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Space Invaders / Space Invaders M

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Configurations
  9. Dipswitchs
  10. Roms list
  11. Chips list
  12. Serie
  13. Categories
  14. MAMEinfo
  15. History
  16. Commands list
  17. High scores
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Game infos

Description Space Invaders / Space Invaders M
Name invaders
Manufacturer Taito / Midway
Year 1978
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .008
Romset size 8 KB
Romset file 4 files
Romset zip 5 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 260 224 59.541985 4992000 320 0 260 262 0 224

Configuration

name tag mask
Cabinet
Name Cocktail
Value 1
Default no
Name Upright
Value 0
Default yes

CAB
1

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade invaders.e 2048 14e538b0 1d6ca0c99f9df71e2990b610deb9d7da0125e2d8 maincpu 1800 good no
arcade invaders.f 2048 0ccead96 537aef03468f63c5b9e11dd61e253f7ae17d9743 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade invaders.g 2048 6bfaca4a 16f48649b531bdef8c2d1446c429b5f414524350 maincpu 800 good no
arcade invaders.h 2048 734f5ad8 ff6200af4c9110d8181249cbcef1a8a40fa40b7f maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
DISCRETE discrete audio
SN76477 snsnd audio
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Space Invaders
  1. Cosmic Invaders (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  2. Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  3. Galaxy Monsters (Laguna S.A. Spanish bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  4. Space Invaders Part Four (1978)
  5. Space Invaders (Logitec) (1978)
  6. Space Invaders / Space Invaders M (1978)
  7. Space Invaders (Model Racing) (1978)
  8. Super Invaders (bootleg set 2) (1978)
  9. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 4) (1978)
  10. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 1) (1978)
  11. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 2) (1978)
  12. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 3) (1978)
  13. Space Invaders (TV Version rev 2) (1978)
  14. Space Invaders (TV Version rev 1) (1978)
  15. Space Attack (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  16. Space War Part 3 (1978)
  17. Space King (1978)
  18. Space War (Sanritsu) (1978)
  19. Super Invaders (bootleg set 1) (1978)
  20. Beam Invader (1979)
  21. Space Invaders Part II (Taito) (1979)
  22. Space Invaders Part II (Brazil) (1979)
  23. IPM Invader (1979)
  24. IPM Invader (Incomplete Dump) (1979)
  25. Jatre Specter (set 1) (1979)
  26. Jatre Specter (set 2) (1979)
  27. Moon Base Zeta (set 1) (1979)
  28. Moon Base Zeta (set 2) (1979)
  29. Pacom Invader (1979)
  30. Space Invaders (CV Version, larger roms) (1979)
  31. Space King 2 (1979)
  32. Space Attack / Head On (1979)
  33. Space Attack (upright set 1) (1979)
  34. Space Attack (upright set 2) (1979)
  35. Space Attack (upright set 3) (1979)
  36. Space Attack (cocktail) (1979)
  37. Space Monster (Euro) ~ Alien Invaders - Plus! (USA) (1980)
  38. Space Invaders II (Midway, cocktail) (1980)
  39. Space Invaders Deluxe (1980)
  40. Invaders from Hyperspace! (USA) (1980)
  41. Super Earth Invasion (set 3) (1980)
  42. Super Earth Invasion (set 1) (1980)
  43. Super Earth Invasion (set 2) (1980)
  44. Space Attack II (bootleg of Super Invaders) (1980)
  45. Space Intruder (1980)
  46. Space Intruder (Japan) (1980)
