Ikrananka Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Galaxian You feel that spine-tingling exhilaration every time you play GALAXIAN in an arcade. Now the same sensation is yours at home. Wave after wave of Drones, Emissaries, Hornets and Commanders come winging in from deep space. Skillfully, you slide your ship right and left with your joystick, dodging their fire and blasting them out of the universe. Game Information Game Name: Galaxian Released by: Atarisoft, 1983 Original arcade game by: Namco, 1979 CV HSC High Score: None TwinGalaxies High Score: None Settings: Skill 3 - Advanced Level This game was suggested by: Ikrananka Contest Starts/Ends Commences: Sunday, 19 February 2012 at 1:00AM EST Ends: Sunday, 26 February 2012 at 1:00AM EST Tournament Rules Anyone can jump in and play a Knockout round game if they like (this includes players who have been Knocked out of the tournament!). This is just for fun and to show off high scores though and will NOT to be counted in the contest. You need not win, just not finish LAST! Let the battle begin... Final Scores 1. skosh 20,160 - WINNER!!!!!!! 2. cparsley 11,020 (ELIMINATED) Non-Tournament Player Final Scores 1. chuckwalla 17,780 2. jblenkle 5,340 3. ikrananka 5,220 4. ed1475 4,700 5. JacobZu7zu7 4,490 Player List skosh cparsley jblenkle (eliminated Round 7) ed1475 (eliminated Round 6) patbb (eliminated Round 5) JacobZu7zu7 (eliminated Round 4) roadrunner (eliminated Round 3) ColecoDan (eliminated Round 2) Ikrananka (eliminated Round 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 There wasn't a galaga??? Shame Coleco shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) Another Final! I need a drink before I watch... whew. It's gonna be a battle! Here's 7800 / 5200 FINAL ROUND links, to see how the other Finals of Galaga and Centipede went down. 5200 - Centipede http://www.atariage....de-final-round/ 7800 - Galaga http://www.atariage....ound-10-galaga/ Edited February 19, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Still with you in spirit...good luck to the final two (it's kind of a relief to be out of it!!!) Galaxian - 2,980 Another game I semi-suck at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Galaxian - 4,960 OK, I'm through for the night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I never played this game in favor of the more interesting Galaga during that era... This ought to be interesting (as in rather painful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Quite painful indeed... 4,490 I like Galaga better myself... easier to hit the targets, this skill 3 is TOUGH! 4, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Unofficial High Score List (Final game) cparsley 2,930 skosh 0 Non KO ranking for points jblenkle 4,960 JacobZu7 4,490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Are you getting weird glitches in the graphics while sometimes playing this game? I noticed the straight white line in your screen shot. I never played this game in favor of the more interesting Galaga during that era... This ought to be interesting (as in rather painful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Nah, that was Windows XP after the game was over, as I usually have this site, Facebook and a few others running in the background, and when I dragged a window over the MESS window, it then had that line on it (done by Windows not MESS/Coleco) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Another Final! I need a drink before I watch... whew. It's gonna be a battle! Here's 7800 / 5200 FINAL ROUND links, to see how the other Finals of Galaga and Centipede went down. 5200 - Centipede http://www.atariage....de-final-round/ 7800 - Galaga http://www.atariage....ound-10-galaga/ Really would have liked to have Centipede as the final game here!! Here is my first score 5780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Another Final! I need a drink before I watch... whew. It's gonna be a battle! Here's 7800 / 5200 FINAL ROUND links, to see how the other Finals of Galaga and Centipede went down. 5200 - Centipede http://www.atariage....de-final-round/ 7800 - Galaga http://www.atariage....ound-10-galaga/ Really would have liked to have Centipede as the final game here!! Here is my first score 5780 God, your going to kill me and you want more of a home court advantage??? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 4,700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 God, your going to kill me and you want more of a home court advantage??? lol Home court advantage? Nah.. Centipede is just a game that I played growing up and like others Galaxian was a title I passed to play Galaga. The advanced level is difficult which is nice so the games are short and make for nice short sessions. If this were the setting on an arcade cabinet it sure would make a lot of $ per hour for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Nah, we both toss up our hands, u'd head over to Centipede and I to Galaga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Really would have liked to have Centipede as the final game here!! That's the challenge of tournaments - having to excel at games you're not always well practiced at. Galaxian is one of my favourite games and I even prefer it to Galaga in some ways. The ColecoVision port is excellent and Skill 3 throws you right into the deep end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Deep end??? It throws us Galaxian noobs to the sharks (Great Whites at that)... And yes, it does seem to freak out a little (the game) if you get blown up after taking out the last Galaxian in a wave before it draws the new wave. (I got some white lines in the corner on one play from that). Not sure if it's the game or MESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Deep end??? It throws us Galaxian noobs to the sharks (Great Whites at that)... And yes, it does seem to freak out a little (the game) if you get blown up after taking out the last Galaxian in a wave before it draws the new wave. (I got some white lines in the corner on one play from that). Not sure if it's the game or MESS. Galaxian seems to have a fairly limited set of enemy moves and as such can be mastered without too much practice - one of the reasons I set set the difficulty so high. Play at the lowest skill level to get some practice then move back to advanced. At the higher skill level it just places you further into the game (indicated by the number of flags in the bottom right of the screen - one flag per wave of enemies). I have played the CV Galaxian many times before both on the console and via blueMSX and have never seen any graphical glitches. Try another emulator - sounds like it may be MESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 17,780 Surprised that many ColecoVision fans aren't big on this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc#4 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I tried to play this several times over the last few days and haven't lasted more than a few seconds per life! My hat's off to you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Galaxian - 5,340 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 20160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 20160 Great score - well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I am soooooo soooooooooooooooooooooooo dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 6,020 now... still acres behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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