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One of my favorite video games growing up was the 1981 Namco classic Galaga. I have many fond memories of playing it on my Atari 2600 on a black and white JC Penny television.

Today I found a table-top version at the mall and had a blast taking out swarms of space bugs. Speaking of bugs, wikipedia cites some well known bugs–Easter Eggs if you will–found in the original 1981 Galaga rom including this little gem:

Some revisions would also allow the player to control the ship during
its attract mode, which can lead to unexpected results depending on the
version of the software. Some machines simply continue their attract
mode, while others may occasionally crash and reset, and later revisions may report a stuck switch.

I can personally attest to this behavior after having it demonstrated to me by Devin, one of the owners of the wonderful 1984 Arcade in Springfield Missouri. From what I can recall you had to press fire and a direction on the stick right as one of the bugs tried to suck up your ship with the tractor beam. The game let you play while in demo mode for a few short moments before resetting.

I also found a site where you can play an emulated version of NES Galaga in Java. Enjoy!