Ahh nostalgia! I used to play this with my dad when I was a kid. Probably my favorite Namco game!

I changed all the sounds on my version of Windows to Galaga sound effects. I will never change them again.

Facts: in the original arcade version of Galaga, you can earn eight lives. And in the NES/Famicom version of Galaga, you can earn as many lives as you want.

This game Galaga , reminds me of my very first home computer , The mighty Commodore VIC 20 . It came with a cartridge version of Galaxian . my first ever p.c gaming experience ..ah yes October 1983 I remember it as if it were ,, 31 years ago .

@VecTron5

9 жыл бұрын

Funny. Galaxian, Robocop, and the word processor are the only carts I have for my Vic-20.

@BLThackrey

9 жыл бұрын

VecTron5 I was so young, It took me a few years to realise there were other games you could play on the VIC 20 . sounds stupid now , but back then most electronic games were one game only .. doh . lucky I cottoned on by the time I got the even mightier Spectrum .. Remember ninja commando ?

@VecTron5

9 жыл бұрын

I'm actually more than a decade younger than the Vic-20

Great review! Galaga is one of my all-time favorite kickass video games (I'm not great at it either, but I still love playing it anyway). That there are still 35+ year old original cabinets still working in arcades is a testament to it's greatness. I remember playing it for the first time in 1982 at a arcade in Stillwater Oklahoma. The NES version is almost perfect except the music doesn't sound as rich and the smaller shooting area makes it tough for close shots.

Bet this was badass back in the day

Mark, did you know that if you don't shoot and move during the bonus stages, when they end you will be rewarded with some insane bonus points? What? You don't believe me? Just try it out! ;D

I just met Mark today at Steel City Con. Honestly one of the coolest dudes of all time, we took some pictures and we talked about Vectrex and some of the classic game vendors at the Con. I was dressed as a Bat from Gotham City Impostors and beat him over the head with the butt of my rifle. He looked incredibly happy about it.

I love the fact that Marc is just showing his best run during his playthrough for the review. Good job man.

I love this game when it came out for the NES. I bought it as a Christmas gift for my brother so that I could play it too, LOL.

Actually I did see a Ms. Pacman & Galaga arcade machine in my local pizzaria. It was fun.

Cool review Mark:)

Nice, I love that tune that plays after you finish a game where it shows your results. This is my favorite arcade game from the era. :)

I remember playing this during the loading screen of Ridge Racer.

@surfthestreets86

9 жыл бұрын

Ha! I remember such a thing.

@aleeg966

9 жыл бұрын

Isn't it also playable during one of the tekken games, or am I mistaken?

Ah Galaga, what a perfect game

This game was perfect. Thanks for posting this.

Galaga is also playable on the the Tekken 1 loading screen. You can actually unlock a costume by doing something specific in the Galaga game.

i used to own this version. and for the nintendo it is a very (almost perfect) port of the arcade. all the sounds and graphics are there. just the view is zoomed in and the play field feels crammed. my favorite Arcade/Nintendo port is Joust. its more like an 8-bit remake and for some reason plays way better than its arcade counterpart. you should review Joust!

Never heard of the subtitle Demons of Death. I though it was just Galaga.

@LandMillProductions1_

9 жыл бұрын

I know, this game is on the Nintendo 3DS Eshop, but it is still called "Galaga." 😐

I wanna play it now, thanks mark ha

I really enjoy this version. It's not quite coin-op perfect, but it's still very playable and maintains the attack patterns and Challenging Stages from the original game. The biggest differences are the smaller playing area and the music/sound effects, which are decidedly 8-bit and not pulled from the original. It might have been interesting to see some risks taken in this home version, similar to what Konami did with its interpretation of Gyruss for the NES. Even something as minor as new challenging stages would have been welcomed, but I do understand sticking to the script and not breaking what isn't broken.

