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Space Invaders

Pocket Player Pro: Space Invaders, Space Invaders (1978)

1978Main GameReleasedBird view / Isometric
ShooterArcade

Summary:

Space Invaders is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It 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.

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Ratings:

IGDB

7.7

HowLongToBeat

6.2

HowLongToBeat:

Main story
½h
Main + extra
3h
Completionist
4h

Achievements:

RA
RetroAchievementsArcade
22

External pages:

Links:

spaceinvaders.neten.wikipedia.orgreddit.comspaceinvaders.fandom.com

Media

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Details

Companies:

Midway Manufacturing, Taito, Sonic Powered, Sharp, My Arcade

Franchises:

Space Invaders

Game modes:

Single player

Themes:

Science fiction

Languages:

English

Age ratings:

ESRB: E

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Release dates

Jun 1978: Unknown platform (Japan)

Oct 1978: Unknown platform (North America)

Feb 09, 2001: Unknown platform (Japan)

2007: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

2009: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

Aug 31, 2023: Unknown platform (Worldwide)