Wednesday 3 June 2015

Remembering Space Invaders


When I was younger, we use to play video games all the time!  Some of our favourites were: Pit Fall, Space Invaders, Track and Field, Asteroids, and Frogger.

We even tried the dreaded ET Game, you know, the infamous landfill one that was just unearthed? Yeah, we thought it was going to be awesome.  It was not.

Anyway, one of my favourites, was Space Invaders.  It was simple, but fun!  Sometimes these days, I find they over complicate some of the games.  Simple can be awesome.  I would love to play an updated version of this game, unfortunately, it does not seem likely

So for those of you too young to remember Space Invaders, it was basically aliens coming to attack you, and you had a little space ship at the bottom of the screen, with a sad little gun on it.  This was your way to save the world.  The space ship that flew by at the top was sadly undersized compared to the amount of & size of aliens that were attacking you, but you didn't care! You just wanted to get that spaceship because you got bonus points!

 Space Invaders is an arcade video game and was released in 1978. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.
It was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming and helped expand the video game industry from a novelty to a global industry. When first released, Space Invaders was very successful. - Source Wikipedia

In the world of gaming, games will get remade and reinvented for a new generation of gamers.  I would love to see this game get brought back, as well as Frogger, and Asteroids. 

What games would you like to see brought back?

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