Galaga '88/Stages 4-7

The next four stages of the game will take place either in the first or second dimension (depending on whether or not you managed to collect two blue Warp Capsules in the first two stages), and feature Crystals as obstacles; this means that you can either destroy them or wait for two Goei to meld with each other in order to collect a blue Warp Capsule this time.

Dimension 1
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, two Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired one shot at one of these two Crystals 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 below your ship as two groups of four Zako fly into view from 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 the formation above you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two Enormous Hiyoko will escort two groups of four Goei and four Don (two Purple and two Brown) 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 while the four Goei and the four Don are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so - and once you have fired total of three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship while the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired a three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four more Don (two Pink and two Green) 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 four Goei and the four Don take up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so; once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more groups of five Don (there is three Pink and two Green in one, and three Green and two Pink in the other) fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you and taking up their places in the formation above you. However, just before they do so, one of the Pink Don that is in the left group and one of the Green Don that is in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship - and once you have fired a shot at both of them, they will explode into four miniaturized versions of themselves. Once you have fired a shot at all eight of them to kill them, you will receive an 800- (Green) or 1200-point (Pink) bonus; the second Crystal will then disappear if you have not destroyed it already and any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of forty-two to begin with now) will begin to attack your ship.

If you had let at least two of the twelve Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (yet again, its eyes and tail will change colour from red to blue to green 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 below your ship and adjacent to the first one - however, if you had let any of the four Boss Galagans in the formation live, they will not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike the single and double). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move back to centre of the screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to fifth stage.

Dimension 2
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, two Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired one shot at one of these two Crystals 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 below your ship as two Enormous Hiyoko escort two groups of four Zako 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 once the eight Zako have taken their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired a three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Zako and four Goei into view on 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 while the four Zako and the four Goei take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so - and once you have fired a three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship while the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired total three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more groups of five more Zako and five more Goei 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, one of the Zako is in the left group and one of the Goei is in the right group will break away from their formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, two groups of five Nin will fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, one Nin in the left group and another Nin in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Nin to kill them, the other Crystal will disappear if you have not destroyed it already and any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of forty-four of them to begin with now) will begin to attack.

If you had let at least two of the twelve Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (in this second dimension, its eyes will change colour from dblue 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 below your ship adjacent to the first one - however, if you had let any of the four Boss Galagans that are in the formation live, they will not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike the single and double ships). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move centre and dematerialize as it proceeds to the fifth stage.

Dimension 1
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, three Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired a shot at any of these three Crystals to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind (if you did not manage to collect a second one in the previous stage). Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to that first one as two Enormous Hiyoko escort two groups of four Zako into view from the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship once the eight Zako have taken their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so - and once you have fired a three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four Don (two Purple and two Brown) and four Goei into view from the left side of the screen before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Don and the four Goei are taking up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so; once you have fired total three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view from right side of the screen before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more groups of five more Don (three Pink and two Green) and five Goei will fly into view from the left side of the screen before circling around while firing a fourth hail of bullets down at you and taking up their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, one of the Pink Don that is in the left group and one of the Goei in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, the Pink Don will explode up into four miniaturized versions of itself; once you have fired a shot at all four of them to kill them, you will receive a 1200-point bonus. Two more groups of five more Don (three Pink and two Green in one, three Green and two Pink in the other) will then fly into view on the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, one of the Pink Don that is in the left group and one of the Green Don that is in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them, they will explode into four miniaturized versions of themselves - and once you have done so, you will receive an 800- (Green) and another 1200-point (Pink) bonus. The other two Crystals will then disappear if you have not destroyed them already, and any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of forty-four to begin with here), will begin to attack.

If you had let at least two of the twelve remaining Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (for a fourth time here, its eyes and tail will change colour from red to blue to green as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind (once again, if you did not manage to collect the second one in the previous stage, or missed the one that the first Crystal you destroyed left behind as it fell). Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to that first one - however, if you had let any of the four Boss Galagans in the formation live, they will again not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike single and double ships). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move to the centre of the screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to sixth stage.

Dimension 2
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, three Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired a shot at any of these three Crystals to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind (if you did not manage to collect a second one in the previous stage). Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to that first one as two Enormous Hiyoko escort two groups of four Zako into view from the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship once the eight Zako have taken their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so - and once you have fired total of three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Zako and four more Goei into view on the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a second hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Zako and the four Goei take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so; once you have fired total three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more Enormous Hiyoko will escort two more groups of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view on the left side of the screen before acircling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship while the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired a three shots at both of these Enormous Hiyoko to kill them, two more groups of five more Zako and five more Goei will fly into view on the right side 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, one of the Zako that is in the left group and one of the Goei that is in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, two groups of five Nin will fly into view on the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a fifth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you; however, just before they do so, one Nin that is in the left group and another Nin in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired total of three shots at both of these Nin to kill them, the other two Crystals will disappear if you have not destroyed them already and any remaining Galagans in the formation (you will have noticed that much like the previous stage if you were in this 2nd dimension, there was a total of forty-four of them to begin with), will begin to attack your ship.

