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Space Invaders

| 1978
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Developer: Midway
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(1)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Space Invaders (c) 1978 Midway Mfg. Co.

Export version manufactured by Midway under license from Taito. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Taito upright model entry; "Space Invaders".

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : 739
[Upright model]

Buttons : 3 (LEFT, RIGHT, FIRE)
(The US upright model had no joystick)

- TRIVIA -

Space Invaders by Midway was released in October 1978 in the USA.

The Space Invaders phenomenon stunned many conservative adults of the time who were convinced that video-games soured the minds of their youngsters. Residents of Mesquite, Texas, pushed the issue all the way to the Supreme Court in their efforts to ban the illicit machines from their Bible-belt community. A number of reported incidents of juvenile crime began to surface shortly after the game's release, adding to its 'controversy'. A girl was caught stealing $5,000 from her parents and gangs of youths were reported to have robbed grocery stores just so they would have money to play the game.

Of the reported 350,000 units produced world wide, about 65,000 units were produced in the U.S. alone.

Technology journalist Jason Whittaker credited the game's success to ending the video game crash of 1977, which had earlier been caused by Pong clones flooding the market, and beginning the golden age of video arcade games. According to The Observer, the home console versions were popular and encouraged users to learn programming; many who later became industry leaders.

Space Invaders inspired a catchy hit song by 'Uncle Vic' called 'Space Invaders' released over the spring to summer-time period of 1980. The Pretenders also released an instrumental song called 'Space Invaders' on their debut album in 1980.

A Space Invaders unit appears in the 1980 movie 'Midnight Madness', in the 1982 movie 'Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again', in the 1982 movie 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', in the 1983 movie 'Joysticks', in the 1984 movie 'The Iceman', in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day', and in the 1998 sitcom 'That 70's Show'; Season 4, Episode 8 (Donna's Story).

An upright unit of the Midway release of Space Invaders appears in the ZZ Top music video, 'Legs'.

- SERIES -

1. Space Invaders (1978, ARC)
2. Space Invaders Deluxe (1979, ARC)
3. Space Invaders II (1980, ARC)
4. Return of the Invaders (1985, ARC)
5. Super Space Invaders '91 (1990, ARC)
6. Space Invaders DX (1994, ARC)
7. Space Invaders '95 - Attack of the Lunar Loonies (1995, ARC)
8. Space Invaders (1999, PS)
9. Space Invaders 25th Silver Anniversary (2003, ARC)
10. Space Invaders Revolution (2005, DS)
11. Space Invaders Evolution (2005, PSP)
12. Space Invaders Extreme (2008, DS/PSP)
13. Space Invaders Extreme 2 (2009, DS)

- PORTS -

NOTE: For ports released in Japan, please see the Taito upright model entry.

* Consoles :
Atari 2600 [US] (1980) "Space Invaders [Model CX2632]"
Atari 5200 [US] (1982) "Space Invaders [Model CX5204]"
Atari XEGS
DynaVision [BR] (198?)
ColecoVision [US] (August 9, 2003) "Space Invaders Collection"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (October 14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (October 14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (October 25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (October 25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
Sony PlayStation 2 [KO] (July 18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"

* Handhelds :
Nintendo Game Boy [AU] (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-AUS]"
Nintendo Game Boy [EU] (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-NOE]"
Nintendo Game Boy [UK] (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-UKV]"
Nintendo Game Boy [US] (October 1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-USA]"
Sony PSP [EU] (October 6, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
Sony PSP [US] (May 17, 2007) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULUS-10208]"

