Can I Beat This Mind-Bending Stargate Arcade Game In One Credit?

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Published on January 17, 2023 11:22:34 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPUmi6AXMZc

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Stargate (1981)

Duration: 3:23

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For all you retro gamers and lovers, 4 Quarters And An Arcade presents: STARGATE!!!

All gameplay played on an AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine and shot in 4k. Games are played until they are finished or I get fed up LOL!!!

Stargate Description:
Stargate was produced by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) in 1981.

Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) released 216 different machines under this trade name, starting in 1959.

Other machines made by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) during the time period Stargate was produced include Barracora, Pharaoh, Cyclone (1981), Jungle Lord, Furie, Firepower, Beatles, The - Custom, Blackout, Black Knight, and Algar.

Game Introduction:
The player's ship flies over a horizontally scrolling planet surface, protecting friendly humanoids from alien abduction. Destroying all enemies advances you to the next wave. Loss of all humanoids destroys the planet until it is reinstated every fifth wave.

Game Play:
The stargate itself can be flown into by the player. If a humanoid is being abducted, the player is taken to the area of the abduction. If the player has 4 or more humanoids attached to their ship, the player is Warped forward three waves. Otherwise, the stargate transports the player to the other side of the planet. Waves 5, 15, 25 etc. are Yllabian Dogfight waves, where the player is in space (no planet or humanoids) against an Armada of Yllabian Space Guppies. Waves 10, 20 30 etc. are Firebomber Showdown waves. A special 2000 point bonus can be gained by simultaneously catching and dropping off a falling humanoid as the last event in a wave once all the enemies have been destroyed.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
An easter egg is hidden in the game displaying the games credits. To perform this trick, three sequences of joystick movements andor button presses must be executed within a quarter of a second of each other without the player dying.
Move the joystick down and press the one player start, reverse, and thrust.
Press reverse, two player start, and fire.
Move the joystick down and press one player start, thrust and fire.

Personal Impressions Score: 3.62

Overall 'Like': 3.83
Fun (Social): 3.00
Fun (Solo): 4.00
Collector Desire: 3.25

Technical Impressions Score: 3.78

Gameplay: 4.25
Graphics: 3.92
Originality: 3.18
Sound/Music: 3.83

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All game history was sourced from: The International Arcade Museum
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Marquee image was sourced from: LaunchBox Games Database
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