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Space Invaders
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Name: Space Invaders Developer: Midway Manufacturing Co. Year: 1978 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Space Invaders Pinout Settings: Space Invaders Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Space Invaders DescriptionSpace Invaders was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1978. Midway Manufacturing Co. released 133 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Space Invaders was produced include Rotation VIII, Blue Shark, Extra Inning, Clowns, Dog Patch, Boot Hill, Checkmate, Desert Gun, Double Play, and Guided Missile. Space Invaders - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.71 (22 votes)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe Taito version of the game features a large, rectangular cabinet with blue and white sideart, and uses a joystick versus the button set-up on the Midway version. The marquee is also slightly different in terms of colour and prominently displays the "Taitronics" logo. The overall quality of the machine is arguably superior to the Midway version since its cabinet graphics are much more detailed.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsPopularized right after the release of the game, the "FURRER" trick allows you to get 300 points per mystery ship every time. It has to do with the way the random number generator works - at the beginning of every board count 22 shots whether you hit an invader or not. Wait for the mystery ship. Shoot once to hit it to earn 300 pts. Now count 14 shots. Wait again for the mystery ship. Shoot once at it for another 300 pts. count 14 shots and repeat for the rest of the level. once on the new level, start again at 22 and repeat to 14. This trick was invented by Eric Furrer who to this day holds the Stratford Record for non-stop Space Invaders play -- 38 hours and 37 minutes and an accumulation of 1,114,000 points 111 roll overs, averaging three rolls an hour.Mystery Ship Shot Deflection: On the fifth wave of invaders, the second mystery ship will deflect your shot with the rarely heard "deflection shot" a shot played backwards. Game PlayMove your base left or right to shoot the endless waves of aliens marching towards earth. There are four buildings shields that you can hide behind, but eventually they will be destroyed either by enemy missiles or by the enemies themselves. The aliens' descent quickens as you eliminate them. Shoot the flying saucer for extra points. See the "FURRER" trick for information on receiving 300pts every time you hit the saucer.Hacks
MiscellaneousLICENSOR: TaitoVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Invaders CensusThere are 12,254 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,612 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,093 machines (6,737 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 776 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 317 of these machines are owned by our active Space Invaders collectors. And of these, 286 are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 30 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with Space Invaders machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Space Invaders circuit boards for sale. Wanted - Popular - There are 14 active VAPS members currently looking for Space Invaders. This game ranks a 92 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 50 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalCPU: 8080TriviaThe game was so amazingly popular in Japan that it caused a coin shortage until the country's Yen supply was quadrupled. Entire arcades were opened in Japan specifically for this game.Many incidents of juvenile crime surrounded the release of this game. A girl was caught stealing 5000 from her parents and gangs of youths were reported to have robbed grocery stores just so they would have money to play the game. Space Invaders, along with Pac-Man and Pong, shares the notorious distinction of being one of the most duplicated, bootleged and/or hacked arcade games. In Italy in 1979, it was licensed to the manufacturer Sidam where it was released under the name "Invasion." Legacy
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Space Invaders Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Midway Manufacturing Co. for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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