Witnessed an insane Galaga score last week

No one is arguing that his score should've counted on TG. It's just a great score that's worth calling attention to.

Frankly the TG score verifying process is one of the dumbest things on the planet. Always was, and for some reason still is. And why anyone would want to go through that hilariously labyrinthine process when so many early high scores are clearly phony is beyond me.

And just to be clear, this was done on an original dedicated Galaga board, with a high score kit installed. Installing the kit doesn't suddenly bend time and space and morph the board into one of those tv plug n play joysticks. If he actually did want to submit to TG, the kit could easily be removed, and the original Galaga pcb would still be sitting there, no "new opened track" necessary.

You are 100% correct. Jumping through hoops upon hoops for some of the scores is crazy. Many years back (about 15-20 years or so) there were events where you could put up scores (which made way more sense) that would be verified by referees and confirmed by a TG rep on location during a 3 day period (Funspot among other places did this).

I know not everyone can do this but I guess if you want your name in the record book you have to go through this rigorous process.

I don't stream myself and I don't care about the attention. If I get a score and it is recorded at an event, great, but I play the games for my own personal goals/achievements, etc. For some reason I am just not as into it as other people are. I've always been pretty proficient at a lot of the games I play but I just don't like the attention it brings and time vested these days into people "watching" persay.

Granted now knowing that was 5 ships only at 5,000,000 that is a very very good score. This rule on the modified board thing needs to stop. These PCBs are 35 years old now.
 
I've gotten around 9 or 10 million on the game and quit playing because I needed to use the restroom badly. There's a lot of people that can do really well on Galaga. I don't consider myself great at the game and I don't play it because it takes too long...

Jason! How are you? All these years I've known you and I never knew you could play Galaga that good. Was the 10M on original fire, or the fast-fire chip? I asked Dan last night about you playing Galaga and he said he always knew you were pretty decent at it. Huh, that just shows how cognizant I am. :p Btw, are you still running arcades around TN?

PS: A few months ago, I set a goal on the fast-fire version on MAME and achieved it while streaming on Twitch. 10,000,160 with only 2 deaths. :) It originally started as a 5-men game. I killed off the last 3 when I reached my goal. God knows how far I could have taken that game, had I played it out.
 
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Jason! How are you? All these years I've known you and I never knew you could play Galaga that good. Was the 10M on original fire, or the fast-fire chip? I asked Dan last night about you playing Galaga and he said he always knew you were pretty decent at it. Huh, that just shows how cognizant I am. :p Btw, are you still running arcades around TN?

PS: A few months ago, I set a goal on the fast-fire version on MAME and achieved it while streaming on Twitch. 10,000,160 with only 2 deaths. :) It originally started as a 5-men game. I killed off the last 3 when I reached my goal. God knows how far I could have taken that game, had I played it out.

There's a lot of games I can play proficiently. I would not say "world class level" as I never dedicated the time to that except as a kid but there just weren't places available to play all the old games in the mid 90s....now it is much easier to find the classics ironically enough. The 10M was on original fire and it took many hours. One of my employees saw me quit at 5million a few years back because I had to pee.

And yes, I still own 3 stores in the Nashville area. I am getting them down to 2 (one just had to be kept open for an extra year) so I will be able to manage them a bit more. You would love them, though. 300+ games in 1, 115 in the other, all 80s and 90s arcade and pinball machines. The other 150+ games will have to stay in storage it looks like.
 
The 10M was on original fire and it took many hours. One of my employees saw me quit at 5million a few years back because I had to pee.

Very impressive Jason. Dan reassured me after getting off the phone with him a short while ago that you are in fact one of the best Galaga players out there. Sometimes being in a class by yourself can get kinda lonely. It's nice to hear that there are others out there who are really good at the game. I would love to see a "Galaga-Off" someday. I think it could be as popular as the Kong-Off.

Speaking of events, did you ever think of starting a classic gaming show of your own with the games you have? Even starting off with the 150 you have in storage isn't a bad start. Just a thought. I think you could come up with some unique ideas to make your show stand out from the others. It could be a lot of fun and could generate some nice revenue.

300+ games in 1, 115 in the other, all 80s and 90s arcade and pinball machines.

Any chance you want to sell your Dr. Mario cocktail cab? :)
 
Very impressive Jason. Dan reassured me after getting off the phone with him a short while ago that you are in fact one of the best Galaga players out there. Sometimes being in a class by yourself can get kinda lonely. It's nice to hear that there are others out there who are really good at the game. I would love to see a "Galaga-Off" someday. I think it could be as popular as the Kong-Off.

Speaking of events, did you ever think of starting a classic gaming show of your own with the games you have? Even starting off with the 150 you have in storage isn't a bad start. Just a thought. I think you could come up with some unique ideas to make your show stand out from the others. It could be a lot of fun and could generate some nice revenue.



Any chance you want to sell your Dr. Mario cocktail cab? :)

There isn't a reason for me to start a classic gaming expo when the locations I have locally already provide all of the games at a cheaper rate. It would not make any logistical sense when you have 550+ games already within 30 miles of each other for public play...the ones in storage will be used sometimes for the already existing Nashville Arcade Expo that happens annually but it's insane to move machines back and forth and be and event planner alone...combine that with my stores and that isn't happening...I already have enough stuff locally for people to play as a bonus year round at a very cheap $10 all day rate.

I don't have a Dr. Mario cocktail, just the kit for a VS. and the PlayChoice stuff...

Galaga is one of those games that is there if I have hours to kill I can play it, but I just can't get into games like that. Once I get to a certain point it is tiring if a game is not as challenging. This is why I always stuck to pinball and fighting games against people because no two games played the same.
 
When I read "score" I was like "oh cool someone scored a Galaga..." and then I saw it was actually about a high score and not getting a cab... lol

Nice score though. :)
 
Galaga is one of those games that is there if I have hours to kill I can play it, but I just can't get into games like that. Once I get to a certain point it is tiring if a game is not as challenging. This is why I always stuck to pinball and fighting games against people because no two games played the same.

Do you play Galaga 88? I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts f an expert Galaga player on its lesser known sequel. The game has an end so it's about maximizing scoring in the finite number of levels, not marathoning.
 
Do you play Galaga 88? I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts f an expert Galaga player on its lesser known sequel. The game has an end so it's about maximizing scoring in the finite number of levels, not marathoning.

I haven't played it in years. I loved it but it's been awhile....I do own a machine, however.
 
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