CV Gus Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Oddly enough, I have the instruction booklet for this game, but not the game. The instructions say to move the joystick left and right to "initiate the Galaxian fleet," or something like that. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) I think this is true on the 8-bit computers as well... Sometimes a new wave of Galaxians will appear, but not attack you for a while (must be a minor glitch in the game). You could usually nail some of them before they started dive-bombing at you again. This is probably not the best strategy if you're trying to earn more points, as it's worth more to shooting the ones diving at you, as opposed to when they are in their idle formation. If your goal is to see how many waves you can get to, then blast away. Edited April 5, 2008 by jnice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Oddly enough, I have the instruction booklet for this game, but not the game. The instructions say to move the joystick left and right to "initiate the Galaxian fleet," or something like that. Why? I have no idea why the manual says that, but one thing about Galaxian that most people don't realize... it appears WE are the Galaxians. The attract mode of the arcade game says "We are the Galaxians. Mission: destroy aliens" and then lists their point values. As to Galaga... Ga is "moth" in Japanese, so it's Galaxian+Ga = Galaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Oddly enough, I have the instruction booklet for this game, but not the game. The instructions say to move the joystick left and right to "initiate the Galaxian fleet," or something like that. Why? Well if it is for the 5200 my guess would be that it is their way of covering up for the fact that you have to move the 5200 in all "used" directions in order for the analog stick to calibrate properly. aka a "feature"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV Gus Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Funny you should mention that. Before adding the 33,000 OHM resistor to my paddle controller, you had to move all the way left before you could move all the way to the right. But wouldn't the game directly read the resistance from the controller? I'll admit it: I don't quite understand why this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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