Galaga '88 #4

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Published on August 25, 2023 11:00:31 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEHfeKgzbEM

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Galaga '88 (1987)

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The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. The game is divided into a series of 29 Stages distributed through eight Worlds. The starship Galaga accelerates between Stages and Worlds and even to higher dimensions (go to the section on Dimensional Travel below to find out more).

With the exception of the third and eighth, each World culminates in a Challenging Stage. There are six such stages to engage in any full game, and each begins with the on-screen announcement "That's Galactic Dancin'!" and has its own YM2151-generated song to which the enemy formations dance. In any given Challenging Stage, both the design of the enemies and their dancing formations shall vary according to the player's current Dimension. As in Galaga, the objective is to destroy all forty enemies before they fly away off the screen. However, refraining completely from touching any controls for the duration of a Challenging Stage awards a "secret bonus" ranging in value from 10000 to 25000 points, and equal to the "special bonus" which would have been awarded for destroying all forty enemy aliens instead.

Galaga '88 introduces a variety of new enemies and behaviors. Most of these special enemies are worth varying amounts of bonus points when destroyed. Some enemies can combine into larger enemies which take multiple hits to destroy, while others arrive in eggs, explode in a shower of fireworks, grow with multiple hits, or sport armor which makes them invincible while in formation. Certain enemies drop small formations of tiny creatures that wiggle their way down the screen, and still others can act as escorts to incoming groups of enemies and then quickly dive at the player before leaving the game. Most stages also include various obstacles which appear once the enemy formation has been assembled. These can be destroyed with either one or several shots, and the first one on each stage will leave a "Warp Capsule".

At the start of the game, the player can select how many Galaga starships to start with (one or two), affecting their number of remaining lives. The game ends after the final boss is defeated (or when the player's last ship is destroyed or captured) - in the latter case, the player can continue the game for an additional credit. The Game Over screen shows the player's hit-miss ratio and a visual representation of their progress. If the player reaches Stage 27, the game also shows a picture of the final boss (damaged if defeated, but silhouetted if not). If the arcade operator has set the "continue" option to "on", the player also cannot continue if he is defeated on Stages 27-29.

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Gameplay di Galaga '88 dibangun di atas premis yang sama dengan game Galaga asli, tetapi dalam banyak hal lebih kompleks dan lebih sulit. Gim ini dibagi menjadi rangkaian 29 Tahapan yang didistribusikan melalui delapan Dunia. Galaga kapal luar angkasa berakselerasi antara Tahapan dan Dunia dan bahkan ke dimensi yang lebih tinggi (buka bagian Perjalanan Dimensi di bawah untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut).

Dengan pengecualian yang ketiga dan kedelapan, masing-masing Dunia berpuncak pada Tahap Menantang. Ada enam tahapan seperti itu untuk terlibat dalam permainan penuh apa pun, dan masing-masing dimulai dengan pengumuman di layar "Itu Galactic Dancin'!" dan memiliki lagu yang dihasilkan YM2151 sendiri di mana formasi musuh menari. Di Tahap Menantang mana pun, desain musuh dan formasi tarian mereka akan bervariasi sesuai dengan Dimensi pemain saat ini. Seperti di Galaga, tujuannya adalah untuk menghancurkan empat puluh musuh sebelum mereka terbang menjauh dari layar. Namun, menahan diri sepenuhnya dari menyentuh kontrol apa pun selama Tahap Menantang memberikan "bonus rahasia" mulai dari nilai 10.000 hingga 25.000 poin, dan sama dengan "bonus khusus" yang akan diberikan untuk menghancurkan semua empat puluh alien musuh. .

Galaga '88 memperkenalkan berbagai musuh dan perilaku baru. Sebagian besar musuh khusus ini bernilai berbagai poin bonus saat dihancurkan. Beberapa musuh dapat bergabung menjadi musuh yang lebih besar yang membutuhkan banyak pukulan untuk dihancurkan, sementara yang lain tiba dalam bentuk telur, meledak dalam hujan kembang api, tumbuh dengan banyak pukulan, atau baju olahraga yang membuat mereka tak terkalahkan saat dalam formasi. Musuh tertentu menjatuhkan formasi kecil makhluk kecil yang bergoyang-goyang di layar, dan yang lain lagi dapat bertindak sebagai pengawal ke kelompok musuh yang masuk dan kemudian dengan cepat menukik ke arah pemain sebelum meninggalkan permainan. Sebagian besar tahapan juga menyertakan berbagai rintangan yang muncul setelah formasi musuh telah terkumpul. Ini dapat dihancurkan dengan satu atau beberapa tembakan, dan yang pertama di setiap tahap akan meninggalkan "Kapsul Warp".

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