Back in the day I could play this game for hours at the movie theater. People would watch before the movie started go into the theater watch the movie and I would still be playing on the same quarter lol.
Those 2 games, Defender and Stargate, weren't satisfied with just being challenging arcade machines. They were created to crush players and grind the remains into a fine talcum-like powder.
Glad to have the opportunity to play this game of Atari 2600 version (the clone one)in my early age of childhood, and I have played this arcade version for just a year or two. Needless to say, I am still a rookie for this game. And also, I am glad to have this opportunity to contact this game even in such a close environment in Taiwan in the 80s’ in which you can’t even get any kind of information from the world outside of the small island. Thanks for your video of gameplay! I am glad that I can play this game on my iPhone 7 with RetroArch! Outstanding game play!
"I used to be pretty good at video games back in the 80s." I'd complacently tell myself. Then I watch this. Holy snappin' dude, I bow to your skill. This was a brutal game. I guess it depends ON the game, I can still win Trojan and Black Tiger on 1 quarter and play Mat Mania for hours, but Stargate...not a chance. Again, kudos.
I cant even imagine how many quarters I put in this game in the 80’s and I was never close to being this good. It’s nice to play a game that isn’t overly complex and doesn’t take days to learn. Its fun to just blast the hell out of things for an hour or two and be done with it. And something I learned today after 30+ years is the Yallabian Space Junkies is just “Bally” spelled backwards…i.e. Ballyian. From the planet Bally I guess. Doh! 🤷
Whenever I see two or three of the same car model on the road, I say "Pod intersection in 5 seconds." My kids are used to it but have no idea what I am talking about.
Absolutely amazing game play skills. I loved Defender in the arcade, but I never really got into Stargate because it was so hard. I never even realized you could use to Stargate to warp to humans being picked up.
Like watching myself kinda’. Nice reverse game, easy mutants. I’ll be honest gating to pick ups was unknown to me. Pods, then greens were my first clears. I remember I got out of swarms of baiters, I think I got to 10, or 12, on Defender. Always seemed like the controls weren’t fast enough. Dude some multiple reverses where I parked humans in a row was beyond sick. I was listening to 2112 lost in that game. Great memories. Never met anyone better than me, but damn you’re all right.
I know no one cares, but back in the day I got over 9 million on Stargate. The store was closing and I spent 20 minutes crashing all the ships I had earned so I could enter my info on the high score.
What’s your strategy for dealing with stages after wave 10? I can do my warps and get 250k but after wave 10 I just find myself averaging 8k points or even 5k points a life. Just a slow bleed out. Would love to hear your tips.
Great score, the game itself never quite surpassed Defender. Lots of great additional new ideas like the Stargate and warp, inviso and a few hidden easter eggs like bonus 2000 for landing a human on the surface as you collect it, but the firebombers are too tedious to fight the the firebomber showdown and dogfight waves are not really a fun game experience. It's a shame they didn't do something with the pickups for the challenge waves as the essence of Defender / Stargate gameplay is with the pickups.
@@EricPetersen2922 I dont think so. You can hear a Windows alert sound before he starts the game. This is likely being emulated and not on original hardware. Still extremely impressive!
@@colonelkurtz2269 in 1981 I was 8 years old. Also I’m from Ireland. In those days it was 10P to play a game. Hardly any arcades left in Ireland that I know of.
@@colonelkurtz2269 it’s a shame really. I still love all the old arcade games. The likes of wonderboy and bubble bobble, Rygar and black tiger to name but a very few.
I mean, really - there aren't any sound effects in the history of classic arcade games better than Williams.
that is 100% accurate statement. Defender, Stargate, Robotron. and very vibrant signature graphics
Back in the day I could play this game for hours at the movie theater. People would watch before the movie started go into the theater watch the movie and I would still be playing on the same quarter lol.
Another iconic game. Much harder to come by then Defender these days. Good score! 👍
Loved the mutants attack sound. This and Robotron were the best games.
This was the loudest game in the arcade, great memories
All that time in the 80s i was playing this game wrong.
Those 2 games, Defender and Stargate, weren't satisfied with just being challenging arcade machines. They were created to crush players and grind the remains into a fine talcum-like powder.
Glad to have the opportunity to play this game of Atari 2600 version (the clone one)in my early age of childhood, and I have played this arcade version for just a year or two. Needless to say, I am still a rookie for this game.