  47. Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec) (1980?)
  48. Alien Invasion (1981)
  49. TI Invaders (1981)
  50. Space Intruders (1981)
  51. Invaders (Superior Software) (1982)
  52. Invaders (1982)
  53. Invasion aus dem Weltraum (1982)
  54. Space Attack (1982)
  55. Space Attack (1982)
  56. Super Invaders (1982)
  57. Super Invaders (1982)
  58. Alien Invaders (1983)
  59. Invaders (Superior Software) (1983)
  60. Invaders (Prototype) (1984)
  61. Space Attack (1984)
  62. Tiki-Invaders v2 (Nor) (1985)
  63. Invasion (1985)
  64. Invasion (1985)
  65. Invasion (Alt) (1985)
  66. Invasion (Alt) (1985)
  67. Invasion (Alt 2) (1985)
  68. Moon Base Alpha (Fra) [Amstrad Computer User] (1985)
  69. Return of the Invaders (1985)
  70. Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 1) (1985)
  71. Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 2) (1985)
  72. Invaders (Euro) (1986)
  73. Space Invaders (1986)
  74. Space Attack (UK) (1986)
  75. Invasion (UK) (1987)
  76. Invasion (UK) (1987)
  77. Invasion (Euro, 64K) (1987)
  78. Invasion (Euro, 64K, Alt) (1987)
  79. Invaders (198?)
  80. Sorcerer Invaders (198?)
  81. Invaders (198?)
  82. Space Invaders (198?)
  83. Invaders (198?)
  84. Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV (Japan) (1990)
  85. Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV (US) (1990)
  86. Super Space Invaders '91 (World, Rev 1) (1990)
  87. Super Space Invaders '91 (World) (1990)
  88. Alien Invasion (1994)
  89. Space Invaders DX (US, v2.1) (1994)
  90. Space Invaders DX (Japan, v2.1) (1994)
  91. Space Invaders DX (Japan, v2.0) (1994)
  92. Space Invaders DX (Ver 2.6J 1994/09/14) (F3 Version) (1994)
  93. Akkanbeder (Ver 2.5J 1995/06/14) (1995)
  94. Space Invaders '95: The Attack Of Lunar Loonies (Ver 2.5O 1995/06/14) (1995)
  95. Space Invaders '95: The Attack Of Lunar Loonies (Ver 2.5A 1995/06/14) (1995)
  96. Alien Invasion (19??)
  97. Alien Invasion (v1.4) (19??)
  98. Alien Invasion Part II (19??)
  99. Invaders (19??)
  100. Invaders v1.2 (19??)
  101. Weltrauminvasoren / Invaders / Invaseur De L'Espace (19??)
  102. Space Invaders (Electromar, Spanish) (19??)
  103. Invasion (Sidam) (19??)
  104. Invasion (UK) (19??)
  105. Invasion (bootleg set 1, normal graphics) (19??)
  106. Invasion (bootleg set 2, no copyright) (19??)
  107. Invasion (bootleg set 3, R Z SRL Bologna) (19??)
  108. Invasion (bootleg set 4, R Z SRL Bologna) (19??)
  109. MOONBASE (19??)
  110. Super Invaders / Super Invaders / Super Envahisseurs (19??)
  111. Space Invaders Test ROM (19??)
  112. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.03D) (2002)
  113. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.01A) (2002)
  114. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.02A) (2002)
  115. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.02C) (2002)
  116. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.03A) (2002)
  117. Space Invaders Multigame (prototype) (2002)
  118. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.81A) (2002)
  119. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.82A) (2002)
  120. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.83A) (2002)
  121. Space Invaders Multigame (T8.03D) (2002)
  122. Space Invaders / Qix Silver Anniversary Edition (Ver. 2.03) (2003)
  123. Space Invaders Anniversary (V2.02J) (2003)
  124. Invaders (2014)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.08 [Nicola Salmoria, Michael Strutts]


