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on: January 01, 2011, 01:31:35 PM
Just wanted to say congrats to my pal Andrew Laidlaw for taking back the
Galaga WR! Way to go brotha!
pow! 4,525,150 - TGTS.
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Yet another core classic being taken into the stratosphere. Great job and keep
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Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 03:55:04 PM

Congratulations Andrew. I was at Richie Knucklez 3 weeks ago when I played

some Galaga with Jon Klinkel, cool guy.
Now we need a 'Single Ship/No Dual Ship' track. I did that last year for awhile,
because when I would play 'Fast Fire' mode, I ended up shooting my captured
ships by accident.
Here are my best scores with no dual ships:
Fast Fire: 3,919,940 [Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga: Class Of 1981]
Normal Fire: 762,410 [4-in-1]
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Reply #5 on: January 01, 2011, 11:32:47 PM

Andrew Laidlaw ups his own score to take back his World Record position in
Galaga (4,525,150)
Galaga (1981)
Galaga
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MGM sent a Galaga machine to Matthew Broderick for him to practice prior to
shooting the movie WarGames. He practiced for two months and the Galaga
arcade unit makes two appearances in the film.
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick), a young computer genius, displays his
video game expertise to a friend (Howie Allen) in WarGames, a United Artists
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Youtube: WarGames (1983) - Part 2 of 11 (Arcade Galaga Scene starts at 4
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Year: 1981
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Andrew Laidlaw takes Lead:
Congratulations to Andrew Laidlaw who is back on top again with a new world
record score on Galaga (TGTS) of 4,525,150, passing the current world record
score of 3,275,720 held by Phillip W Day.
January 1, 2011
TG Forums: [Arcade WR News] Galaga TGTS record is Laidlaw'd out! By
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Huge props to Andrew Laidlaw, who has regained the Galaga tournament settings record in
grand fashion.
4,525,150 points!
Andrew came out of his corner swinging, and actually busted Phil Day's previous record of
3,275,720 points on his first ship!
http://forums.twingalaxies.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24701
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Article: Galaga Arcade World Record changes hands By Patrick Scott
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Washington state's Andrew Laidlaw has regained the tournament World Record on the classic
arcade game Galaga. Announced New Year's Eve by official video gaming scorekeepers Twin
Galaxies, Laidlaw's new score is 4,525,150 points.
. . .
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Andrew Laidlaw and Phillip Day have formed a friendship over the course of this battle for the
top spot on this arcade classic.
. . .
Phillip Day states that he has retired from Galaga competition, leaving Laidlaw to wait for
another tournament settings challenger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl05hLlCkw8&NR=1
Phillp Day interviews Andrew Laidlaw IVGHOF inductee - Twin Galaxies Podcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNJSeCZzUXk
Josh Houslander speaks to Phillip Day - Galaga World Champion Interview at
IVGHOF - Twin Galaxies Podcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl05hLlCkw8&NR=1
TG Leaderboard Galaga (TGTS):
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3773&vi=9802
Galaga (TGTS):
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Extra Ships: None
Difficulty: Rank D
Score Points Player Date Verified Scoring
Method
1 100.00 % 4,525,150 Andrew B Laidlaw 01/01/2011
DVD
2 72.39 % 3,275,720 Phillip W Day 11/01/2009
DVD
3 40.19 % 1,818,690 Jon E. Klinkel 12/05/2010
Referee
4 34.42 % 1,557,580 Richard W Marsh 07/31/2004
Referee
5 16.27 % 736,040 Brian Sevy 12/31/2010
DVD
Past Galaga Threads:
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CAGdc Forums: Phil Day predicts a new Galaga Champion to emerge by
pauldean
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,3128.0.html
December 21, 2007
CAGdc Forums: New arcade records on Dig Dug and Galaga !! by MDARULZ
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TG Player Interviews: Andrew Laidlaw
12/28/2007 New Galaga Tournament Arcade World Record Set
Andrew Laidlaw of Kirkland, WA breaks 3 year old record By Blaine Locklair
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On December 7, 2007 a new world record was set on the TGTS (Twin Galaxies Tournament
Settings) edition of the classic arcade game Galaga. Andrew Laidlaw of Kirkland, WA scored
2,729,350 points while playing on the TGTS settings.
. . .
http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=43&id=1553
November 20, 2009
Just One More Game - Wordpress: Phil Day - Three Part Series: Fighter
Captured
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PART 1 - Fighter Captured The Galaga Phil Day story
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This is where video games are a great equaliser. Doesnt matter what age you are, or gender,
or in my case, if you are blind in one eye, you can still be a serious contender.
http://justonemoregame.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fighter-captured-
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PART 2 - Phil gets the world record or does he?
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Mr Flewin emailed to say there was a problem with his claim. Days video camera was set to
long play so the footage was too grainy to be accepted.
http://justonemoregame.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fighter-captured-
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Dont be tempted by bonus points on the stage. Instead stay focused on clearing the stage,
this is where the points are. Phil Day
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Reply #6 on: January 01, 2011, 11:40:01 PM

