Space Invaders

1978

shoot 'em up

Developer

Taito

Publisher

Taito

Platforms

Arcade

Game modes

single-player video game, multiplayer video game

Released

1978-01-01

Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up game developed and published by Taito for arcades. Taito released it in Japan in July 1978 and overseas through a partnership with Midway Manufacturing later that year. Space Invaders was the first video game with endless gameplay and the first fixed shooter, setting the template for the genre. The goal is to defeat waves of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.

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