Galaga '88/Stages 23-26

The next four stages of the game will, once again, take place in either the second, third, fourth or fifth dimension, and feature Ameobas as obstacles; however, unlike your first encounter with them on Stages 8-10 (only in the third dimension), they will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind when you destroy them because these stages do not have the auto-scrolling nature.

Dimension 2
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, an Amoeba will appear above it and start moving back and forth; once you have managed to fire sixteen shots at this Amoeba to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen as two Enormous Babito escort two groups of five Nin into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the ten Nin are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more groups of six more Nin and six Pink Don will fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, two of the Nin in the left group and two of the Pink Don in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired off single shot at all four of them to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five Zako into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the ten Zako are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but once again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more groups of six Goei and six Boss Galagans will fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a fourth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, two of the Goei in the left group and two of the Boss Galagans in the right group will break away from the formation, and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a single shot at both of the Goei to kill them, and two shots at both of the Boss Galagans to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of four more Zako and four more Goei into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing fifth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Zako and the four Goei are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but yet again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of fifty-two to begin with, if you count the fifteenth and sixteenth Nin, the fifth and sixth Pink Don, the fifth and sixth Goei, and the fifth and sixth Boss Galagans, who all decided to break away from the formation), will begin to attack your ship.

If you had let any of the eight remaining Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other to create an enormous version of themselves, while the other six are attacking you; once you have fired three shots at th enormous Goei to kill it (for a sixteenth time, its eyes will change colour from blue to green to yellow as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen adjacent to the first one - and if you had let any of th four remaining Boss Galagans in the formation live, none of them will fly down and engage their tractor beams while th other three are attacking you either because your triple ship is too big for them to beam up and take back up to the top of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, the last one will leave a pink Warp Capsule behind; for a seventh time, if your triple ship was reduced to a double or single ship at any time in this stage, as a result of being hit by a Galagan, or a bullet that was fired down on you by a Galagan, (or even being crashed into by an Enormous Babito that was flying away off the bottom of the screen), you should collect it, as it will instantly transform it back into a triple ship at no cost to your remaining lives. Your newly-retransformed triple ship will then move back to the centre of the screen for twenty-third time, and dematerialize as it proceeds to twenty-fourth stage.

Dimension 3
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, an Amoeba will appear above it and start moving back and forth; once you have managed to fire sixteen shots at this Ameoba to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen as two groups of six Zako fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, two of the Zako in the left group and two of the Zako in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a single shot at both of them to kill them, two Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five more Zako and five Pink Pan into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the five Zako and the five Pink Pan are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off of the bottom of the screen once they have done so; but if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five Goei and five Boss Galagans into view on the left and right sides of the screen, before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above you ship as the five Goei and the five Boss Galagans are taking their places in formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but once again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more groups of six more Pink Pan and six Green Pan will fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fourth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, two of the Pink Pan in the left group, and two of the Green Pan in the right group, will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired off four shots at all four of these Pan to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four Nin into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Goei and the four Nin are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but yet again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of fifty-two to begin with, if you count the fifth, sixth, eleventh and twelfth Zako, the sixth and seventh Pink Pan, and the fifth and sixth Green Pan, who all decided to break away from this formation), will begin to attack.

If you had let any of the eleven Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other to create an enormous version of themselves while the other nine are attacking you; once you have fired three shots at this enormous Goei to kill it (for a thirteenth time, its entire body will change colour from blue to green to purple as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen adjacent to the first one - and if you had let any of the five Boss Galagans in the formation live, none of them will fly down and engage their tractor beams while the other four are all attacking you either because your triple ship is too big for them to beam up and take back up to the top of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, the last one will leave a pink Warp Capsule behind; for a seventh time, if your triple ship was reduced to a double or single ship at any time in this stage, as a result of being hit by a Galagan, or a bullet that was fired down on you by a Galagan, (or even being crashed into by an Enormous Babito that was flying away off the bottom of the screen), you should collect it, as it will instantly transform it back into triple ship and at no cost to your remaining lives. Your newly-retransformed triple ship will then move back to the centre of this screen for the twenty-third time, and dematerialize as it proceeds to the twenty-fourth stage.

