To complete development of the game, he had to design custom hardware and development tools. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser to earn as many points as possible.ĭesigner Nishikado drew inspiration from North American target shooting games like Breakout (1976) and Gun Fight (1975), as well as science fiction narratives such as the novel The War of the Worlds (1897), the anime Space Battleship Yamato (1974), and the movie Star Wars (1977). Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter and set the template for the shoot 'em up genre. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed to the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution.
Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado.
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