← RETROGAMES SPACE INVADERS
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ORIGINAL SPACE INVADERS
PLATFORM ARCADE
YEAR 1978
DEVELOPER TAITO
HOW TO PLAY
← → Move ship
SPACE Fire
P / ESC Pause game
SPACE Start / Restart

Defend Earth from waves of alien invaders! Destroy all 55 invaders across 5 rows to advance to the next level. Use your 4 shields for cover, shoot the mystery ship for bonus points, and watch out — they speed up as their numbers dwindle.

1978 Arcade Original — Faithful recreation of the Taito cabinet: authentic sprite bitmaps, white invaders with the green cellophane overlay zone, red mystery ship, the four-note marching bass, and one shot on screen at a time — just like the original.