If you succeed in destroying the Boss Galaga, a marvelous thing happens, one of the greatest things about this game: your Fighter is freed and it joins your currently playing Fighter. If it is purple, you only need to hit it once. If the Boss Galaga is green, you have to hit it twice to destroy it. Be very patient, and do not try to hit the Boss Galaga in mid-flight it is very easy to miss the enemy and hit your own Fighter! Wait until the Fighter is within an inch of the bottom, line up with it and hit the Boss Galaga exactly in the center. It always follows the same pattern it heads for one side or the other, with one loop in the middle. If your captured Fighter still has its Boss Galaga, it will eventually swoop down on you with its escort. Some players use this as a expert's technique to store a captured Fighter. Be very cautious about shooting at the last wave of aliens when they enter! Your captured Fighter will appear at the tag end, then take its place at the top of the formation. But all is not lost it will reappear as the last ship to enter on the next entrance screen. It will disappear off the bottom of the screen and go away. If you shoot the Boss Galaga that captured your Fighter while it is in formation, eventually the captured Fighter will swoop down on you. For instance, you can shoot at an enemy to the side of a captured Fighter, have the Fighter and its escort swoop off and run right into your shot. Be very careful where you shoot when you have a captured Fighter in formation. If you shoot your own Fighter, you get 1,000 points, but lose the extra Fighter-you don't want to do this under any circumstances. Now one of your Fighters is in the enemy formation. Note: Never get captured when you're playing with your last Fighter. If you have another Fighter, you begin playing with it. At that point, the message 'FIGHTER CAPTURED' is displayed and the Boss Galaga returns to the top of the formation dragging your Fighter behind. If your Fighter is in range, it is caught and whirled up to rest beneath the Boss Galaga. If your Fighter is not in range of the beam up field, eventually it retracts and the Boss Galaga drops straight down to return to formation.A strange sound begins, and a fan shaped blue energy field emanates from the bottom of the Boss Galaga.The Boss Galaga stops two inches above the bottom of the screen.During mid-battle section, a Boss Galaga peels off and dives straight down in a markedly different pattern from the usual one-loop off the side.By doubling your firepower, this maneuver can give you the opportunity to achieve the maximum bonus in Challenging Stages. One of the most interesting, unique, and useful features of Galaga is the tractor beam performed by the Boss Galagas.

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