ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

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Enemy Fighter

Enemy Fighter

Shoot down a red captured Fighter!

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How to unlock the Enemy Fighter achievement in ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA - Definitive Guide

I got this one on level 5 just to suggest a level to try to get this on. Make sure you have at least 2 lives remaining before going for this! An enemy that shoots down the tractor beam to abduct you will eventually appear. Get into the path of the beam and don't shoot or else you may destroy it, which will release you. You'll see the enemy that abducted you at the top of the level with a red Fighter over it, shoot it. Once you kill the enemy and the Fighter the achievement will unlock.

If you think this solution can be improved tell me by commenting, and if you dislike please tell me why. Thanks! smile
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21 Apr 2016 22:36

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You could improve the solution by adding the proper name of the enemy - Galagan Commander: http://galaga.wikia.com/wiki/Galagan_Commander
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By EastX on 18 May 2016 00:28
Perfect solution, the guy who commented is a dick
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By NuttySandman123 on 08 Sep 2016 16:59
this can be done before level five
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By danny226k on 28 Oct 2016 14:45
I shoot it and I just turn into a duel ship?
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By Barad 007 on 27 Dec 2016 00:04
You have to shoot the enemy that abducts you and the red ship. Just shooting down the enemy will turn you into a duel ship.
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By iFlyHi on 27 Dec 2016 14:37
Worked perfectly
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By CrmsnsShdw on 18 May 2018 04:19
I think the issue here is that if you shoot the boss fighter whilst it is flying around, you end up with a dual ship.

Apparently, if you shoot the boss ship whilst it is immobile at the top of the screen, the captured fighter remains red and you can shoot it down. I would add this to the solution for clarity.
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By z0rrofox on 30 May 2018 08:55
Comment for why you dislike please! Seriously, I don't know why this is getting down voted, the other solution is the same thing just with a video instead?...
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By iFlyHi on 25 Sep 2016 15:55
I kept turning into a duel ship as well... even if i tried to shoot them both, so what i did was when the abductor ship and the red captured ship start to charge to the bottom of the screen, i aimed to crash into the red ship with my ship, the achievement unlocked immediately laugh
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By Serious X Devil on 16 Mar 2018 00:53
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So I feel like I found an easier way to do this. Level 5 is a good pick, and just for safety make sure you set yourself to 5 lives in the settings. On wave 2, 4 Galagan Commander's (the teal ones) will spawn, I recommend not shooting on this wave to keep them healthy. Try to clear waves 1, 3, 4, and 5 as best you can.

Now you'll probably have missed some after all the waves come in, so try to get rid of all or most the rabble without killing the Galagan Commander's. Luckily these guys take two hits to kill (they turn purple after the first hit) so if you are a little careful you'll be able to keep a couple alive.

When a Commander shoots his tractor beam go inside and get captured. You will lose a life and that Commander will have a little red ship buddy now. This achievement is for shooting down the RED SHIP and not the Commander himself! I found this a little tricky as the Red Ship sticks to him like glue and I'd accidentally shoot the Galagan Commander instead, giving me 2 ships and no achievement - so here's the real hot tip:

You don't actually have to shoot it down. What I did instead is I simply ran into the red ship with my ship, killing us both and getting the achievement.

The alternative method as mentioned by @z0rrofox is a bit different. You can also kill the Galagan Commander with the captured Red Ship when he is 'inactive' at the top of the screen, in which case the Red Ship will just sit there waiting to die. The strategy here is actually to leave some enemies alive, as your prey will sit at the top of the screen longer giving you more time to shoot them down. It's a balancing act though, as leaving too many alive will make it harder to stay alive yourself
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06 Dec 2021 12:40

This can be done on stage 1 (or any other stage really, but to keep it simple, do it on 1).

1. Ensure that you have at least 1 life left and let your fighter be captured.
2. It is important to not shoot a lot of enemies before this happens because you want the capturing ship to stop at the top row after it has captured your fighter and not be in an endless diving loop -- if it's diving, you cannot get the trophy.
3. After your fighter is captured, wait till the ship which captured your fighter is at the top of the screen, and NOT diving.
4. Shoot the capturing ship, then shoot your captured ship.
5. The trophy will unlock.
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10 Sep 2018 20:05

The Boss Galaga is the green enemy that takes two shots to kill. The first shot will turn it dark blue and the second shot will destroy it. They have two primary attacks. The first is a looping dive that's identical to the attacks of all the other enemies. The second is a direct dive with no looping that stops about two-thirds down the screen. At that point, the Boss Galaga will emit a tractor beam. If your ship is caught, it will get pulled up to the Boss Galaga, turn red, and become a captured fighter. Once this happens, you'll have to use another ship to shoot it down. There are two ways to do this. The first is to wait until the Boss Galaga is stationary at the top of the screen before shooting it. This does not release the fighter and it will continue to attack you so you can shoot it at your leisure. The other option is to try and shoot it during an attack as it trails behind the Boss Galaga. This is slightly harder because shooting the Boss Galaga by mistake will release the fighter, forming the dual fighter instead.

Please note that it appears the Boss Galaga stops performing the tractor beam attack when there are only a few enemies left in the wave, so you can't wait until it's the last enemy.

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The trophy itself is not as simple as it seems, first your fighter must fall under the beam of an enemy ship and turn red, after which it will constantly be behind the enemy ship that captured it and bomb you.
2 possible scenarios:
1. At high levels, getting into a red ship without killing the enemy is almost impossible; if you destroy the enemy, the red fighter will turn white and return to us doubling our firepower. There are literally millimeters and fractions of a second to catch it from the side. But I found a way to make this trophy EXTREMELY EASY, we wait for the red-enemy pair to reach the bottom border of the screen and soon disappear, or rather the enemy is already hiding from view, we sharply and sideways trip and ram the red fighter, i.e. We sacrifice ourselves, but in the end, the red one is destroyed and the trophy is yours.
2. If you don’t want to strain yourself at all, then at the first level, let the beam catch you, the enemy and the red fighter will stand on top for a long time and slow down, we kill the enemy and the red one does not return to us, he is also on top, then we just shoot him.
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24 Apr 2016 13:17

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The trophy is much easier to make than described above.
when the ship is captured, we need to shoot down the enemy who is holding us captive before he launches an attack (i.e., dangling in his place), then our ship will detach itself and shoot at us, and then we shoot it down.
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By PsyhoSergi on 24 Apr 2016 23:54