Galaga
Arguably the greatest shooter ever. Not a bad game for a sequel to the much-inferior "Galaxian," which is basically a "Space Invaders" clone anyway.
The premise: Aliens invade in a convenient gridlike pattern, occasionally firing missles and swooping in to destroy your fighter. The flagship - the Galaga - has the unique ability to capture your fighter in a tractor beam. This costs you a life, and turns your fighter against your next turn ... but if you free your fighter (possible only by shooting the Galaga that guards it, while in flight), you then have double the firepower as your previously captured fighter joins you side by side.
Galaga takes solid shooter fundamentals and improves on each one. One cool aspect of the game, which opens the door for bragging rights a little wider than just high score, is the hit-miss ratio. Highest I've ever managed to get was in the 82% range.
And trust me, ain't nothing sexier than a girl that can kick ass at Galaga. It's a litmus test of hotness.
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Honestly, I didn't play much of either of Pitfall or Galaga, so I don't have much to say about them. I do want to take this opportunity to point out my current cellphone alert tone for incoming text messages:
"I AM SINISTAR"
Sounds very cool.
I am a straight-up Galaga mark. I used to be quite good on the regular Galaga machine they had at the old Fort Henry Mall 5 theater (back before they remodeled it).
(Sidebar -- that new theater in the Fort Henry Mall is nice and all, but a couple of the theaters always smell like they have just hosted a cattle auction in them. You would think that new construction wouldn't smell that way)
The new Galaga machines (re-released as retros) are cool in that the button is much more responsive so you can get quicker shots off (screw hit-miss ratio, I want destruction). They also have an automatic fire mode which, to me, is akin to cheating. Unfortunately, someone at Namco set the default on this machine at $1.00 a play, which is obscene.
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