Artwork available (invaders, invaddlx)


Bugs:

- spcewars: Wrong colors. MASH (ID 04143)

- During game, when player shoots their laser at the invaders, the sound is way above normal. blkwolf01 (ID 03554)

- superinv, invasion: [possible] When set is booted, there is automatically a credit available. Tafoid (ID 02061)


WIP:

- 0.180: Penrhos added clone Cosmic Invaders (bootleg of Space Invaders).

- 0.175: Andrew Welburn added clone Space Invaders (CV Version, smaller roms). Changed description of clone 'Space Invaders (CV Version)' to 'Space Invaders (CV Version, larger roms)'.

- 0.163: MikeMcBike added clones 'Space Attack (2k roms)(bootleg of Space Invaders)' and 'Space Attack (bproms)(bootleg of Space Invaders)'.

- 0.156: Ricky2001 added clone Galaxy Monsters (Laguna S.A. Spanish bootleg of Space Invaders).

- 0.154: Roselson and Ricky2001 added clone Space Invaders (Electromar, Spanish).

- 4th January 2014: Mr. Do - After seven years of waiting patiently, the moon from the Taito version of Space Invaders popped up on eBay last year, and I snapped it right up. That moon was one of the last remaining pieces of low-res artwork left over from the old site (the previous version was basically cropped from a screenshot of a picture of the inside of the cabinet). So I got that all cleaned up. MAME doesn't play nice with multiple backdrops. In the previous version of the artwork file, I used a mask to make the backdrop and moon blend together correctly. I don't know if something changed again in MAME, or I just hadn't noticed before, but it just looked... bad. So... I said screw it, and went back to the old way of how I had it a few years ago; with the moon and backdrop combined in one file, so it looks cleaner on screen. Don't worry, the full pieces are also in the ZIP file, for integrity's sake. Also, while I was at it, I fixed the little "red top hat" issue that John IV reported after the last update.

- 0.151: Andrew Welburn and Lord Nightmare added clones Space Invaders (SV Version rev 1) and (SV Version rev 2). Changed Space Invaders Stand-up Version (sisv) sets around based on new information/dumps from Andrew Welburn; many comment changes as well. Removed accidentally included overlay roms from sisv sets. Added more comment information [Andrew Welburn, Lord Nightmare]. Updated comments/rom names for Cosmic Monsters (version II). More updates and corrections [Andrew Welburn]. Changed description of clones (TV Version) to 'Space Invaders (TV Version rev 2)', (TV Version, older) to 'Space Invaders (TV Version rev 1)', (SV Version) to 'Space Invaders (SV Version rev 3)', (SV Version 2) to 'Space Invaders (SV Version rev 4)' and 'Cosmic Monsters' to 'Cosmic Monsters (version II)'. Renamed (sitvo) to (sitv1), (sisv2) to (sisv) and (sisv) to (sisv3).

- 0.150: Andrew Welburn, Lord Nightmare and The Dumping Union added clone Space Invaders (TV Version, older).

- 0.149u1: hap removed rom 11.1s in in clone Space Invaders (Model Racing), is a 74154 on the PCB and not a ROM.

- 0.148u5: Replaced Speaker sound with 'Filtered 1-bit DAC' in clones Space War Part 3 and Space War (Sanritsu).

- 11th May 2013: Mr. Do - Retro27 purchased the cocktail instruction cards for the Japan Space Invaders cocktail, and sent the scans my way. These are all cleaned up and pretty, now.

- 0.148: Robbbert fixed Player 2 controls in clones Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders) and Alien Invasion upright cab. Fixed Player 2 controls and cocktail mode in clone Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec). Turned 2 cabinet switches into 1 in clones Cosmic Monsters / 2, and fixed cocktail mode. Fixed cocktail mode in clones Space War (Sanritsu) and Space War Part 3.

- 0.147u4: Andy Welburn and MisfitMAME added clone Super Earth Invasion (set 3). Brendan Schulze and John Glover added clone Space Combat (bootleg of Space Invaders). Fixed flipscreen in clone Space Ranger (bootleg of Space Invaders). Note that the playfield is intentionally reversed; you are in a boat trying to spear fish below you. Added inputs to clone Space Combat (bootleg of Space Invaders), found and patched bad byte. Suggest redump of first rom. Fixed cocktail mode in Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders) and Space Combat (bootleg of Space Invaders) [Robbbert]. Improved ports a bit in clone Space Combat (bootleg of Space Invaders), added sound and improved timing. Give Space Combat (bootleg of Space Invaders) its own machine config [hap].

- 12th December 2012: Mr. Do - Just found out that in the Taito version of Space Invaders, the overlay for the saucer area is purple, not red like the Midway version. This has been fixed. You don't have to download the whole file; you can just download the new LAY file and replace it.

- 0.147u3: Andy Welburn and MisfitMAME added clone Ultra Invaders. Robbbert added Invaders sound and dipswitches to clone Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders).

