Space Invaders
Released in 1978 on Arcade, shooter.
- Year: 1978
- Platform: Arcade
- Genre: Shooter
- Developer: Taito
Overview
Tomohiro Nishikado alien march introduced the persistent high score and pulled billions of quarters worldwide, spreading hundreds of thousands of cabinets. It anchored the golden age of arcades, drove the Atari 2600 port boom, and fixed descending aliens as the default video game enemy.
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