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Description

Joe the soldier has to stop the Alien Invasion and to rescue captives. Your weapons are a machine gun with unlimited shots and a limited supply of hand grenades that may be replenished by stealing from the enemy.

Space Invasion was produced by Capcom in 1985.

Capcom released 229 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Space Invasion was produced include: 1942, HiGeMaru - Pirate Ship, Son Son, Vulgus, Pirate Ship HigeMaru, Commando, 1942 (PlayChoice), Gun Smoke, Exed Exes, and Ghosts 'n Goblins

Space Invasion - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet
(Contributed by: Wouter Bovelander)

Specs

Name Space Invasion
Developer Capcom (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9670
Class Bootleg
Genre Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class Capcom Classic
Game Specific Space Invasion Pinout
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - Standard GunGrenades
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Space Invasion Control Panel Image

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Images

Space Invasion - Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Title
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Title
Space Invasion - Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Additional
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Additional
Space Invasion - Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Additional
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Additional

Trivia

The Commodore C-64 port of Commando in Europe was also called Space Invasion.

Miscellaneous

This is a European clone of Capcom's Commando. Some enemy soldier sprites were exchanged by white robots to make this game less realistic and violent.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Invasion Census

There are 15,125 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,611 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,183 machines (6,967 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by Space Invasion collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Space Invasion circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Space Invasion Manual
Pinout and DIP Switch Settings
(3 pages, 360 kB File)

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