- 0.147u2: Small tweaks to clones Cosmic Monsters color overlay. Fixed clone Invasion (Sidam) coinage [hap]. Changed description of clones 'Darth Vader' to 'Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders)', 'Invasion (bootleg, set 1, normal graphics)' to 'Invasion (bootleg set 1, normal graphics)', 'Invasion (bootleg, set 2, no copyright)' to 'Invasion (bootleg set 2, no copyright)', 'Invasion (bootleg, set 3, R Z SRL Bologna)' to 'Invasion (bootleg set 3, R Z SRL Bologna)', 'Invasion (bootleg, set 4, R Z SRL Bologna)' to 'Invasion (bootleg set 4, R Z SRL Bologna)', 'Space Attack' to 'Space Attack (bootleg of Space Invaders)', 'Space Attack II' to 'Space Attack II (bootleg of Super Invaders)', 'Super Invaders' to 'Super Invaders (bootleg set 1)' and 'Super Invaders (Emag)' to 'Super Invaders (bootleg set 2)'.

- 0.146u1: Marcello Mancini added clone Space Ranger (bootleg of Space Invaders). greg updated dipswitches in clone Cosmic Monsters.

- 17th May 2012: Smitdogg - The streak of luck continues. I should go to Vegas... Marcello Mancini has dumped the insanely rare Space Ranger by Taito.

- 0.143u2: Tafoid corrected clone Cosmic Monsters overlay to match that from a reference video of an actual cabinet.

- 28th November 2010: 3D ARCADE - Update to Space Invaders 3D cabinet model fixing a lot of problems with it.

- 0.138u2: Massive Space Invaders related comment update, documenting various sets, and the various Taito PCBs used by Space Invaders/Tabletop SI/Tabletop SI Color/Tabletop SI II/etc. Update/Correct Space Invaders Comments, particularly regarding Midway Boards [Andrew Welburn, Lord Nightmare].

- 0.136u4: Andrew Welburn, Brian Troha and The Dumping Union added clone Alien Invasion. Renamed (alieninv) to (alieninvp2).

- 27th February 2010: Smitdogg - Andrew Welburn dumped a Space Invaders bootleg called Alien Invasion.

- 0.135u3: f205v and ANY added clones Invasion (bootleg, set 1, normal graphics), (bootleg, set 2, no copyright), (bootleg, set 3, R Z SRL BOLOGNA) and (bootleg, set 4, R Z SRL BOLOGNA). Changed description of clone 'Invasion' to 'Invasion (Sidam)'.

- 7th December 2009: Mr. Do - Space Invaders artwork was updated for no other good reason than I finally had a better way to render the moon and backdrop together. The end-user won't notice any difference whatsoever, other than the file size went from 11MB to 6MB.

- 18th November 2009: f205v dumped Invasion (bootleg 1979). This PCB is manufactured in Italy as a bootleg based on the same hardware design of the classical Sidam PCB.

- 3rd October 2009: Smitdogg - Andrew Welburn dumped the Electrocoin version of Super Earth Invasion. Actually he dumped a bunch of stuff that still needs to be looked at but I checked this one out and it drops right over 'searthin' in MAME.

- 0.133u2: Team Japump fixed rom names in Space Invaders (CV Version), Space Invaders (SV Version) and Space Invaders (SV Version 2). Added new proms ($0, 400) to clone Space Invaders (CV Version). Added new maincpu roms ($800, 1400, 1800,1c00) to clone Space Invaders (SV Version). Added new maincpu rom ($1400) to clone Space Invaders (SV Version 2).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (searthia) to (searthina) and (jspectr2) to (jspecter2).

- 28th July 2009: Mr. Do - Kiltron got busy this summer and recently cranked out Space Invaders (Midway Cocktail version) artwork, also on loan from Gene.

- 0.128u2: More Discrete module optimizations [Derrick Renaud]. This module optimizations speed up Space Invaders 9%.

- 0.126u4: Roberto Zandona fixed built in red color overlay goes too low and shows on top line of invaders heads in Vista only.

- 0.123u6: Added 2nd Player to clones Space Attack II and Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec).

- 0.123u1: RansAckeR added DIP locations for clones Space Invaders (TV Version), Space Invaders (CV Version) and Invasion. Fixed coin2 for clones Super Invaders and Invasion.

- 0.117u1: Changed description to 'Space Invaders / Space Invaders M'.

- 0.114u2: Derrick Renaud added full discrete emulation of Space Invaders. I think people are going to be too used to the current samples and their relative levels. The new relative levels are determined by the mixing resistors. There are all different versions of the sound board, that all have slightly different sounds/components. This should be the proper Midway sounds. Replaced Samples sound (1. - 9.wav) with Discrete sound in Space Invaders and some clones.

