Space Invaders Video Game

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A Space Invaders Video Game is an shooter video game with waves of oncoming aliens.



References

2018


2018

  • https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/04/space-invaders-at-40-tomohiro-nishikado-interview
    • QUOTE: ... Nishikado linked points to in-game progression and introduced the concept of saving scores to the arcade cabinet. That framed score as a signifier of skill and survival, and lured players back to a given arcade cabinet to beat the tallies of others who had played before them; a convention that established competitive gaming.

      ... “I wasn’t influenced by any social phenomenon or issues,” Nishikado says. “My aim was purely to create a game that was interesting and fun to play.” ...

      ... After much trial and error, by far the best match were soldiers, but shooting people was frowned upon. It was at this time, while I was stuck for an alternative, I chanced upon Star Wars and realised I could use aliens because no one would complain about shooting them. For the actual design of the aliens, I took inspiration from HG Wells’s octopus-like Martian design.” ...

      ... Space Invaders stirred something in a whole generation of future game development superstars: Mario and Zelda Creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Metal Gear maestro Hideo Kojima and first-person shooter pioneers John Romero and John Carmack all credit it with setting them on the path to becoming game designers. Space Invaders was one of the first games to become a popular phenomenon, as Pokémon Go and Fortnite have become in more recent years. It stands up as an example of compelling game design, ...