It's an Amiga version of Galaga made by a guy who vaguely remembers playing it once ten years ago and kinda enjoyed it.

"Well if I remember enjoying it then it must've been good, right," says Edgar, and codes up this absolute masterpiece of an Amiga conversion. Dude passed away ten years ago but I imagine at some point after MAME became a thing he might've played Galaga and been rather disappointed

So the thing with Deluxe Galaga, the reason why you should try it when you've already played Galaga, is Deluxe Galaga has powerups. BIG powerups. And an item shop every five levels where you can buy the aforementioned big powerups, using coins that the aliens very occasionally drop. They very occasionally drop the powerups themselves also.

There's enough randomness to the drops that even though the levels are the same every time, every playthrough feels very different. This is a game with lots of hidden depth, and because it's a High Score Game, enormous replayability.

(tbh I think every game should have a high score table)

I played too much Deluxe Galaga and now I gotta send $10 USD to this guy who died ten years ago

Friends, don't be like me, with ten dollars to spare and nobody to send it to, pay for your shareware within the author's lifetime. Settle your debts with the living, the dead don't take cheques