If you had let at least two of the twelve remaining Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (once again, its eyes will change colour from blue to green to yellow as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind (once again, only if you did not manage to collect the second one in the previous stage, or missed the first one that the first Crystal that you had destroyed left behind as it fell). Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to that first one - however, if you had let any of those four Boss Galagans in the formation live, they will once again not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike the single and double ships). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move centre of the screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to sixth stage.

Dimension 1
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, two Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired one shot at one of these two Crystals to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind (if you did not manage to collect a second one in either of the two previous stages). Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to the first one as two groups of five Zako fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you and taking up their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, one Zako in the left group and another Zako in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, one Enormous Hiyoko will escort a third group of four Goei and four Don (two Purple and two Brown) into view on the left side of the screen before circling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Goei and the four Don take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so; once you have fired a three shots at this Enormous Hiyoko to kill it, another Enormous Hiyoko will escort a fourth group of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view from the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired three shots at this second Enormous Hiyoko to kill it, a fifth group of five more Goei and five more Don (two Pink and three Green) will fly into view on the left side 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, one of the Goei and one of the Green Don will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them, the Green Don will explode into four miniaturized versions of itself; once you have fired a shot at all four of them to kill them, you will receive an 800-point bonus for doing so. A sixth group of ten more Don (five Pink and five Green) will then fly into view on the right side of the screen before circling around while firing fifth hail of bullets down at you and taking their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, one of the Pink Don and one of the Green Don in the group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them, they will explode into four miniaturized versions of themselves - and once you have fired a shot at all four of them to kill them, you will receive a 800- (Green) or 1200-point (Pink) bonus. The other Crystal will then disappear if you have not destroyed it and any remaining Galagans in the formation (there was a total of forty-six to begin with), will begin to attack ship.

If you had let at least two of the twelve remaining Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (for a fifth time here, its eyes and tail will change colour from red to blue to green as you do so), it will leave another blue Warp Capsule behind (once again, if you did not manage to collect the second one in either of the two previous stages, or missed the first one that the first Crystal you destroyed left behind as it fell). Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to that first one - however, if you let any of those four Boss Galagans in the formation live, they will yet again not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike the single and double ships). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move to centre of the screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to the seventh stage, which is the second bonus stage in the game and features thirty-six Tako and four Boss Galagans dancing to a waltz-type tune (which is composed by Hiroyuki Kawada).

Dimension 2
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, two Crystals will appear above it; once you have fired one shot at one of these two Crystals to destroy it, it will leave a blue Warp Capsule behind (if you did not manage to collect a second one in either of the two previous stages). Once you have collected this blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship and adjacent to the first one as two groups of five Zako fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen before acircling around while firing a hail of bullets down at you and taking up their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, one Zako is in the left group and another Zako is in the right group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, an Enormous Hiyoko will escort a third group of four more Zako and four Goei into view on the left side of the screen before acircling around while firing another hail of bullets down at you, flying around while the four Zako and the four Goei take up their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so; once you have fired a total of three shots at this Enormous Hiyoko to kill it, another Enormous Hiyoko will escort a fourth group of four more Goei and four Boss Galagans into view from the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a third hail of bullets down at you, flying around above your ship as the four Goei and the four Boss Galagans take their places in the formation above you, and flying away off the top of the screen once they have done so. Once you have fired three shots at this second Enormous Hiyoko to kill it, a fifth group of five more Zako and five more Goei will fly into view on the right side of the screen before circling around while firing a fourth hail of bullets down at you and taking up their places in the formation above you - however, just before they do so, one of the Zako and one of the Goei in the group will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, a sixth group of ten Nin will fly into view on left side of the screen before circling around and firing a fifth 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 will break away from the formation and fly directly towards your ship. Once you have fired three shots at both of these Nin to kill them, the second Crystal will disappear if you have not destroyed it already and any remaining Galagans in the formation (much like this stage in the first dimension, there was a total of forty-six of them in the formation to begin with), will begin to attack.

If you had let at least two of the twelve remaining Goei in the formation live, they will meld with each other and create a giant version of themselves; once you have fired three shots at the enormous Goei to kill it (yet again, its eyes will change colour from blue to green to yellow as you do so), it will leave a second blue Warp Capsule behind (once again, only if you did not manage to collect a second one in either of the two previous stages, or missed the first one that the first Crystal that you had destroyed left behind as it fell). Once you have collected this second blue Warp Capsule, it will be displayed at the bottom of the screen below your ship adjacent to the first one - however, if you let any of those four Boss Galagans in the formation live, they will yet again not fly down and engage their tractor beams because your triple ship is too big for them to capture and take back up to the top of the screen (unlike the single and double ships). Once you have fired a shot at any remaining Galagans in the formation to kill them, your triple ship will move to centre of the screen and dematerialize as it proceeds to the seventh stage, which is the second bonus stage in the game and features thirty-six Bees and four Boss Galagans dancing to a waltz-type tune (which is composed by Hiroyuki Kawada).

