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G I G A L A G A a galaga-inspired shooter, written in IWBasic
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RELEASE INFO
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Title ............: GIGALAGA
Version ..........: 1.0
Type .............: Arcade shooter / game
Platform .........: Windows (32-bit exe, no install, no dependencies)
Language .........: IWBasic (single source file)
Screen ...........: 224x288 arcade resolution, integer-scaled, letterboxed
Release date .....: 2026-11
Packaged by ......: m0xX
ABOUT
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Forty aliens fly in, form up, and come down to get you. You have one
ship, one gun, and a tractor beam to be afraid of. Everything you see
and hear is generated by the program at run time: sprites, effects and
music. There are no resource files and no asset folder.
FEATURES
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- ARCADE MODE - the classic formation shooter. Tractor beam, captured
fighter, rescue, dual fighter. Dives get nastier as
the formation thins out.
- CAMPAIGN MODE - choose your route through four worlds:
ICE : the Frost Manta
FIRE : the Magma Core and its lava rocks
HIVE : the Hive Queen and her lethal guards
EMPIRE: the Flagship... and then THE EMPEROR,
a war tank with a man behind the glass.
He sleeps. Not for long.
- CHALLENGE STAGES every 10 levels - nobody shoots, perfect = +10000
- 12 entry patterns, 9 dive moves, XGalaga inspired levels
- Power-ups: Spread, Rapid, Shield, Speed, 1UP, and the bad one
- Synthesised tracker-style soundtrack, shuffled, skippable with N
- 16-bit style hand-pixelled graphics, 4 enemy skins, CRT scanlines
- Easy / Normal / Hard, three game speeds, volume controls
- Top-8 hi-score table, saved to GIGALAGA.SAV
- Keyboard, mouse and gamepad
CONTROLS
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Arrows / A D ..... move SPACE CTRL Z X ... fire (hold = auto)
P ................ pause M ................ mute
N ................ next tune C ................ CRT scanlines
Q ................ end game ESC .............. quit (asks first)
TAB .............. arcade/campaign + - .............. difficulty
O ................ options (title)
INSTALL
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Unzip. Run GIGALAGA.EXE. That is all.
To reset scores and settings, delete GIGALAGA.SAV.
GREETS
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Namco, for Galaga. The XGalaga crew, for the level layouts and the ideas
behind stage changes and respawns. The IWBasic community.
And everyone who still thinks a good game fits in one source file.
NOTES
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This is a fan tribute and is not affiliated with Namco or any rights
holder. Play it, share it, but please do not sell it.
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>>> insert coin - press fire <<<
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More at GITHUB (https://github.com/Kosmodrom-lab/GIGALAGA)
Hector,
Another good looking program, but MS Defender still unfortunately flags a virus, like the last one you posted. Not going to risk it
Brian
You're absolutely right : There might be a snake in this box !
Or your "antivirus" is simply paranoïd... 8)
Did you compile this under the old compiler or the new iwbc compiler?
Larry