GIGALAGA v1.0 [Beta] - (November)

[h3kt0r]

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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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[Brian]

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