SPACE INVADERS
By TAITO Corporation
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Description
Experience the King of Shooting Games, the arcade hit that captured the hearts of legions of fans and took the world by storm! Use your cannon to defend Earth from waves of descending alien Invaders!
All the features you remember have been faithfully recreated: the elusive UFOs, the "Nagoya Attack" technique, and the endless game play!
This edition features three control methods optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch, four screen modes, and bonus extras including rare material from the original game's development!
Controls:
1. On-screen controls
2. Touch & drag controls
3. Tilt controls
Screen Modes:
1. Color
2. Toggle Background
3. Cellophane Overlay
4. Monochrome
Language:
English
Deutsch
Español
Français
Italiano
Japanese
What's New in Version 1.0.7
Bug fix.
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Port that is faithful to the original.
I purchased this games because I have spent much time playing this as a kid in the arcade. I like this port for a number of reasons. First, as a retro-gamer, I am particular about a game being emulated/recreated to be faithful to the original. This version of Space Invaders does this very well. I especially liked how the developer recreated the different looks with the overlays, color, and black/white. This was a nice touch. The original art, which appeared on the arcade machine are also provided. Second, I praise the developer for recreating the original feel of the controls, at least as well as could be done on a touch platform. The ship moves at the speed as it did in the arcade. Lastly, the genius of this port is also in what it did not try to do, which is try to recreate the original game, which was only several thousand kilobytes into a game that takes about 40 or 50 megabytes. Too many other ports do this and thereby lose the feel of the original. This developer kept it sweet, simple, and to the point, which is recreating the original arcade experience. A landscape option (as others have noted) would be nice, but it does not make or break the game in my opinion. It is most playable on touch devices the way it is. My only complaint of this port is the cost. $4.99 is a bit steep in my opinion, though I guess one could argue: then why did you purchase it if you thought it was too expensive? If you really loved this game then I recommend it (even at the expensive price).
Icade support please!!!!
This game is awesome. If they'd just utilize the sdk available for ion's icade support this game would be retro bliss!!!
Please make more classics
Zoo keeper
Elevator action
Jungle king
- $4.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: May 06, 2011
- Version: 1.0.7
- Size: 3.1 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Seller: TAITO Corporation
- © TAITO CORP.1978,2011
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
