Would That I Had Someone Special With Whom I Could Share My 'Galaga' Achievements

[Nz17]

Now that's just classic arcade funny right here:

"Level 87 cleared. Enemy space-bugs dispensed with in record time. Victory. Victory over the red moths, the blue bees, those flying things that look a bit like scorpions, is once again mine. And yet, there is something still missing, I fear. There is an emptiness here. A growing void. One as deep and as infinite as the great Galaga universe itself.

Yes, special bonus stages included."

Continued.... (http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/would_that_i_had_someone)

[MrSparkle]

an onion article discussing something pertinent to my interests that didn't make me laugh even once this is a true rarity!

[kupomogli]

Has anyone beat Galaga yet or still no? I mean I know it probably loops infinitely, but maybe they made just a really long game?

[MrSparkle]

Just like alot of older arcade games you get to a certain point where an internal variable overflows and crashes the game. In this case it causes it to freeze the magic number is level 256 which if your familiar with computer programming is the maximum value for a one byte integer which is used for the level counter.

[Superman]

That story I found to be kind of weird. But on a very general level, I understand his point.

[Ed Oscuro]

I liked it. The ending is either chilling or heartwarming. I can't tell which.