Space Invaders

Space Invaders is a Video game programmed by Toshihiro Nishikado for the Japanese company Taito, appeared on Borne of arcade in 1978. Generally regarded as the first Shot them up ever created, it is also one of the most famous and popular plays of the history. Although simplistic according to the current criteria, it belongs to the original traditional video game as well as CAP-Man and others of its contemporaries.

Street art

This play since the Nineties was diverted by an artist " street" French who invades cities of the whole world with mosaics, all different, inspired by Space Invaders and other video games of the time. It compares the mosaic to numerical pixel which it cements on the walls of the city and carries out charts the representative. Acting in anonymity, it is made call Invader and all its actions are filed, one can see a part of it on its Internet site.

The series

Space Invaders knew many data-processing Portage S, Remake S or Réédition S on family systems (published by Taito with the Japan, except contrary mention). Marketed at the time of the 25th birthday of the series, Space Invaders Anniversary includes/understands nine versions different from the play in Salle of arcade. This compilation ran out with more than 100.000 specimens to the Japan.

See too

Internal bonds

  • chronological Shot them up
  • List of the shot them up

External bonds

Notes and reference

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