Galaga `88

The Galaga 88 Wiki is really good! I read through it after I bought the game. It's sitting in my living room so I'm a bit biased, but it's one of my fav arcade machines. The first one is great but 88 has so much more depth. It's like they took everything great about the first game and just improved on it without getting gimmicky or deviating too much (like Galplus IMO). I find the colorful anime graphics fun and love the sound effects. Plus the game is extremely challenging but not in a cheap way. Sadly they didn't make many kits so a lot of people haven't been able to appreciate its genius.
 
The Galaga 88 Wiki is really good! I read through it after I bought the game. It's sitting in my living room so I'm a bit biased, but it's one of my fav arcade machines. The first one is great but 88 has so much more depth. It's like they took everything great about the first game and just improved on it without getting gimmicky or deviating too much (like Galplus IMO). I find the colorful anime graphics fun and love the sound effects. Plus the game is extremely challenging but not in a cheap way. Sadly they didn't make many kits so a lot of people haven't been able to appreciate its genius.

Was Galaga 88 an upgrade kit to the original Galaga? Or did they sell all original 88' games?
 
Was Galaga 88 an upgrade kit to the original Galaga? Or did they sell all original 88' games?

Galaga '88' is a Jamma board, so you'd need a Jamma adapter to put the pcb in an original galaga cab. Galaga '88' is on the namco system 1 pcb like splatterhouse, dragon spirit, pacmania and a handful of other games. Vector labs has 2 multi-kits for the pcb. Galaga '88' is my wife's favorite game(wish I could find a cab for it) and it's purchase is the sole reason I'm able to Keep the games I have.
 
Galaga '88' is a Jamma board, so you'd need a Jamma adapter to put the pcb in an original galaga cab. Galaga '88' is on the namco system 1 pcb like splatterhouse, dragon spirit, pacmania and a handful of other games. Vector labs has 2 multi-kits for the pcb. Galaga '88' is my wife's favorite game(wish I could find a cab for it) and it's purchase is the sole reason I'm able to Keep the games I have.

Very cool.

I love my Galaga cocktail game but I really want an Galaga upright. I was thinking of making an Ultimate Galaga cab. Original Galaga art but with jamma switcher to choose Galaga, Galaga 88 & Galaga 3....

I'd have to figure out the joy stick differences between the games but I think that would be a kick ass cab to have.
 
I like Galaga 88, its cut scenes, music, are a delight. It was one of the games at the entrance to the arcade at Miami International mall. They do seem hard to find now, but not 1500$ hard.



I remember seeing & playing it there too at Fun-O-Rama - one of my favorite arcades growing up.
 
Very cool.

I love my Galaga cocktail game but I really want an Galaga upright. I was thinking of making an Ultimate Galaga cab. Original Galaga art but with jamma switcher to choose Galaga, Galaga 88 & Galaga 3....

I'd have to figure out the joy stick differences between the games but I think that would be a kick ass cab to have.

2-way joystick for Galaxian, Galaga, Galaga '88
8-way joystick for Gaplus (a.k.a. Galaga 3)
2-way joystick for Cosmo Gang the Video though it also supports 2-player simultaneous play with controls for each player

They are Namco System 1 boards, so no, not upgrades to original Galaga.
The manual mentions they came as kit upgrades for Dragon Spirit, and dedicated 88's.

Pac-Mania is also Namco System 1 so it should be possible to upgrade that as well.

Note there were 23 Namco System 1 games but most weren't released outside of Japan. Pac-Mania, Galaga '88 and Dragon Spirit were licensed by Atari, Splatterhouse was released directly by Namco and I think Tank Force was released here as well (it has the FBI screen).
 
2-way joystick for Galaxian, Galaga, Galaga '88
8-way joystick for Gaplus (a.k.a. Galaga 3)
2-way joystick for Cosmo Gang the Video though it also supports 2-player simultaneous play with controls for each player



Pac-Mania is also Namco System 1 so it should be possible to upgrade that as well.

Note there were 23 Namco System 1 games but most weren't released outside of Japan. Pac-Mania, Galaga '88 and Dragon Spirit were licensed by Atari, Splatterhouse was released directly by Namco and I think Tank Force was released here as well (it has the FBI screen).

Thanks for the info.

So I wonder if there is some kinda of way to make a selectible 2-way to 8-way joystick? Maybe through a metal plate under the CPO which could be slid back and forth depending on which game you wanted to play....

Maybe I'm just dreaming here.....

Sorry...didn't mean to hijack this thread. :cool:
 
Thanks for the info.

So I wonder if there is some kinda of way to make a selectible 2-way to 8-way joystick? Maybe through a metal plate under the CPO which could be slid back and forth depending on which game you wanted to play....

Maybe I'm just dreaming here.....

2-way games on a 8-way joystick shouldn't be a problem. It's 4-way games on a 8-way joystick that's a problem because of the diagonals.
 
Galaga 88 has an Atari logo 8-way joystick, even though you can only move laterally in the game. Not sure why it came with an 8-way. I believe the only time that you use anything other than left-right on the joystick is when in the service menu.
 
2-way games on a 8-way joystick shouldn't be a problem. It's 4-way games on a 8-way joystick that's a problem because of the diagonals.

Galaga 88 has an Atari logo 8-way joystick, even though you can only move laterally in the game. Not sure why it came with an 8-way. I believe the only time that you use anything other than left-right on the joystick is when in the service menu.

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.
 
If Detroit was within 3-4 hours of Boise, that would be MINE already...

:D

Not a bad deal at all. The pcb alone is worth $200, it's actually in the original cabinet with
original front art, back monitor art, marquee, and bezel. the side art is 50% there, missing
the main graphic scene on both sides. the inner speaker (above the monitor) looks like it
was eaten out by a swarm of rats or bats...

not sure if the control panel overlay is original. original had a blue pattern, not red.

the joystick looks like something out of Exidy Venture, definitely not original.

and those buttons look like cheap suzo-happ shmup buttons!

i should offer $100 to haul away this travesty!
 

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Well guys I have to admit it.

After reading this thread I was on the look out for a Galaga 88 pcb and I found one. Not the cheapest thing in the world but after hearing everyone comments and doing some YouTube research it fits into my Galaga obsession.

Been playing this game the last few months and I've really digging it. Took me forever to learn how to get to dimension 5 but the triple ship is totally kick ass.

Just picked up a Galpus cab so I might have to put a jamma switcher and stuff Galaga88 in there for some cool all-in-one cab fun. :)
 

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