* Computers :
Exidy Sorcerer [EU] (1978) "Invaders"
Microtan 65 [EU] (1980) "Space Invasion"
TI99/4a [US] (1981) "TI Invaders [Model PHM 3053]" by Texas Instruments
Tandy Color Computer [US] (1981) "Space Assault"
Tandy Color Computer [US] (1981) "Color Space Invaders"
Commodore Vic 20 [US] "Avenger"
Commodore C64 [US] (1982) "Avenger [Model C-64 621]"
Commodore C64 [EU] (1982) "Avenger"
BBC B [EU] (1982) "Super Invaders" by Acornsoft
Sinclair ZX-Spectrum [EU] (1982) "Spectral Invaders" by Bug-Byte
Sinclair ZX-Spectrum [EU] (1982) "Space Raiders" by Sinclair Research
Sinclair ZX-Spectrum [EU] (1982) "Invaders" by Artic Computing (UK)
Oric [EU] (1983) "Oric Invaders" by Arcadia Software
Tandy Color Computer [US] (1985) "Super Vaders"
Commodore C64 [EU] [US] (1987) "Arcade Classics"
Tandy Color Computer 3 [US] (1988) "Space Intruders" : wave 9 is similar to wave 5 of "Phoenix".
Commodore Amiga [EU] (1988) "Amoeba Invaders" : included in the cover disk that came with the ST/Amiga Format Magazine (November 1988, Issue number 5).
Atari ST [EU] (1989)
Sinclair ZX-Spectrum [EU] (1993) "Invaders" by Design Design Software (UK) : published exclusively on magazine covertape, appeared on side A of covertape "Your Sinclair issue 85: Christmas Collection 2".
PC [MS-DOS] (1997) "Champ Invaders" - CHAMProgramming
VTech Laser-VZ [AU] "Vz Invaders"
Apple II [US] "Apple Invader"
PC [MS Windows] [EU] (October 14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
PC [MS Windows] [US] (November 10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

* Others :
LED handheld game [US] (1980) black version by Entex
LED handheld game [US] (1981) grey version by Entex
LCD handheld game [US] (1982) by Tiger Electronics
LCD handheld game with calculator [US] (1982) by Tiger Electronics
LCD handheld game [US] (larger LCD) (1984) by Tiger Electronics
LCD handheld game [EU] (1999) by Systema
Arcade Legends : Space Invaders TV Game [US] (2004) by Radica Games
Mobile Phones [US] (2007) "3D Space Invaders"
Mobile Phones [US] (2007) "Space Invaders Trilogy"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=31739&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 2009 00000078 FFFFFFFF Invaders never drop
00100000 2069 00003000 FFFFFFFF Invaders don't fire
20800000 0293 000000C3 FFFFFFFF Bullet Invincibility
00010000 2094 00000000 00000004 Bullet Invincibility (2/3)
00010000 2015 000000FF FFFFFFFF Bullet Invincibility (3/3)
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Bullet Speed always =
00010000 202C 00000002 FFFFFFFF Slow
00010000 202C 00000004 FFFFFFFF Normal
00010000 202C 00000006 FFFFFFFF Fast
00010000 202C 00000008 FFFFFFFF V Fast
00010000 202C 0000000A FFFFFFFF Turbo
20800000 163E 00000000 FFFFFFFF Autofire Mode
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 21FF 00000007 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00300001 2100 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1
00310001 2104 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (02/14) 1st Line 2100 to 210A
00310001 2108 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (03/14) 2nd Line 210B to 2115
00310001 210C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (04/14) 3rd Line 2116 to 2120
00310001 2110 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (05/14) 4th Line 2121 to 212B
00310001 2114 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (06/14) Top Line 212C to 2136
00310001 2118 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (07/14)
00310001 211C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (08/14)
00310001 2120 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (09/14)
00310001 2124 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (10/14)
00310001 2128 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (11/14)
00310001 212C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (12/14)
00310001 2130 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (13/14)
00210001 2134 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL1 (14/14)
00000000 22FF 00000007 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00300001 2200 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2
00310001 2204 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (02/14) 1st Line 2200 to 220A
00310001 2208 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (03/14) 2nd Line 220B to 2215
00310001 220C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (04/14) 3rd Line 2216 to 2220
00310001 2210 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (05/14) 4th Line 2221 to 222B
00310001 2214 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (06/14) Top Line 222C to 2236
00310001 2218 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (07/14)
00310001 221C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (08/14)
00310001 2220 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (09/14)
00310001 2224 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (10/14)
00310001 2228 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (11/14)
00310001 222C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (12/14)
00310001 2230 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (13/14)
00210001 2234 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill All Invaders Now! PL2 (14/14)

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