Release Date:
March 5, 1980
Platform:
22
Genre:
1, 8
Publisher:
Atari, Inc.
Developer:
Atari
ESRB:
E - Everyone
Players:
2
Co-op:
No
Rating:
0.00
About the Game
Space Invaders is a 1980 Atari 2600 fixed shooter video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on March 6, 1980. The player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven aliens—some versions feature different numbers—that move horizontally back and forth across the screen as they advance towards the bottom of the screen. The player defeats an alien, and earns points, by shooting it with the laser cannon. As more aliens are defeated, the aliens’ movement and the game’s music both speed up.
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