release year |
1978 |
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developer |
Taito Corporation |
publisher |
Midway |
category |
Action |
genre / theme |
arcade, fixed shooter |
platform |
Arcade (1978), Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit (1980), Atari 5200 (1982), MSX, NES (1985), Game Boy (1990), SNES (1994), PC Engine CD (1995) |
Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible. In designing the game, Nishikado drew inspiration from popular media: Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars. To complete it, he had to design custom hardware and development tools...
rating (OldGames): 56%
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Original Arcade, Gameplay
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