This looks really solid for a hack/bootleg and as you said there is just enough variations added to make it worth trying. Kind of reminds me of how Ms. Pac Man was an improved hack of Pac Man with more balanced difficulty.
I shit you not there was an arcade in Ocean City that had an animated neon sign of a Pac-Man with legs chasing a ghost. I know it was likely a coincidence, but a part of me still wonders if maybe there's some deeper history involving Otto
I am glad you shared this. I am looking for the rom for my retro system to try this. It does look and feel like Galaga with some new challenges. In some ways, it almost reminds me of the Galaga arrangement game on the Namco Classics Vol 2 arcade game. That one added some new features too and still felt like Galaga. The Dig Dug Arrangement stood out too.
Man GXGU, its all.ypure fault.bros. stumbled across.your channel.last week, instantly subbed cause you are candid and li ely bros. Bit now I got 4 mini cans on the way and I didnt even know I needed them.until.i saw.your channel LMAO ! I'm an arcade 1up collector but those basic fun tiny arcades are super cool. Since I cant get a full.sized frogger due.to space, a mini fits the bill. Thanks for all you do
This is what Retro Gaming ought to be. More finds like this and hopefully more homebrews like this moving towards. I'd like to see a lot more Golden Age arcade games get more levels, redesigned levels, and sequels in the style and gameplay of the Golden Age
Yeah, in addition to what CareyHolzman said, I could also tell that those same patterns from the Challenging Stages are still taken from Galaga, just that the patterns used in the first Challenging Stages of Gatsbee are taken from LATER Challenging Stages in Galaga.
I believe this game was on exhibit in its original cabinet at the 'Video Game Museum' in Frisco, Texas (within the 'Discovery Center.') Another interesting one is Stratovox (aka Speak and Rescue) which isn't really a clone but takes the same concept and tries to innovate it (using cutting edge technology at the time, and it's difficult to get the same effect from an emulator without the original hardware; same for Battle Zone which they also have there.)
"I think this could be considered a Galaga 2 or worthy sequel because it takes a lot of the mechanisms of Galaga and does something interesting with them." You literally just described Galaga '88, a game that I think did everything Galaga did and cranked it up to 100
I've never heard of this one before. Thanks! They added the Space Invaders mechanics of descending ships to Galaga's already frantic action. I don't know if it's "better", but Galaga masters just might welcome the added challenge. Worth a shot!
@@GenXGrownUp I remember some skin changes like you rode on a skateboard instead of walking. There were coke cans instead of mushrooms. I believe the enemies were different too. Only had a chance to play maybe a few times.
You guys missed me sorry I haven't showed up to the streams I was very busy with school and I am on a summer camp online only one more week to go it is about how computers and electronics work at least that is what they said but it was preety much normal school the whole 5 days of the week except for the last hour of Friday is the interesting part regret entering
Hey Jon I ordered myself a Pac Man 40'th anniversary counter cade from arcade 1up I ordered it off of Amazon one of the games will be Galaga is one of the four games included I'm getting it on Friday I just got a retro Coca Cola Fridge mini you can only fit 6 cans like Amazon e-bay what? Lol Amazon took over the internet.
Yep. I saw you mention that on Mo's video the other day. I saw those mini-fridges at the store last week and almost pulled the trigger on the 6-can Mtn. Dew cooler! 🧊
The game is surprisingly innovative for a bootleg, even given the obvious oversights (the "space invader" movement looks kind of glitchy; you can see parts of the starfield moving downward along with the aliens). I especially love how they put the fast bullets mod but also made the game harder; that's how you mod a Galaga ROM right there!!
@@GenXGrownUp I found a Gatsbee ROM that said for 0.139u1 which I believe is MAME 2010 core in RetroArch and it works. Another ROM I found didn't work on any core.
Gaplus is great. We spent some time looking at Galaga plus all its prequels/sequels in a live stream. Here's a link directly to Gaplus: ua-cam.com/video/U8hbX3-xLSI/v-deo.html
That kind of makes 'em new, then. If you don't know what's coming, yeah? I particularly like how the bees don't stay up high, but their formation extends down to your level if you don't keep them cleaned out.