And also, I am glad to have this opportunity to contact this game even in such a close environment in Taiwan in the 80s’ in which you can’t even get any kind of information from the world outside of the small island. Thanks for your video of gameplay!
I am glad that I can play this game on my iPhone 7 with RetroArch! Outstanding game play!
"I used to be pretty good at video games back in the 80s." I'd complacently tell myself. Then I watch this. Holy snappin' dude, I bow to your skill. This was a brutal game. I guess it depends ON the game, I can still win Trojan and Black Tiger on 1 quarter and play Mat Mania for hours, but Stargate...not a chance. Again, kudos.
Excellent job staying patient. It’s so easy to just blast your way through this game and Defender too.
EPJ el inmortal 😊 ,q tiempos ,y q recuerdo 😢 no salía del Stargate y del defender
I cant even imagine how many quarters I put in this game in the 80’s and I was never close to being this good. It’s nice to play a game that isn’t overly complex and doesn’t take days to learn. Its fun to just blast the hell out of things for an hour or two and be done with it.
And something I learned today after 30+ years is the Yallabian Space Junkies is just “Bally” spelled backwards…i.e. Ballyian. From the planet Bally I guess. Doh! 🤷
Whenever I see two or three of the same car model on the road, I say "Pod intersection in 5 seconds." My kids are used to it but have no idea what I am talking about.
40 years and it never dawned on me to hold on to my rescued humanoids so they couldn't be recaptured 🤷♂
Absolutely amazing game play skills. I loved Defender in the arcade, but I never really got into Stargate because it was so hard. I never even realized you could use to Stargate to warp to humans being picked up.
Excellent flying, and fantastic use of inviso. I was good at defender, but never spent enough coins on Stargate to master it
Majestic game. Fantastic soumd effects. Vi todo el video. I enjoied it!
Like watching myself kinda’. Nice reverse game, easy mutants. I’ll be honest gating to pick ups was unknown to me. Pods, then greens were my first clears. I remember I got out of swarms of baiters, I think I got to 10, or 12, on Defender. Always seemed like the controls weren’t fast enough. Dude some multiple reverses where I parked humans in a row was beyond sick. I was listening to 2112 lost in that game. Great memories. Never met anyone better than me, but damn you’re all right.
A master of the craft. 🕹
I know no one cares, but back in the day I got over 9 million on Stargate. The store was closing and I spent 20 minutes crashing all the ships I had earned so I could enter my info on the high score.
Never saw an arcade version of this in the Uk.
What’s your strategy for dealing with stages after wave 10? I can do my warps and get 250k but after wave 10 I just find myself averaging 8k points or even 5k points a life. Just a slow bleed out. Would love to hear your tips.
Great score, the game itself never quite surpassed Defender. Lots of great additional new ideas like the Stargate and warp, inviso and a few hidden easter eggs like bonus 2000 for landing a human on the surface as you collect it, but the firebombers are too tedious to fight the the firebomber showdown and dogfight waves are not really a fun game experience. It's a shame they didn't do something with the pickups for the challenge waves as the essence of Defender / Stargate gameplay is with the pickups.
is this with a joytick? keyboad and mame?
No chance, it’s a proper control panel
@@EricPetersen2922 I dont think so. You can hear a Windows alert sound before he starts the game. This is likely being emulated and not on original hardware. Still extremely impressive!
Definitely an LCD panel with smoothing on an emulator. I'm guessing simplified modern controls with a joystick.
@@EricPetersen2922 No, he paused it at a few points and you can see the mouse cursor. This is definately emulated. No takeaway from the skill tho!
I can only play with a proper control panel 😃
I have defender on Xbox 360. But I never heard of this game.
If you were 10, 11, 12 in 1981 you would have. It was one of the loudest games in the arcade and cost 25 cents to play.
@@colonelkurtz2269 in 1981 I was 8 years old. Also I’m from Ireland. In those days it was 10P to play a game. Hardly any arcades left in Ireland that I know of.
@alimohammedabd arcades are dead in the US. Expensive and no older games.
@@colonelkurtz2269 it’s a shame really. I still love all the old arcade games. The likes of wonderboy and bubble bobble, Rygar and black tiger to name but a very few.
@@alimohammedabd 💯 agree
Top notch skills curious when you didn’t go for the 3-6-9 warp to avoid the 1st firebomber show down?