---
title: Space Invaders
tags:
- shoot them up
years:
- '1978'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s3.png
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1978'
  - label: companies
    value: Taito
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (alternate)
  - label: staff
    value: Toshihiro Nishikado
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s3.png
  - title: game as played on the arcade with backdrop and color overlays
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s2.png
  - title: destroy the mother ship!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s4.png
  - title: oops, your bunkers are almost destroyed
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s5.png
  - title: raw screenshot of Space Invaders, without backdrop and coor overlay
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_s1.png
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_space-invaders_cabinet.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 72
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230601190345/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=72
    date: '2023-06-01'
---