@MaximRecoil

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Skerritt "which are decidedly 8-bit and not pulled from the original." The original is 8-bit too. It used a Z80, which is probably the most famous / widely used 8-bit CPU in history. "Bitness" doesn't actually mean much with regard to video game performance. For example, compare the Nintendo Punch-Out!! arcade hardware (8-bit) to the Atari 2600 hardware (8-bit). Or compare the Neo Geo hardware (16-bit) to the Sega Genesis hardware (16-bit). Better yet, compare current, high-end PC hardware (64-bit) to the Nintendo 64 (64-bit).

Pretty common arcade machine at movie theaters, bars and pizza places.

To beat the bonus stages you need a double ship and if you 100% a bonus stage you get an extra life.

Love galaga got it on my wiiu when i first bought it nothing like kicking back and trying to top ny high score

Hello Galaga old friend.

Nothing beats playing Galaga on the cabinet with rapid fire....

Galaga was the first game I had on NES back in the day besides Mario/Duck Hunt that came with my system. My brother and I used to play that game for hours, I think the highest stage I ever got to was 12, man that game was brutal, lol!

Galaga 90 was a pleasant surprise on the TG16 and its one of the cheaper games to get for it. I thought I would never want to play Galaga again after it being everywhere, but Im happy I picked it up.

I miss your review style. Used yo watch you when you were iriginslly doing these. Ill have ti go back and watch them again. Out of all the video game reviewers. I think you were the best. Even tho we laugh at tge jokes of the angry and irate dudes and the others that came after

Vectrexians, now we need a review of Vectrexgalagians Mark!

WINNINGGG SWAG SHEEN ! WHOOOOH

Not the most easy game, but it surely is a great game, play it a lot on my nes. Great video as usual.

OH MAN galaga is all that matters! ROCK AND ROLL

i love galaga played the machine and loved it.

Sooo... When are you gonna review that ZX spectrum that was sent to you? ;3

I saw that there are two different "Official Nintendo" stickers. Different colors I guess. Could someone explain why?

I own this on "Namco Museum" for the GBA.

I love Galaga so much I have over a dozen ways to play it at home. The NES version is good too.

This must be pretty good with the NES Advantage!

Cool.

woah how did you fit that nes cartridge into a genesis?

"The music". What music?

That fighter that shoots the beam out and you go into it, ya I always thought that was a bad guy and to avoid it.

I don't research this kind of thing, but I'm pretty sure this is the best name for a Galaga ever.

You got the high score!

Classic !

What did mark from fresh meadows not send you? He sounds like the most generous gamer alive

I loved this game. Stage 255 is where it will freeze and cause the arcade machine to reset. There was also a cheat that could make the enemies not fire.

Just played that galaga/miss pac man yesterday at a laundry mat. Played miss pac man first and noticed the joystick didn't work very good going to the left, needlessly dieing because of that reason so i didn't even try the galaga, which is a shame because I love galaga. But without working controls whats the point.

I think as far as retro home console versions go, this one is probably the best, though the Atari 7800 one is pretty close.

anything Galaga is on point.

Getsufuu Maden on the Famicom? :3

Hey Mark! This is Rohan! I got this game on my NES, and downloaded this to my Wii and 3DS.

Awwww yesssss

Imagine an insect-like alien landing on Earth and the first thing he sees is Galaga. What would he do? See earthlings as enemies, or he'd start playing Galaga as well? :)

yaaaa

I couldn't hit the Broderick side of a barn...

MOLELAGA no wait MOLE INVADERS or better yet MOLETRON

definitely seems to have some flicker issues though

@Trin100

4 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't, That's just his recording hardware. :)

Are the enemy ships supposed to look like wasps? Because the enemy ships totally look like wasps.

@Clarity_OSRS

9 жыл бұрын

I've always thought of them as butterflies bees and spiders.

@Trin100

3 жыл бұрын

They are moths. If you translate moth to Japanese it is spelled Ga. Hence, Galaga.:)

It's fun cause it is boom boom

I remember waiting in line to play this at the 7-11 in Ambler Pa. about a bazillion years ago.

