By: Hector Trevino
TAITO
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The manufacturer of the game Space Invaders, is called TAITO
NUMBERS…
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There were sold 400,000 of this arcade console in the whole world,
making about $1.63 Billion in US revenue.
DESIGN
• The design of the cabinet was very original, and
colorful, it consisted on a screen, a joystick(used
to move the ship), and two simple buttons on the
side(one for shooting, and one for special power
ups).
GAMEPLAY
• This game was a shooter, the total objective of the game was to
stop this “invaders” from getting to the earth, you were suppose
to shoot them and destroy them.
POPULARITY
• This game was one of the most popular arcade games
of that time, and the reason why, is because this
game was something different, games on that time,
were used to represent something, but Space
Invaders was created just to have fun. Many people
kept playing it because it was a High-Score type of
game, so you always want to beat the high score!
COMMUNITY
• The highest score ever for Space Invaders is 110,510
points, it was made by the “Arcade Wizard” AKA Richie
Knucklez
UNFORGOTTEN LEGACY
• This game pretty much started the Made-for-Fun games, it also
started a new type of genre, the Shooter genre, and it pretty
much started the Golden Age of arcade games.