GALAGA: DEMONS OF DEATH
ENEMY GUIDE/TACTICS

   by Space Bug

   Version 1.4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GALAGA FIGHTERS
   Types of Attack
   GALAGA FIGHTERS

Enemy Patterns
   The FORMATION
      FORMATION Diagram
   Tactics

High Scores

Special Thanks

Copyright Information

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GALAGA FIGHTERS
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Types of Attack
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TRACTOR BEAM - The GALAGA is the only GALAGAN that uses this weapon. They 
               can beam you up and hold one of your FIGHTERS as hostage. Your 
               FIGHTER will turn RED to indicate this.

MISSILE      - The GALAGANS will fire missiles at you. One hit from this and
               you lose a FIGHTER.

KAMIKAZE     - A dive-bombing attack which can be devastating. Try to avoid
               these attacks or shoot down the KAMIs before they get too close.

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The Galaga Fighters
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++++ GALAGA COMMANDER: The 
| GALAGA FIGHTER |HORNET FIGHTER|MOTH FIGHTER | boss GALAGA is the only GALAGAN
|                |              |             | capable of using the TRACTOR-
|              |           |         | BEAM. If the boss is destroyed,
|              |       |     | the remaining GALAGA FIGHTERS
|       |       |  | become weaker and take time to
|         |         |  | adjust to the loss of a
|           |       |  | COMMANDER. These GALAGANS
|         |     |    | are found at the top of the
|     |     |  | FORMATION. It will take two 
| |   |  | hits to knock these down.
|   |    |       |
|      |      |           | MOTH FIGHTERS: Lower-class 
|      +++ GALAGAN FIGHTERS which cover
|        |         TRANSFORM 2        | the 2nd row of the FORMATION.
|        |                            | These will try to KAMIKAZE into
|        |                           | you and shoot you with MISSILES
|        |                           |
|            |                         | HORNET FIGHTERS: These GALAGANS
++                       | will cover the 3rd row of 
|   TRANSFORM 1  |                     | the FORMATION. The HORNET
|                |                   | FIGHTERS will try to dive bomb
|      |                   | you and fire MISSILES. Some 
|  |                 | have the ability to turn into 3
|    |                     | TRANSFORM FIGHTERS
|      |                         |
|      |                         | TRANSFORM FIGHTERS: Most
|            |                           | TRANSFORM FIGHTERS morph from
|            ++ the HORNET FIGHTERS. But you'll
|            |         TRANSFORM 3        | see some that pop up in the
|            |                            | CHALLENGING STAGE. Try to
|              |                        | hit out all three once they
++                        | TRANSFORM from the HORNETS for
|  TRANSFORM 4   |        | 1000 points!
|                |        |
|           |    |
|         |            |
|     |                          |
| |                          |
|   |                          |
|     |                          |
|           |                          |
|             |                            |
|               |                            |
|               |                            |
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ENEMY PATTERNS
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THE FORMATION
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The GALAGANS fly in a FORMATION and attack by dropping down and either shoot at 
you, crash into you, or beam you up for capture. The boss GALAGA, which is in 
the highest position, is the only GALAGAN capable of using the tractor-beam 
weapon. If the boss GALAGA is destroyed, the remaining GALAGANS attack power is
temporarily "weakened."


Formation Diagram


         G  G  G  G                  G = GALAGA COMMANDERS
           /                         M = MOTH FIGHTERS
   M  M  M |M  M  M  M  M            H = HORNET FIGHTERS
           |                         T = TRANSFORM FIGHTERS
   M  M  M |M  M  M  M  M             = YOU (FIGHTER)
           |
H  H  H  H |H  H  H  H  H  H
           |
H  H /H\ H |H  H  H /H\ H  H
    /TTT\  |       /TTT\<TRANSFORM
          /_\
         /___\<TRACTOR BEAM
        /_____\

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TACTICS
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  E-mail spaceinsectoid@cs.com if you have any tricks I left out.

 Before you reach a CHALLENGING STAGE, let a GALAGA COMMANDER beam one of
  your FIGHTERS up. When it attacks you while carrying your CAPTURED FIGHTER
  (shown in red), shoot at the GALAGA so that it drops your CAPTURED FIGHTER. 
  Now you have TWO fighters on the same team thus double the firepower. This 
  really helps in the CHALLENGING STAGE.

 It's much safer if you attack the GALAGANS on the right or left side of the
  FORMATION. And if you manage to knock out a lot the GALAGAS before they make 
  it to the formation, then it'll be easier to finish them off.

 When you destroy a GALAGAN FIGHTER, you get points. Points scored
  vary depending on the type of attacks and the condition of the enemy. It
  may be in the waiting position, an offensive mode, or flying in formation.

 If you score 30000 and multiples of 70000, you'll earn additional FIGHTERS 
  to your team.

 If the boss GALAGA is destroyed, the remaining GALAGANS attack power is 
  temporarily weakened.

 Fire when the GALAGA COMMANDER is unable to fire missiles (when it's
  "weakened". When you destroy the boss GALAGA, the other GALAGANS are 
  temporarily weakened. You should take advantage of this moment and attempt to 
  destroy the remaining GALAGA.

++
|Henrygab@hotmail.com (Henry Gabryjelski) suggested I include this neat trick:|
++
|"There is one very important FAQ left out, which allowed me to play for over |
|8 hours on one quarter, flipping the machine a few times:                    |
|                                                                             |
| A [computer] bug in the arcade game allows for you to cause the enemy to    |
| stop shooting missiles.  In order to have this occur, you must do the       |
| following:                                                                  |
|                                                                             |
| 1) On the very first level, allow the two leftmost Hornet Fighters to       |
|    survive.                                                                 |
| 2) Kill all other Fighters.  (Do not allow one to be captured, since it will|
|    make the next part difficult)                                            |
| 3) Those two Hornets will continue to drop down and missile the left side of| 
|    the screen.  Let them.                                                   |
| 4) Stay on the far right, close to but not touching the edge.               |
| 5) Watch out for the occasional missile that wraps around the board -- it   |
|    will kill you.                                                           |
| 6) Allow the Hornets to do their thing for about 15 minutes.  They will     |
|    start firing only one missile, then stop firing altogether.              |
| 7) Let them do this for at least five more loops just to be sure, and no    |
|    fighter will ever launch another missile at you for the remainder of the |
|    game."                                                                   |
|                                                                             |
| NOTE: This trick only works in the arcade version of Galaga                 |
++


++
|ArrowE (ArrowE99@aol.com) with a word of advice:                             |
++
| "...just hit the buttons really fast..."                                    |
|                                                                             |
++

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SPECIAL THANKS
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
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Copyright  2000 Space Bug
This guide should not be modified in any way, copied, and/or destributed 
without permission from the author (that would be me, Space Bug). You may make 
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