@@GenXGrownUp Yes, the space invaders aspect is awesome. Do yourself a favor and play Galaga 88, and Galaga Arrangement. The bonus levels are mind boggingly amazing. Rotation, and very cool formations make them definitely superior, along with the gameplay. They are official sequels, and not clones though. later -1
OK. ....I've been searching for ages for a Galaga/phoenix type clone arcade from the 80's. I've seen plenty of videos with similar games but haven't seen that. It was the same concept. A little spaceship shooting vertically alien ships coming down in a column from various sides of the screen. Next stage was some bird looking alien ships that were staying up or coming down one at a time to hit your ship. You could split the birds in half with a well place shot. The ship was firing a double cannon shot with unlimited ammo but in a slow pace or a middle rapid fire gun with limited ammo that were getting back full with every double cannon successful hit you made. Anyone remember it? What game was it?
@@GenXGrownUp mmm, no... I checked it. Thanks for the reply though. The first wave of alien ships were like the letter X coming down in a close formation one behind the other like xxxxxxxxxx moving like a snake all over the screen. I don't know if that helps.
@@hariszark7396I can't belive it.. I'm also looking for a similair game i played around 15 years ago. It's very similair to these arcade games as in that it's the same concept, but with much more modern graphics and loads of powerups that you acquire while playing. Did you find the name of the game you were looking for?
About to hunt this down. Thanks for the the video.
Hope you enjoy it!
I've seen other videos of this hack and you can move your ship up and down the screen, much like Galaga's official sequel Gaplus, aka Galaga 3.
You're absolutely right. I learned that about 30 minutes after publishing this video! That makes it an even more interesting game. 🕹️
Started as "The Great Gatsbee", ended up "The Pretty Good Gatsbee" by the end of the video.
Ha! I see what you did there, Qun Mang! 😉
:)
This looks really solid for a hack/bootleg and as you said there is just enough variations added to make it worth trying. Kind of reminds me of how Ms. Pac Man was an improved hack of Pac Man with more balanced difficulty.
Right? To think we almost had "Crazy Otto" instead of Ms. Pac!
I shit you not there was an arcade in Ocean City that had an animated neon sign of a Pac-Man with legs chasing a ghost. I know it was likely a coincidence, but a part of me still wonders if maybe there's some deeper history involving Otto
I am glad you shared this. I am looking for the rom for my retro system to try this. It does look and feel like Galaga with some new challenges. In some ways, it almost reminds me of the Galaga arrangement game on the Namco Classics Vol 2 arcade game. That one added some new features too and still felt like Galaga. The Dig Dug Arrangement stood out too.
This is interesting! Also nice hat Jon!
Had you ever encountered this one before, Ethan? (And thanks. I have quite an extensive nerdy ball cap collection. 😊)
@@GenXGrownUp I’ve herd of it before but I didn’t know it was a galaga clone because I’ve never played it.
"That Man Is Playing Galaga!....oh what, Gatsbee???"
Sharp eye, Mr. Stark.
@@GenXGrownUp..."thought we didn't notice, but we did"... :)
Man GXGU, its all.ypure fault.bros. stumbled across.your channel.last week, instantly subbed cause you are candid and li ely bros. Bit now I got 4 mini cans on the way and I didnt even know I needed them.until.i saw.your channel LMAO ! I'm an arcade 1up collector but those basic fun tiny arcades are super cool. Since I cant get a full.sized frogger due.to space, a mini fits the bill. Thanks for all you do
Thanks for the kind words, and happy to feed your entertainment addiction. 😊
This is what Retro Gaming ought to be.
More finds like this and hopefully more homebrews like this moving towards.
