When in doubt or possible always hire an experienced technician to work on these games. We are not responsible for any damage done to your game or any injury if any you may incur. This site is for entertainment purposes only! Failure to fix your Galaga Game(s) after reading the information of these posts are the sole responsibility of the reader. All other Galaga variations or newer MAME type games, multicades, or other computer games are not meant to be diagnosed through this site. Disclaimer: The instructions of this site are intended to diagnose only the problems of an original coin-op Galaga stand up and/or an original Galaga Cocktail Table Machine or Original Mini.

So please follow the directions step by step in order to completely trouble shoot your problem so we can have you up and running in no time. This site was created for the Galaga owner like yourself who with little or no knowledge of the inner workings of an arcade machine, can quickly diagnose and easily fix your Original Galaga coin op game in the absence of a qualified technician which quite frankly are a dying breed these days. SW7 SW8 (Number of fighters to start with) ON ON ON NO BONUS SHIPS GIVEN WITH THIS SETTING OFF OFF ON 2nd SHIP 60000 2nd SHIP 150000 ON OFF OFF 2nd SHIP 80000 2nd SHIP 150000 Switch bank 6K sets the number of credits, lives and lives given at certain OFF OFF Rank “A” – Easiest level of play. Switch #1 is used for selecting the type of 1 or 2 player games:ġ Player Game: Press the 1 player start button.Ģ Player Game: Press the 2 player start button.ġ Player Game: Press the TWO PLAYER start buttonįor a ONE PLAYER game with 5, 7, 9, or 11 fighters. Switch 7 is not used on 6J, the rest are as follows:

They are labeledĦJ is used for setting the difficulty of Galaga. There are two sets of DIP switches on the Galaga CPU board. Step Twelve: Galaga Pinouts and Dip Switch Settings

Galaga free play switch