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Space Invaders is a shooter and arcade game developed by Taito. It was released on June 1, 1978, and is associated with the Space Invaders franchise. The game features single-player gameplay and has been published by Midway Manufacturing, Taito, Sharp, and My Arcade. It is available on platforms including Arcade, iOS, Handheld Electronic LCD, and Legacy Mobile Device.
The title has received a rating of 77 from 178 users on IGDB and a rating of 3.79 on RAWG. Additional publication dates listed include 1985-04-17 and 1990-03-02. An audio recording titled "space invaders" is held in the Internet Archive. The game is represented by the Unicode character 👾 and is referenced by 553 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Internet Archive, RAWG, IGDB, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
- Released
- 1978-06-01
- User rating
- 3.79 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade, Action
- Platforms
- PC, iOS, Android, Wii, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, SNES, NES, Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Genesis
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Game details · IGDB
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.
- Released
- 1978
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, iOS, Handheld Electronic LCD, Legacy Mobile Device
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Space Invaders
- Developer
- Taito
- Publisher
- Midway Manufacturing, Taito, Sharp, My Arcade
Key facts
- Developer
- Taito
- Publishers
- JP / AS / EU : Taito NA / EU : Midway Manufacturing AU : Leisure & Allied Industries
- Designer
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Composer
- Michiyuki Kamei
- Series
- Space Invaders
- Platform
- Arcade Atari 2600 , Atari 8-bit , Atari 5200 , MSX , Commodore 64 , handheld , watch , calculator , Famicom , SG-1000 , WonderSwan , VG Pocket , mobile phone , iOS
- Release
- July 1978 Arcade JP : July 1978 NA : November 1978 2600 March 10, 1980 Atari 8-bit 1980 5200 October 1982 Famicom JP : April 17, 1985 SG-1000 JP : June 1985 WonderSwan JP : May 13, 1999 iOS WW : February 27, 2009
- Genre
- Fixed shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Midway Games
- Creator
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Developer
- Taito
- Platform
- WonderSwan
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Designed by
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Official website
- www.spaceinvaders.net
- Image
- Space Invaders.JPG
- Has parts of class
- sound chip
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Space Invaders
- Commons category
- Space Invaders
- input device
- touchscreen
- publication date
- 1985-04-17
- CPU
- Intel 8080
- copyright holder
- Taito
- superfamicom.org URL
- superfamicom.org/famicom/info/space-invaders
- title
- スペースインベーダー
- distributed by
- Q368215
- operating system
- iOS
- Unicode character
- 👾
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Article · Italiano
Space Invaders (スペースインベーダー Supēsu Inbēdā?) è un videogioco arcade sparatutto a schermata fissa del 1978, a tema invasione aliena, sviluppato da Tomohiro Nishikado. È stato prodotto in origine dalla Taito, e dato in licenza per la produzione in USA alla divisione Midway Games della . Sebbene sia molto semplice per gli standard odierni, è stato uno dei videogiochi più influenti della sua generazione: il gioco generò in pochi anni un fatturato di 500 milioni di dollari e la sua pubblicazione decretò di fatto l'inizio di un periodo di grande fortuna per i videogiochi, definito in seguito come l'età dell'oro dei videogiochi arcade.Space Invaders rappresenta uno dei simboli più conosciuti di tutto il medium dei videogiochi, oltre che uno dei capostipiti del genere sparatutto.
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