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title: Space Invaders, the game that emptied pockets
date: '2026-10-05'
author: olipix
banner: /media/history/images/timeline_0278_spaceinv_1.jpg
summary: The history section tells how a 1978 arcade cabinet changed the video game business.
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Our timeline entry on [Space Invaders](/history/space-invaders/) is back. Designed by Toshihiro Nishikado and released by Taito in 1978, the game turned arcades into a mass phenomenon.
It is one of more than sixty history entries recovered so far, covering hardware, software, companies and people of the early microcomputer years.