Big congratulations go out to Andrew, for sure. He's worked hard to make
that score, and really pushed it incredibly far. And, as is many times the case,
you guys heard it here first. As noted in this posting, Andrew beat the old
record (3,275,720) on his first ship, and continued well past the mark on the
same ship (to the tune of about 1 million !). No disrespect to Phil Day, of
course - I'm just generically reporting the facts of the game.
Andrew told me he's also possibly going to be working on topping the
marathon score. It would be nice for him to own that mark too, and be the
top overall Galaga player in the hobby.
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P.S. Sam, those are damn nice scores of yours too, considering it's single-ship
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Re: -= Andrew Back on Top! -
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Reply #7 on: January 02, 2011, 01:11:40 AM

First of all, congratulations to Andrew Laidlaw on a great score.

Quote from: swm3rd on January 01, 2011, 03:55:04 PM
Congratulations Andrew. I was at Richie Knucklez 3 weeks ago when I played some Galaga
with Jon Klinkel, cool guy.
Now we need a 'Single Ship/No Dual Ship' track. I did that last year for awhile, because when I
would play 'Fast Fire' mode, I ended up shooting my captured ships by accident.
Here are my best scores with no dual ships:
Fast Fire: 3,919,940 [Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga: Class Of 1981]
Normal Fire: 762,410 [4-in-1]
Sam Miller
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By "single ship", I presume you mean either never letting your ships get
captured, or shooting your captured ships when they are. As for lives setting,
I'm guessing factory default or 20K/70K/70K.
I think based on this that I would find 762K hard to match on normal fire. I
should be able to score 4M on fast fire.
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Reply #8 on: January 02, 2011, 11:52:24 AM

Hi Richard,
Yes, I didn't allow any of my ships to be captured. The settings on the 'Class
Of 1981' & 'Pac-Man 25th Anniversary' machines are 20K/60K/Every 60K. I
don't have access to service mode to change it to 20K/70K/Every 70K, so I
can't submit any of these attempts.
Sam Miller
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Reply #9 on: January 03, 2011, 01:07:35 AM

Andrew Laidlaw with new Galaga World Record of 4,525,150 points makes
Kotaku News
January 2, 2010
Kotaku: Galaga World Record Falls by Owen Good of Kotaku.com.
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Andrew Laidlaw took the record back from Phil Day, whose 3,275,720 took it from him in
November 2009.
. . .
Andrew Laidlaw 's 4,525,150 points was certified on Friday by Twin Galaxies, the world
sanctioning authority for video game high scores. Andrew Laidlaw set the mark on the
tournament setting, which allows for five lives total on the hardest difficulty setting.
. . .
Laidlaw says he's interested in tackling Galaga's marathon record - a whopping 15,999,990
set by Steve Krogman in 1989.
http://kotaku.com/5722832/galaga-world-record-falls
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Aussie Phil Day, smashes arcade video game world record Lannon Harley
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/aussie-smashes-arcade-video-
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congrats Andrew!
the single-ship track sounds very interesting...never allow capture of the duel
ship..and if it happens you can not fire and must sacrifice the 1 ship.
it would be interesting to see if anyone could get 1 million via this track....very
tough..especially given with single shooter you likely do not get many points
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Twin Galaxies Video Podcast #17
TGI Interviews Andrew Laidlaw, Galaga Champion: starts at (10 minutes 30
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Mike, Josh and the crew start out the 2011 with the announcement of some huge Arcade
records, an interview Galaga World Champion and International Video Game Hall of Fame
inductee Andrew Laidlaw, and a chat with TG's very own Matt Bradford.
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