Galaga Coin-op Arcade Game trick - no shooting bees glitch

[disciple90633]

does this trick work on the galaga/ms pac man combo arcade machine? cuz there is one at dave and busters down the street!!!!

[2ndadam7]

4 minute "no fire" trick ......I own an original dedicated Galaga. I found another "no shoot" trick. Don't shoot the far 4 left bees in the bottom row on stage 1. Then let them circle around for about 4 minutes and shoot them after they pass 3 times without firing. Stages end at 255. Also in 2nd player position score displays 7 digits.

Most tricks also work on Mame emu's,Gameboy, Dreamcast ,Xbox, N64,Playstation,Gamecube versions. They are exact ports.

[MasterofMindSlaves]

Galaga, what a Classic! The Highest Level I got to was 299. I remember spending 3 1/2 hours playing this game just to get that far. After I was done, I saw everything blurry for like 10 minutes. Not to mention I did this Glitch at some Pizza place called Dominique's when I was younger. But they kicked me out be because they thought I hacked their machine & I wouldn't tell them how I did it.

[DavesRetrocade]

Nice. My video of this keeps the the far left bees in both rows and they have stopped firing in as little as 5 minutes.

[gateway123456778900]

i know this trick i use it when i was a kid it work very will i use all time when i ever play the game. good times.

[cartman64439]

hm... you have to wait 18 minutes??? a line would gather by then lol

[snorth5001]

This trick does work. I did it as a kid in the 80's and I have done it recently on a standup Galaga/Ms. Pacman game at a local pizza place. Tonight I tested it, and it did work on game in "Namco Museum" for Xbox.

[Deokishisu]

Heh I'm going to my local arcade to do this today.

[YamazakiRJ]

Nice. I'm waiting to see more of these old classics tricks. :D

[ArizonaDelRio]

And here I was sooooo proud of myself when I scored 123,000 points (level 17) doing it the hard way. (((sigh)))

[Commodorian]

I could never get this to work on the NAMCO version, perhaps they fixed the bug. The others work fine.

[UrsusAtl]

You can do the same trick on level 1. I usually leave the bottom left hand bee and after about 14 minutes it stops firing. Kill it after it's 3rd pass of it not firing at you for the same results.

[p38b29]

i thought all enemies stop firing, and is it worth it, it just gives a fake score

[upinflamezzz]

No this trick works, but it doesn't have to be the two left bees. It can be the two lower right. You have to let it pass you 100 times, then it will stop firing on you. This is the pussy way to play though.

[snorth5001]

You don't have to let it pass 100 times. I think it has more to do with time. It took about 9 minutes for it to work for me today. I enjoy playing both ways. Its not that much harder when they shoot, and many people, including myself, can turn over the score with, or without, the trick.

[djjohnmartin]

It's not a false rumor that if you do like he shows in the video that the bees won't fire for the rest of the game..its totally true. I did it on a galaga at my local skating rink when i was a teen way back in the 80s. THis trick probably won't work on updated machines like the speed up version of Galaga or the version on the Galaga/ms pac man combo machine..i've never tried tho, so i don't know.

John

oxford,al

[pstchaseki]

it works

[lndac02]

i actually have this machine (table top version) which i have owned since 1984. works perfect. i tried this trick 15 years ago and went right to the end of levels. cannot remember how now. I do know I spent most of the day doing it ...happy carefree goggle eyed days. great game a true 80s classic and pioneer of current shootem ups

[michellec0791]

I hate those damn bees...and those Christmas tree ornament things that swirl....

[Foolishpleazure]

Lol.where do Kids like dxdydz come up with these FALSE rumors..sad,lmao.

[snorth5001]

This is not a false rumor. I did it in the 80's as a kid. I have also done it recently at a stand-up galaga at a locall pizza place. Tonight I have verified it works on the Galaga in "Namco Musuem" for Xbox as well.

[dittoheadAZ]

If you leave the two leftmost bees (rows 1 and 2) in level 1 and let the two of them circle and fire, it usually only takes about 8-12 minutes for them to stop firing. (This even works on the PS2 version, and probably others as well).

[DaveTelevision]

THAT is correct dittohead! Do a search for "davesretrocade". He only has up one video so far but it is an awesome demonstration of the no firing trick!

[DxDyDzD]

i know how to play for free (maybe for like 5 secs lol) if the "game over" screen and 0 credits is shown, wait till the ship get sucked up from the alien, then once there is 2 ships at once you might be able to control the ship (and sometimes fire)

[bluzmanintx]

I remember playing this game at the arcade and people would talk about this trick but I would never do it...I guess it was true!!! Thanks!!!

[dakotamarisa]

awesome glitch thanks for posting 5/5

[Mobius303]

Try using MAME with the video capture feature for this type of stuff. they use the original arcade programming so it should work the same....Galaga does and this trick works on all versions of it.

Me