Still to this day it's one of the very best games ever made.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree 100%

[@RobertWF42]

Loved the high risk/high reward strategy of letting your fighter get captured to (fingers crossed) increase firepower. 7:23 Wow didn't know your captured fighter could go rogue! Never happened in my games.

[@fireresq7]

Thank you for all you do! I love watching these videos!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You are so welcome! Thanks

[@P3SS3SSOd]

Marvellous work as always! The GB release had the benefit when being played on the GB Color of inverting the colour palette when you held down B (from memory) when you booted it up so then you got the black starfield background.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I wasn't aware of that, thank you. Cheers

[@Aeonfell]

Love Galaga. The intro music alone gets me every time. I forget who told me you could do double ships but after that that's the only way I played it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This game is a bona fide classic and is definitely in my top five

[@ZeronineOhNein]

Thanks for this amazing video. Galaga is one of my favorite arcade games. I learned a lot about all the existing versions. My favorite two versions are the original Galaga arcade game and Galaga 88 for the pc engine ❤

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot, this was always one of my favorite shooters

[@yeoldecurmudgeon1969]

Ah, good sir! This was missing! My old gamer heart is, once again, shedding a little tear of joy here! Thanks so much for providing all those good infos about one of the best arcade games out there! So many good memories! So many happy times! So many shmups!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! Is definitely one of my favorite shooters of all time and could not believe how many different variations there were on the game LOL thanks

[@jasontachin]

rw:hey PatmanQC long time no c ^_^ miss ya buddy

[@geniferteal4178]

I make videos professionally with real talent. I can appreciate how hard you're trying on the voiceover. It's not easy to get it right and sound natural. I've tried it a few times. Let's just say I really appreciate people that have the talent to do it. It's not as far removed from acting as some might think.