Dimension 1
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, the text "THAT'S GALACTIC DANCIN'" will appear above it as that updated version of the original "Challenging Stage" introduction is heard from the Yamaha YM-2151; two groups of five Tako will then fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen and fly down, right, down, right, down, left, down, left, down, right, down, left, down, left, right, up, right, and up before flying away off those opposite left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these ten Tako to kill them, you will receive a 1200-point bonus - and two more groups of five Tako will then fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen and move up, right, up, right, up, left, up, left, up, left, up, right, up, left, up, left, right, down, left, down, and left before flying away off the opposite left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these ten Tako to kill them, you will receive another 1200-point bonus; two more groups of five more Tako will then fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen and move up, down, up, down, up, down, left, down, and left before flying away off those opposite left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired one shot at each of these ten Tako to kill them, you will receive a third 1200-point bonus - and two more groups of three Tako and two Boss Galagans will then fly into view on the left and right sides of the screen and fly down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, left, up, and left before flying away off the left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these six Tako and two shots at each of these four Boss Galagans to kill them, you will receive a fourth and final 1200-point bonus; if you managed to fire one shot at all thirty-six of the Tako and two shots at all four of the Boss Galagans to kill them, the text "PERFECT! NUMBER OF HITS: 40. SPECIAL BONUS! 10000 PTS" will appear on the screen as the updated version of the "Perfect Challenging Stage" theme is heard from the Yamaha YM-2151. However, if you missed even one of the Galagans, the text "NUMBER OF HITS: XX. BONUS XX00 PTS" will appear on the screen ("XX" reading as the number of Galagans you managed to kill) - and if you refrained from touching the controls at all, you will receive a second (or a first, if you decided to move the joystick on Stage 3) "Secret Bonus" of 10000 points.

If you managed to collect two blue Warp Capsules in the three previous stages, they will rise up from their positions at the bottom of the screen and explode (creating a "dimensional rift" in the process); your ship will then pass through this rift to the second dimension as the text "DIMENSIONAL WARP BONUS 10000 PTS" appears on the screen. However, if you manage to collect only one blue Warp Capsule in the three previous stages, it will rise up from its position at the bottom of the screen and dissipate in a small blowup as your ship dematerializes and proceeds to the seventh stage (still in this first dimension) - and if you did not manage to collect any blue Warp Capsules in the three previous stages, your ship will dematerialize as it proceeds to the seventh stage (once again, still in this first dimension) as if it had only managed to collect one blue Warp Capsule over the course of th three previous stages in game.

Dimension 2
Once your triple ship has rematerialized at the bottom of the screen, the text "THAT'S GALACTIC DANCIN'" will appear above it as that updated version of the original "Challenging Stage" introduction is heard from the Yamaha YM-2151; a group of ten Bees will then fly into view from the right side of the screen and fly down, right, down, right, down, right, down, right, down, left, down, right, up, left, up, right, up, right, up, and right before flying away off the right side of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these ten Bees to kill them, you will receive a 1600-point bonus - and another group of ten Bees will then fly into view on the left side of the screen and fly down, left, down, left, down, left, down, right, down, left, up, right, up, left, up, left, up, and left before flying away off the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these ten Bees to kill them, you will receive another 1600-point bonus; a third group of ten Bees will then fly into view on the right side of the screen and fly around in a figure of eight, right, up, left, up, left, and around in another figure of eight before flying away off the right side of the screen. Once you have fired one shot at each of these ten Bees to kill them, you will receive a third 1600-point bonus - and a fourth group of six Bees and four Boss Galagans will fly into view from the left side of the screen and fly around in a figure of eight, left, up, right, up, right, around in another figure of eight, left, up, left, up, and right before flying away off the right side of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of these six Bees and two shots at each of these four Boss Galagans to kill them, you will receive a fourth and final 1600-point bonus; if you managed to fire one shot at all thirty-six of the Bees and two shots at all four of the Boss Galagans to kill them, the text "PERFECT! NUMBER OF HITS: 40. SPECIAL BONUS! 10000 PTS" will appear on the screen as that updated version of that "Perfect Challenging Stage" theme is heard from that Yamaha YM-2151. However, if you missed even one Galagan, the text "NUMBER OF HITS: XX. BONUS XX00 PTS" will appear on the screen ("XX" being the number of Galagans you managed to kill) - and if you refrained from touching the controls at all, you will receive a second (or a first, if you decided to move the joystick, or press the Firing Button, or even press the 1 or 2 Player Buttons on Stage 3), "Secret Bonus" of 10000 points.

If you managed to collect two blue Warp Capsules in the three previous stages, they will rise up from their positions at the bottom of the screen and explode (creating a "dimensional rift" in the process); your ship will then pass through this rift to the third dimension as the text "DIMENSIONAL WARP BONUS 20000 PTS" appears on the screen. However, if you manage to collect only one blue Warp Capsule in the three previous stages, it will rise up from its position at the bottom of the screen and dissipate in a small blowup as your ship dematerializes and proceeds to the seventh stage (still in this second dimension) - and if you did not manage to collect any blue Warp Capsules all in the three previous stages, your ship will simply dematerialize as it proceeds to the seventh stage (once again, still in this second dimension) as if it had only managed to collect one blue Warp Capsule in the three previous stages.