Calvert, Justin (January 22, 2004). "Empire signs Space Invaders titles". GameSpot . Retrieved May 10, 2008. The only defence the player had from the ever advancing alien army were four buildings or shields. These shields could be slowly destroyed either by the bombs dropped by the aliens or from the laser cannon itself. But, like playing “Space Invaders” itself, the joy comes in interacting with that change, mastering it and moving on to the next level. Haddon, L. (1988). "Electronic and Computer Games: The History of an Interactive Medium". Screen. 29 (2): 52–73. doi: 10.1093/screen/29.2.52. In the UK, the Labour MP George Foulkes led a campaign in 1981 to curb the 'menace' of video games, maintaining that they had addictive properties. His 'Control of Space Invaders (and other Electronic Games) Bill' was put to the Commons and only narrowly defeated.

a b "San Diego's Gremlin: how video games work". San Diego Reader. July 15, 1982 . Retrieved October 25, 2020. Kohler, Chris (2016). Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. Courier Dover Publications. p.19. ISBN 9780486801490. Sinclair, Brendan (April 10, 2007). "More Taito Legends headed to US". GameSpot . Retrieved May 10, 2008. Jones, Steven Edward (2008). The Meaning of Video Games: Gaming and Textual Studies. Taylor & Francis. pp.84–85. ISBN 978-0-415-96055-7 . Retrieved April 10, 2011. The developers of Halo are aware of their own place in gaming history, and one of them once joked that their game could be seen as " Space Invaders in a tube." The joke contains a double-edged insight: on the one hand, Halo is first and finally about shooting aliens; on the other hand, even the 1978 2-D arcade shooter, Space Invaders, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado for the company Taito, is more interesting than that would suggest. The Timex T80 is one of the most iconic digital watch designs from the 1980s, and therefore already a nostalgic piece, but for its latest special edition Timex is doubling that nostalgia by celebrating one of the most iconic classic video games of all time: Space Invaders.

Chris Kohler (2005), Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life, BradyGames, p.18, ISBN 0-7440-0424-1 Lovelace, Craven (August 27, 2010). "Take a waka-waka-waka on the wild side". Grand Junction Free Press. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011 . Retrieved July 15, 2011. Space Invaders [b] is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and released by Taito in Japan, and licensed to Midway Manufacturing for overseas distribution. Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter and set the template for the genre. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser to earn as many points as possible. Arcade games a bigger draw than the movies". The Montreal Gazette. July 27, 1981 . Retrieved March 6, 2022.

Dale Peterson (1983), Genesis II, creation and recreation with computers, Reston Publishing, p.175, ISBN 0-8359-2434-3 , retrieved May 1, 2011, By 1980, some 300,000 Space Invader video arcade games were in use in Japan, and an additional 60,000 in the United States. Space Invaders has been remade on numerous platforms and spawned many sequels. Re-releases include ported and updated versions of the original arcade game. Ported versions generally feature different graphics and additional gameplay options—for example, moving defense bunkers, zigzag shots, invisible aliens, and two-player cooperative gameplay. [13] Ports on earlier systems like the Atari home consoles featured simplified graphics, [ clarification needed] while later systems such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and PlayStation featured updated graphics. Later titles include several modes of gameplay and integrate new elements into the original design. For example, Space Invaders Extreme, released on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, integrated musical elements into the standard gameplay. [119] [120] A 2008 spin-off for WiiWare, Space Invaders Get Even, allows players to control the aliens instead of the laser cannon in a reversal of roles. [121]

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Space Invaders is considered one of the most influential video games of all time. It ushered in the golden age of arcade video games. It was the inspiration for numerous video games and game designers across different genres, and has been ported and re-released in various forms. The 1980 Atari VCS version quadrupled sales of the VCS, thereby becoming the first killer app for video game consoles. More broadly, the pixelated enemy alien has become a pop culture icon, often representing video games as a whole. The game was originally released in 1978. Designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, developed by the Taito Corporation and published by Midway, Space Invaders was a single player game classed as a fixed shooter. Kaiser, Rowan (May 10, 2011). "The 60 Most Influential Games of All Time". 1UP.com. p.13. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012 . Retrieved December 25, 2011. a b c Kevin Bowen. "The Gamespy Hall of Fame: Space Invaders". GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008 . Retrieved January 27, 2010. a b Hansen, Dusty (2016). Game On! Video Game History From Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft and More. MacMillan Publishing Group, LLC. p.11. ISBN 978-1-250-08095-0.

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On freeing the cab from its box, a wave of nostalgia washed over me. It looked the part, with the original – and still gorgeous – cabinet artwork beautifully recreated. The dinky controls were present and correct, alongside instructions rendered in tiny text I was happy to discover I could read. (Take that, optician!) That was all nice. This would look great on a shelf. But everything changed when I turned the Quarter Arcade on. Bracelin, Jason (May 22, 2007). "House music finds a home". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p.1E . Retrieved May 23, 2012. A native of Chicago, where house was first popularized, Saunders is credited for producing and releasing the first house single, "On and On," on his own Jes Say Records label. a b Kohler, Chris (2004). Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. Indianapolis, Ind.: BradyGames. p. 19. ISBN 0-7440-0424-1. Within one year of its US release, an additional 60,000 machines had been sold.

Space Invaders Game History To get straight to the point Space Invaders upon its release became one of the most influential video games of all time. In Japan the game became so popular that certain arcades contained only Space Invader gaming cabinets. The game was blamed for the Yen shortage, and on a more serious note also blamed for the increase in youth crime of the era. This was because it was believed to be responsible for teenagers stealing to have money for their daily fix of the Space Invader experience.