- 0.113u2: Shuttle Invader display is shifted off screen now, but the PCB notes confirm that it's a different hardware, so it will need its own driver anyhow [Zsolt Vasvari]. Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz, visible area to 224x260 and VSync to 59.541985 Hz in clones sicv, sisv, sisv2, spacewr3, spcewars and darthvdr.

- 11th March 2007: Mr. Do - Two additions to Space Invaders. First, we have the cabaret bezel version, based on Polaris; the instructions and colors based on a photo contributed by btribble. The other is the Taito version of the bezel, contributed awhile ago by ClassicArcadeGrafix. I've been holding out on this because I had actually tracked down someone who had a full-size scan of the Taito moon. Things looked up at first, but it's been four months now, and emails haven't been returned for at least the last two months, so I grabbed the version from MAME.net and put that in for now, until the full scan turns up later.

- 0.111u5: Zsolt Vasvari added PORT_CONFNAME entries to Space Invaders.

- 0.111u4: Zsolt Vasvari and Derrick Renaud added non-memory mapped coin counters to Space Invaders. Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz. Removed Invaders samples 11-18.wav. Added dipswitches 'Unknown' and 3x 'Unused'.

- 0.111u2: Derrick Renaud added proper watchdog to Space Invaders.

- 0.111u1: Tomasz Slanina added clone Darth Vader (bootleg). Added more samples (11-18.wav) to the Invaders set. Robert added the game toggle switch to Jatre Specter (move right for game B; otherwise it's game A).

- 10th December 2006: Mr. Do - Midway Space Invaders actually looks like Space Invaders now. We got the bezel from VAS, and the moon and backdrop from CAG, all cleaned up by Addy. It's shinier than it's ever been. Where's Taito? He made it back to Kansas, but the wizard is still out looking for Dorothy, so it's taking a little while longer.

- 0.109u1: Robert fixed 'Bonus Life' dipswitch in clone Space War Part 3, Super Invaders (EMAG), Super Invaders (bootleg) and Space Invaders (Model Racing). Changed dipswitch 'High Score Preset Mode' to 'Bonus Life' in Space King. Added Speaker sound to clone Space War Part 3.

- 25th September 2006: Mr. Do - Added medium-res bezel for Space Invaders, recreated by Retro27 (I'd still eventually like to get a scan of it, though). Various photographs we have found so two versions (?), one light blue, one dark. I also added the color overlay for the SI cocktail, based on other various photographs, and added the instruction cards for JPN and USA, thanks to Bottleknife and Antny.

- 0.108u4: Robert fixed sound and improved dipswitches in clone Space War (Sanritsu). Added Speaker sound (sound\speaker.c) and 'Bonus Life' dipswitch.

- 21st August 2006: 3D ARCADE - Btribble has updated all of his Space Invaders 3D models to newer versions.

- 31st July 2006: 3D ARCADE - New 3D cabinet model for Invasion from btribble. This complete the "Space Invaders" updates.

- 24th July 2006: 3D ARCADE - Btribble gives us another 3D cabinet model from the "Space Invaders" family. This time it's the Taito flavor!

- 20th July 2006: 3D ARCADE - Btribble updated the Space Invaders 3D cabinet model to Versions 3.

- 0.105u4: Giuseppe Gorgoglione fixed UI positioning when artwork is enabled (OK screen doesn't fit on the screen, nor does the FPS counter).

- 0.96u2: Dave Widel added clone Cosmic Monsters 2.

- 0.95u4: David Haywood added clone Space Invaders (Model Racing).

- 13th April 2005: f205v and Matteo dumped Space Invaders (Model Racing).

- 25th March 2005: Dave Widel - The main difference in Cosmic Monsters II is the mothership drops a row of replacements periodically. Thanks to Art Mallet (http://artsarcadegames.com/index.htm) for loaning the board from one of his machines. Art is the source for Fluke 9010 parts and accessories as well as one of the major sellers of video game parts.

- 0.88u2: Derrick Renaud added to DISCRETE_555_ASTABLE an option to disable oscillation if R1 (charge) is out of circuit (will be needed by Invaders).