Dimension 4
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, an Amoeba will appear above it and start moving back and forth; once you have managed to fire sixteen shots at this Amoeba to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen as two groups of six Kan and six Zako fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in formation above you - however, just before they do so, two of the Kan in the left group and two of the Zako in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired off a single shot at all four of them to kill them, two Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five more Zako into view from the left and right sides of the screen, before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the ten Zako are taking their places in formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so; but if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more groups of six Goei, and three more Kan and three more Goei, will fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, two of the Goei in the left group, and one of the Goei and one of the Kan in the right group, will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired single shot at all four of them to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five more Goei and five Boss Galagans into view on the left and right sides of the screen, before acircling around while firing fourth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the five Goei and the five Boss Galagans are taking their places in th formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so; but once again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fire three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of five Green Pan and five more Zako into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the five Green Pan and the five Zako are taking their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but yet again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of fifty-four to begin with, if you count the fifth, sixth and ninth Kan, the fifth and sixth Zako, and the fifth, sixth, and ninth Goei, who had all decided to break away from the formation) will begin to attack.

If you had let any of the eleven remaining Goei in the formation live, they will to meld with each other to create an enormous version of themselves while the other nine are attacking you; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (for a seventh time, its eyes will change colour from yellow to green to purple as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen adjacent to the first one - and if you had let any of the five Boss Galagans in the formation live, none of them will fly down and engage their tractor beams while the other four are attacking you either because your triple ship is too big for them to beam up and take back up to the top of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, the last one will leave a pink Warp Capsule behind; for a seventh time, if your triple ship was reduced to a double or single ship at any time in this stage as a result of being hit by a Galagan, or a bullet that was fired down on you by a Galagan, (or even being crashed into by an Enormous Babito that was flying away off the bottom of the screen), you should collect it, as it will instantly transform it back into a triple ship at no cost to your remaining lives. Your newly-retransformed triple ship will then move back to the centre of the screen for twenty-third time, and dematerialize as it proceeds to twenty-fourth stage.

Dimension 5
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, an Amoeba will appear above it and start moving back and forth; once you have managed to fire sixteen shots at this Amoeba to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen as two Enormous Babito escort two groups of five Green Pan into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the ten Green Pan are taking their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have afired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups made up of a 4th-dimension Kan and four 1st-dimension Zako, and five more 1st-dimension Kan, into view on both the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the six 4th-dimension Kan and the four 1st-dimension Zako are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so; but once again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired off three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of an additional Green Pan, two more 1st-dimension Zako, a 1st-dimension Goei and a 1st-dimension Boss Galagan into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the two Green Pan, the four 1st-dimension Zako, the two 1st-dimension Goei and the two 1st-dimension Boss Galagans are taking their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but yet again, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have afired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of a 5th-dimension Kan and four more 1st-dimension Goei, and a second 5th-dimension Kan and four more 1st-dimension Zako, into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fourth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the two 5th-dimension Kan, the four 1st-dimension Goei and the four 1st-dimension Zako are taking their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so; but for a fourth time, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, two more Enormous Babito will escort two more groups of four more 1st-dimension Goei and four 1st-dimension Nin into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four 1st-dimension Goei and the four 1st-dimension Nin are ataking their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the bottom of the screen once they have done so - but for a fifth time, if your ship is in their flight path, they will crash into it. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Babito to kill them, any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of forty-eight of them to begin with, and none of them have decided to break away from the formation in this dimension) will all begin to attack your ship.

If you had let any of the ten 1st-dimension Goei in the formation live, they will to meld with each other to create an enormous version of themselves while the other eight are attacking you; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (for a fourteenth time, its eyes and tail will change colour from red to blue to green as you do so), it will leave a second blue Warp Capsule behind. Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen adjacent to the first one - and if you had let either of those two 1st-dimension Boss Galagans in the formation live, neither of them will fly down and engage their tractor beams while th other one is attacking you either because your triple ship is too big for them to beam up and take back up to the top of the screen. Once you have fired off a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, the last one will leave a pink Warp Capsule behind; for a seventh time, if your triple ship was reduced to a double or single ship at any time in this stage as a result of being hit by a Galagan, or a bullet that was fired down on you by a Galagan, (or even being crashed into by an Enormous Babito that was flying away off the bottom of the screen), you should collect it, as it will instantly transform it back into a triple ship at no cost to your remaining lives. Your newly-retransformed triple ship will then move back to centre of th screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to twenty-fourth stage.