I'd like to see a lot more Golden Age arcade games get more levels, redesigned levels, and sequels in the style and gameplay of the Golden Age
Yeah, in addition to what CareyHolzman said, I could also tell that those same patterns from the Challenging Stages are still taken from Galaga, just that the patterns used in the first Challenging Stages of Gatsbee are taken from LATER Challenging Stages in Galaga.
Ah. That's a little disappointing that they're not entirely new patterns.
@@GenXGrownUp I know, right? That would've been cool.
I've been playing Galaga for 40 years across multiple platforms, always have it around like a fine whiskey.
Agreed 100%.
Never heard of it but I’m definitely going to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Hope you like it!
I believe this game was on exhibit in its original cabinet at the 'Video Game Museum' in Frisco, Texas (within the 'Discovery Center.') Another interesting one is Stratovox (aka Speak and Rescue) which isn't really a clone but takes the same concept and tries to innovate it (using cutting edge technology at the time, and it's difficult to get the same effect from an emulator without the original hardware; same for Battle Zone which they also have there.)
Visiting that Frisco museum is on my bucket list.
"I think this could be considered a Galaga 2 or worthy sequel because it takes a lot of the mechanisms of Galaga and does something interesting with them." You literally just described Galaga '88, a game that I think did everything Galaga did and cranked it up to 100
Galaga '88 is one of my favorites. It does quite a bit more than Gatsbee in terms of gameplay modifications, though.
@@GenXGrownUp Oh yeah. They really tried their best at outdoing the original
I actually played this version at a place I stayed at, it was called something different though. Really cool!
Oh, yeah? I can't find it under another name. Let me know if you happen to figure out what is was called.
@@GenXGrownUp found it, it’s called Galaga 84, if you look it up you’ll find it.
Are you guys going to the Southern Fried Gaming Expo this year?
You bet we'll be there. 😊
I've never heard of this one before. Thanks!
They added the Space Invaders mechanics of descending ships to Galaga's already frantic action. I don't know if it's "better", but Galaga masters just might welcome the added challenge. Worth a shot!
I'd tend to agree with you, Darth.
This looks pretty cooI. I remember a Krogers store as a teen that had a Super Mario unit but it had a mod called super skateboard bros. 🛹
Oh, really? What was different other than the name?
@@GenXGrownUp I remember some skin changes like you rode on a skateboard instead of walking. There were coke cans instead of mushrooms. I believe the enemies were different too. Only had a chance to play maybe a few times.
Thanks for bringing this to Galaga fans. Looks like a good game, I will check it out.
You're welcome, Walter. 🙂
Pretty fun! Is it just me or are the enemy ships slightly bigger in Gatsbee than Galaga?
They feel bigger, or maybe they're just spaced apart a bit more. The screen does feel more crowded.
You guys missed me sorry I haven't showed up to the streams I was very busy with school and I am on a summer camp online only one more week to go it is about how computers and electronics work at least that is what they said but it was preety much normal school the whole 5 days of the week except for the last hour of Friday is the interesting part regret entering
Hope to see you soon, Hawk.
Hey Jon I ordered myself a Pac Man 40'th anniversary counter cade from arcade 1up I ordered it off of Amazon one of the games will be Galaga is one of the four games included I'm getting it on Friday I just got a retro Coca Cola Fridge mini you can only fit 6 cans like Amazon e-bay what? Lol Amazon took over the internet.
Yep. I saw you mention that on Mo's video the other day. I saw those mini-fridges at the store last week and almost pulled the trigger on the 6-can Mtn. Dew cooler! 🧊
The game is surprisingly innovative for a bootleg, even given the obvious oversights (the "space invader" movement looks kind of glitchy; you can see parts of the starfield moving downward along with the aliens). I especially love how they put the fast bullets mod but also made the game harder; that's how you mod a Galaga ROM right there!!
Awesome! ROM hacks are great. I wonder which of the bazillion MAME versions will run it? Probably not in RetroArch scan database?
Agreed. It's from 1984, and I had no trouble with it under MAME .229. Haven't tried any of the Arch cores, though.