- 0.87u3: MASH added clone Space Invaders Part Four (bootleg 1978).

- 0.85u2: Added 'Service Mode' dipswitch to Space Invaders (TV Version).

- 0.80u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Invasion. David Haywood added clone Super Earth Invasion (set 2). Changed description of clone 'Super Earth Invasion' to 'Super Earth Invasion (set 1)'. Renamed (earthinv) to (searthin).

- 0.75: Nathan Woods fixed a screenshot handling bug that affected Space Invaders.

- 0.74u2: Added 'Space Invaders Test ROM' (19??) for region cpu1 ($0).

- 30th September 2003: Mike O'Malley submitted an addition of Space Invaders and Galaxian test ROMs.

- 0.53: MASH added clones 'Space Attack' (Video Games GMBH 1978) and 'Jatre Specter (set 2)'. Changed description of clone 'Jatre Specter' to 'Jatre Specter (set 1)'. Renamed (spaceatt) to (spaceat2).

- 0.37b3: Major redesign of the artwork support. All the drivers need to do is call overlay_create() or overlay_load() and the rest is handled by the core. Opacity/translucency support in 16-bit mode. Check out Space Invaders for example, the colored strips that make up the overlay is faintly visible under the black areas [Mathis Rosenhauer, Zsolt Vasvari].

- 0.37b2: Added clones Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec) and Super Invaders. Changed description of clone 'Super Invaders' to 'Super Invaders (EMAG)'.

- 2nd May 2001: Lee Taylor added another Space Invaders clone.

- 0.37b1: Zsolt Vasvari emulated the red saucer/ufo sound in Space Invaders (SN76477 sound), this sample is no longer needed (the other samples are still required). Added SN76477 sound and removed samples (0., 10-18.wav).

- 22nd March 2000: Zsolt Vasvari added SN76477 support to Space Invaders.

- 0.36RC2: Changed description of clone (CV Version) to 'Space Invaders (CV Version)'. Renamed (si_tv) to (sitv) and (logitec) to (invaderl).

- 0.36b16: Pongkang added clones Space King (Leijac 1978), Space War (Sanritsu) and Space War (Leijac).

- 26th January 2000: Pongkang added clone Space King and two different Space War clone games to the 8080bw driver.

- 0.36b15: Added clone Jatre Specter.

- 15th January 2000: Frank Palazzolo added clone Jatre Specter to the 8080bw driver.

- 0.36b11: Added clones Space Invaders (Logitec), Space Invaders (SV Version 2) and Space War Part 3 (bootleg).

- 0.35b4: Changed description of clones 'Alien Invaders 2' to 'Alien Invasion Part II' and (CV Version) to 'Space Invaders Colour (CV Version)'.

- 0.35b2: Lee Taylor added clones 'Alien Invaders 2', 'Space Invaders (SV Version)', 'Space Invaders (TV Version)' and 'Space Invaders Colour (CV Version)'.

- 0.34b8: David Winter added clone Super Invaders.

- 0.33b7: Cocktail mode support in some games (invaders, etc.) [Martin Sandiford].

- 0.30: Lee Taylor added clone Cosmic Monsters (Universal 1979). Aaron Giles support dirty rectangles in Space Invaders & clones. Samples can also be loaded from a common directory for variations of the same hardware. For example, all Space Invaders clones will load samples from the invaders directory.

- 0.25: Known issues: The colors used in Invaders Revenge may be wrong.

- 0.22: Fixed all Invader's clones bugs and charset of all Invader's clones.

- 0.21: Minor adjustment to Space Invaders color strips.

- 0.20: Dave W. provided a new set of Invaders samples. Should be better, though.

- 0.18: High score saving support in Space Invaders (Invaders only - not clones) [Nicola Salmoria].

- 0.16: Tormod Tjaberg provided updated Space Invaders (+clones) drivers which support sound. They use samples, derived from Michael Strutts' emulator.

- 0.09: Space Invaders now seems to work correctly [Nicola Salmoria]. Deluxe version still doesn't work properly.

- 0.08: Added 'Space Invaders' (Midway 1978) and clones 'Super Earth Invasion' and 'Space Attack II'. Some support for Space Invaders (+ some clones) but it doesn't work well. Control: Arrows = