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Galaxian



 

 

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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: chuckwalla and roadrunner

 

Contest Ends

Saturday, 7 April 2012 at 1:00AM EST

 

Quick-Start-Bonus-Info and HSC Rules

 

 

Current High Scores (up to Post#27)

 

1. chuckwalla 30,870 [+10]

2. skosh 26,170 [+9]

3. ed1475 17,820 [+8]

4. Mangia-Boy 14,870 [+6]

5. RelliK111 12,380 [+4]

6. SpiceWare 12,020 [+2]

7. Ikrananka 7,930 [+1]

8. roadrunner 5,550 [+1]

9. jblenkle 5,460 [+1]

10. JacobZu7zu7 3,990 [+1]

 

 

Leaderboard

 

1. Mangia-Boy [121] (18) 1

2. jblenkle [110] (19) 2

3. skosh [110] (13) 5

4. patbb [83] (17) 1

5. ed1475 [69] (19) 2 1

6. ChuckH [65] (8)3

7. Ikrananka [48] (18)

8. chuckwalla [38] (9) 1

9. JacobZu7zu7 [36] (15)

10. atariron82 [30] (5) 1

11. Yurkie [20] (5) 1

12. roadrunner [15] (14)

13. Ms. Do [13] (1) 1

14. rmaerz [11] (4)

15. mc#4 [11] (2) 1

16. purenergy [10] (2)

17. retroillucid [10] (1) 1

18. SpiceWare [8] (2)

19. Akito01 [8] (1)

20. ColecoDan [6] (1)

21. AtariBrian [4] (1)

22. 1982VideoGames [2] (2)

22. Darrin9999 [2] (2)

24. SegaShooters [2] (1)

25. cmart604 [1] (1)

25. NIAD [1] (1)

25. centiqueen81 [1] (1)

 

[ ] = Points

( ) = Rounds Played

BLUE = Rounds Won

GOLD = Seasons Won

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The game crashed on me so I wasn't able to take a photo. I see there's 4 different ROMs for Galaxian, perhaps I'm using a bad version? Is there a database somewhere to explain what's different? I normally play the non-alt variation, for Galaxian that's the 24K file.

32768 Jul 13  2000 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a1].col
20480 Feb 12  1996 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a2].col
32768 Jan 28  2000 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a3].col
24576 Oct 20  1996 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft).col

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4,390

 

The game crashed on me so I wasn't able to take a photo. I see there's 4 different ROMs for Galaxian, perhaps I'm using a bad version? Is there a database somewhere to explain what's different? I normally play the non-alt variation, for Galaxian that's the 24K file.

32768 Jul 13  2000 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a1].col
20480 Feb 12  1996 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a2].col
32768 Jan 28  2000 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft) [a3].col
24576 Oct 20  1996 Galaxian (1983) (Atarisoft).col

 

There was never a good dump for this game until Ikrananka himself dump his personal copy per my request. Here is a link to the thread. Post #18 has Ikrananka's good dump of Galaxian for those that don't own the cartridge.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/167880-working-galaxian-binary-for-128-1sd-multi-cart/

Edited by Yurkie
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Well, I started practicing on level one since I haven't played this before to work my way up to level three. I was playing the 24k version and was having problems like the ones mentioned. At one point the flying things stopped shooting! All I had to do was just miss the things and keep on shooting. I was getting tons of flags for no reason and I could basically just go on forever if I wanted to. I just killed myself at 27,670. I have since got the version posted above and I'm now using that one with no problems yet. I have to practice a bit before I post a screen for level three.

This one obviously doesn't count but is good for a laugh.

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Not really sure where the "cheat" part came from as I was curious as to the level in terms of screens cleared and was the reason the "at" was used.... lol.. Sorry... as it appears you thought otherwise.

Sorry man, I was thinking skill level as opposed to screen progression (flags) - I may not be the quickest study at night sometimes either :sleep: . Honestly, I rarely look at the # of screens completed, just the score.

Anyhow, CV Galaxian is one of my all-time favorite video games and one of the few I play really well. Seems like a lot of gamers aren't too fond of it though.

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Hi Ikrananka, I'm not surprised about this question. I played a few games and often the game broke down. I must have a very bad dump on my 128 on 1-cartridge.

On my attached photo I wanted to improve my first score (look at the result in the middle) by starting a new game, then the yellow ship came on the screen and also some green circles - like explosions. This must be a bug like the white strip on Joe's photo.

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