Why did they have to give the game a subtitle? I thought this was gonna be a different game for the NES lol

Drinking game, every time he says "Galaga" - take a shot!

Demons of Death? Now I have Demon Attack in my mind.

I forget which one of the Ridge Racer games on the 360 it was -- 6, maybe? -- but it had Galaga playable during course load and stuff, and I ended up playing more Galaga than Ridge Racer itself. The Championship Edition out on the last gen consoles is pretty boss, too, if WAY easy for the amount of action on the screen at any given time.

@VecTron5

9 жыл бұрын

I distinctly recall Mark reviewing Ridge Racer 7, which had Xevious as its loading screen. Apparently you, Mark, and I are in agreement: Ridge Racer loading screens are better than the actual game.

@BLThackrey

9 жыл бұрын

ridge racer on the original playstation!

@NEzell-sj1yu

9 жыл бұрын

VecTron5 Yeah, it was my first Ridge Racer to play, and while it was okay... it failed to enthuse. For my strange Japanese racing games I much prefer the Tokyo Extreme Racer series, thankewverrahmuch. On Dreamcas, toot: Import Tuner Challenge on 360 was just disappointing. If I could pick a retro arcade game to play for a loading screen, it would be Zaxxon, because ZAXXON. Or, perhaps, Rampage. A Rampage-parody loading screen in something like Saints Row would be sweet.

@thesman32

9 жыл бұрын

the original tekken has galaga as you load it on the playstation 1

@JackBandicootsBunker

9 жыл бұрын

Lord B.L Thackrey That one had Galaxian, and it was a single level in which you would unlock all the stuff in RR if you killed all the enemies before time was up.

why is it called galaga demons of death? that sounds like a sequel and why is it developed by bandai? hmmm

GERLERGER: Dermerns erv Derf

"Demons of Death"?

Thumbs up for all the grown up Pokémon fans!!! We keep it real yo!!!

Can you review the following: - NASCAR Arcade/NASCAR Rubbin' racing by EA Sports/SEGA Am3. - EA Sports NASCAR Racing (arcade 2007) By Global VR. - And the pathetic escuse of a sequel: NASCAR Team racing by Global VR. Due to its moronic 1 song and Lag.

Who else thought those were insects?

Nuts and milk

Wow one nes game wich works on the SMS??? I ditn't know that, all other nes games only works on the nes,JUST KIDDING. But seriously, these graphics & sounds are soooo outdated that even an squeezed atari 2600 could do this.

terrible at the game? wtf i thought i was GOOD at the game and you blow me out of the water....

Headphone users...

it is not a nintendo game, it was made by midway

@kylem1112

9 жыл бұрын

namco*

@nym5qu17

9 жыл бұрын

***** midway was owned by namco at the time, they bought them out

@kylem1112

9 жыл бұрын

nym5 qu17 yeah but the developers of the game were namco, in 1981. midway has their own developed games. midway was probably just the publisher. but i dont really know about videogame industry economics so *shrug

My cousin has a Galaga cabinet!

Galaga is still my favorite classic arcade game. The NES version was good but my favorite version is on XboxLive.

The controls must have been changed for the nes mini, it doesn't fire with each press of the button instead limiting you to a "one-two" limit per 1/2 seconds. Very frustrating

Simple is always best. Today's games are nothing but crap.

@surfthestreets86

9 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Wheels8504

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yes. Yes, it is.

@Wheels8504

9 жыл бұрын

No thank you. Only interested in the old classics. When video games were made well. Everything is the same junk today. And only appearance and sound is important.

@surfthestreets86

9 жыл бұрын

The greatest impurity is ignorance free yourself from it,be pure and stick to retro Dylan. GTA 5 will be fun for a while however as fast as these new consoles and games come is just as fast as people are selling them back to GameStop and pawns. Retro and arcade's all day that shit is timeless.

A Nes game in a Sega device?

not as good as Truxton

Best version of Galaga! Do you agree?

You’re pronouncing it wrong - it’s “Gol-a-ga”.