Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tool-assisted speedrun/superplay (TAS) of Galaga arcade (Single ship)

The goal of this TAS:
-Finish the 8th challenging stage as fast as possible
-Shoot 2 enemies with one shot as often as possible to have a big ratio

Final score: 448,120 (with stage 32)
Hits 1882 with 1598 shots fired, 118.2% ratio

Timing:
-Extra life in 0:45
-Challenging stage 1 ( 3) in 0:52
-Challenging stage 2 ( 7) in 2:14
-Challenging stage 3 (11) in 3:37
-Challenging stage 4 (15) in 4:59
-Challenging stage 5 (19) in 6:33
-Challenging stage 6 (23) in 8:03
-Challenging stage 7 (27) in 9:31
-Challenging stage 8 (31) in 10:54

Note:
-It is possible to do a better time because I waited a little for the triple enemies to spawn on stage 4 5 6 and 10. I think I lost about 9 or 10 seconds total.
-The challenging stage 5 (stage 19) could be done faster if I did not wait for the opportunity to shoot 4 enemies with one shot multiple times to increase the ratio.
-When you have the double ship you seem to fire 2 bullets simultaneously but it is not the case, you just shoot one larger bullet. So for this TAS I keep the single ship since I do not need larger bullet to shoot enemies. (and it takes time to setup)
-I did the stage 32 as a bonus to show something different.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted_speedrun for more information on Tool-Assisted Speed-runs
or tasvideos.org for more video.