@@GenXGrownUp I found a Gatsbee ROM that said for 0.139u1 which I believe is MAME 2010 core in RetroArch and it works. Another ROM I found didn't work on any core.
@@randysmith7094 Nice find.
I wonder where all that hack has shown up over the years.
I know I never saw it in the wild. If I had, it would've been in the rotation. 😊
Gaplus is frequently overlooked.
Gaplus is great. We spent some time looking at Galaga plus all its prequels/sequels in a live stream. Here's a link directly to Gaplus: ua-cam.com/video/U8hbX3-xLSI/v-deo.html
Sorry for the chop. I'm all thumbs. Wanted to say candid and lively
Not sure what "the chop" is about, but no worries. 😊 Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing & watching!
its a good clone. but the bonus levels aren't new.
they just took formations from the latter levels and
mixed them up.
later
-1
That kind of makes 'em new, then. If you don't know what's coming, yeah? I particularly like how the bees don't stay up high, but their formation extends down to your level if you don't keep them cleaned out.
@@GenXGrownUp Yes, the space invaders aspect is awesome. Do yourself a favor and play Galaga 88, and Galaga Arrangement. The bonus levels are mind boggingly amazing. Rotation, and very cool formations make them definitely superior, along with the gameplay. They are official sequels, and not clones though.
later
-1
@@negative1723 Arrangement variations never interested me, but I've been playing Galaga '88 since, well, '88 I guess! 😊
And it doesn’t even make you disappear if you lose lol
So literary. I love it, Rachel! 😊📚
Hi, you must to see Taito do Brasil - Fantastic, an galaga clone done from scratch on galaxian/moon cresta hardware.
I've played Fantastic. It's not. (fantastic) 😁
Did you ever do up and down movement?
You can move up and down too!!
Oh, damn! You can move up & down like in Gorf! There wasn't any indication of it in the instructions so I hadn't even tried it. That's even cooler! 😊
OK. ....I've been searching for ages for a Galaga/phoenix type clone arcade from the 80's.
I've seen plenty of videos with similar games but haven't seen that.
It was the same concept.
A little spaceship shooting vertically alien ships coming down in a column from various sides of the screen.
Next stage was some bird looking alien ships that were staying up or coming down one at a time to hit your ship.
You could split the birds in half with a well place shot.
The ship was firing a double cannon shot with unlimited ammo but in a slow pace or a middle rapid fire gun with limited ammo that were getting back full with every double cannon successful hit you made.
Anyone remember it?
What game was it?
Could it be Moon Cresta?
@@GenXGrownUp mmm, no...
I checked it.
Thanks for the reply though.
The first wave of alien ships were like the letter X coming down in a close formation one behind the other like xxxxxxxxxx moving like a snake all over the screen.
I don't know if that helps.
@@GenXGrownUp just found it mate!!
It's EXERION
Take a look:
ua-cam.com/video/oqTtJb9R_Kg/v-deo.html
@@hariszark7396I can't belive it.. I'm also looking for a similair game i played around 15 years ago. It's very similair to these arcade games as in that it's the same concept, but with much more modern graphics and loads of powerups that you acquire while playing. Did you find the name of the game you were looking for?
@@ognjenstanojevic30 Yes I did eventually.
It was EXERION.
Interesting clone! Not sure how I feel about the Bees invading my personal space
Almost as if they're "invading" your "space," right? Eh? EH? 😉
Sick
Hopefully in a good way. 😉
There's nothing better than the original! (That's for all products!)
Coca Cola, Heineken, etc., etc.
I respect that opinion and your supporting evidence!
Nothing is better than Galaga.
You may be right.
@@GenXGrownUp Well I prefer Pac-Man but....
Chop i.e. typos.
Got it. 😉
Gyruss!
Love it. What about Gyruss?
I haven't played it but I don't like it lol. I love Galaga
Ha!
Not better, just different.
Like Nuprin. 🟡
@@GenXGrownUp I was just watching Wayne's World on laserdisc the other day lol.
I’m your first view and like
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