By: Hector Trevino

TAITO The manufacturer of the game Space Invaders, is called TAITO

Numbers… 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.