Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga Class of 1981 Reunion Arcade Cabinet is PACKED with SECRETS!

The "Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Class of 1981 Reunion" arcade machine was released in 2000 by Namco. It features both classic games, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, in one cabinet. Ms. Pac-Man is a sequel to the original Pac-Man game, released in 1981. It features similar gameplay but with new mazes, enhanced graphics, and more challenging gameplay. Galaga is a popular space shooter game released in 1981, where players control a spacecraft and must shoot down enemy ships while avoiding their fire.

In addition to the two advertised games, though, there are a variety of secret codes and maneuvers that will allow to you play several more games and variations than is advertised. Watch this brief video to learn more!

Speed Code: ⬅️➡️⬅️➡️⬆️⬆️⬆️🔴 (fire)
Pac-Code: ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️⬅️

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0:00 Arcade Tips
1:00 1981 Class Reunion
2:04 One: Free Play Galaga
2:54 Two: Ms. Speedy
3:54 Three: So Many Bullets!
4:57 Four: Wakka-Wakka
5:40 Five: Wakkaawakkawakkawakkawakka!
7:18 Caveats

[mesterak]

Man I remember being 13 and going up to the corner market to play Galaga where I’d perform the kill all except the last two bees on stage 2 and wait until they stop dropping bombs altogether. Then the rest of the game nothing drops bombs. I was able to pass all levels like this. Loved it!

[MonitorCC]

Many years ago back in 2011 I played on a Ms. Pac Man/Galaga cabinet that was at an Old Chicago restaurant, wished I’d known about these codes back then, very cool find!

[WhatsOnMyShelf]

1:32 I don't see this machine anywhere though I don't see machines in the wild much. Surprisingly the laundromat near me has a 4-slot NEOGEO, Time Crisis, and Rush 2049. The Rush was a Cruisn Exotica not too long ago. Several years back that Time Crisis was the newer Sega Model 2 Star Wars Arcade Trilogy. I ran into the arcade operator one time and let him know I was happy to see the machines still in use.

[BuzzGarwood]

Jon! You’re killing it. If I ever get a full size arcade cabinet it will be this one. And now with the new tips, it makes me want me one even more. Your videos are like watching a tv show. The production value is over the top. As a video production teacher, I have an idea of the effort you put into each video to make it look so effortless. Best show of this genre on the web, hands down. From your content to your on screen personality and delivery to your editing - you’re just crushing it!!

[ThomasGrillo]

Sadly, A1up missed a brilliant opportunity to port this over to the home cabinet of CO81. Would've been nice to do. Thanks for sharing these codes for the real CO81. ;)

[ButterSpider]

Hey, that’s such a neat hidden feature. So cool that an arcade machine will let you do that. Especially the 10 sec Galaga control. I wanna find one of these and try them out. Thanks again for another awesome retro mining gold strike!

[SpongeMagic]

I remember when I was little, I accidentally started playing on the Galaga demo at a Friendly's and I thought I was some kind of hacker genius for figuring out how to play the game without inserting a quarter. But then the game froze, but it didn't restart the cab like in the video. It just turned off. It was such a vivid memory and I thought I was misremembering it.

[davy_K]

I remember finding this cabinet in airport many years ago. A really nice idea. The hidden features make me wonder if it was considered partially for the home market too.

[MaartyMcFly.]

Another great one Jon. Love finding out about these hidden tricks & features. I just downloaded the 20pacgal rom and so I can try this on my MAME cabinet!

[BingChilling-hrhh]

Growing up I would play ms pacman and galaga at the laundromat near the corner store and at home I later got a plug n play Pac-Man. Going to keep an eye out for an old cabinet in the wild. Haven’t seen a classic arcade game in years

[jayme]

What an awesome smorgasbord of tips and tricks! Keep up the great work Jon :-)

[ChrisRoth]

Pretty cool how you discovered these codes on the 20th Anniversary Ms.Pac-Man/Galaga.
I admit I heard rumors there was a way to play the Original Pac-Man on the Game.
I would love to try out the Fast Pac-Man using your code, unfortunately there isn’t a Machine like that around here except where my Step Grandkids play Bumper Cars there is a Original MS.Pac-Man & Galaga arcade machines.
One more thing John if I should bump into the Anniversary Machine I will be putting your codes to work.
Thank You 🙏 for sharing this.

[jamesedgewood]

This is the coolest thing I've heard all day.

[DDRMixer]

2:46 I didn't know you could take control with just 1 ship. Years ago I was shown to take control when the second ship was given. I have played like this on multiple cabinets and only got it to error once. Otherwise you can play until the end of the attraction screen (typically can kill everything on screen). Please note that the original firing and movements will be in play.

[brianredick]

Really cool video Jon!! Those two titles along with Dig Dug and Q*bert are some of my favorite video games of all time. I really appreciate your passion for all things 80's....and I'm so thankful for the forum you've provided, so all of us Gen-Xers can share in the fun together!!!

[eddie]

Thanks for the info. I’ve always known about the pacman code but not the other ones. I keep all the speed up modes on by default in the dip settings

[PaulTaylor]

Fantastic... Now all we need is for My Arcade to put this into one of the new Joystick Players. 🙂

[TheMultiGunMan]

Good stuff! Thank you for the tips Brother!

[ravensmadhouse]

Right. Hackers developed modded roms back in the 80s to change things like firing rates & player speed and I guess they found it profitable and sold them to operators and vendors, and of course this infuriated NAMCO. But back then, we didn't care if the cabinets had these mods installed or not, we were just having fun as Generation X. But Bless NAMCO for actually embracing these mods in the Class of 1981 cabinet. Just seeing this video and the shorts is an awesome throwback. Also, the operators and vendors can enable these in the dip switch menus so no one has to enter the codes, except to play OG PAC-MAN. And that Galaga attract mode trick actually works on OG Galaga hardware as well.

BTW, last time I played a 20 Year Reunion cabinet was in 2022 before I left Kentucky for Arkansas, in Lexington, KY at Tolly-Ho, a long time Greasy Spoon type restaurant popular with University of Kentucky students.

[TheDeelunatic]

I only knew about the attract screen trick. This is pretty cool.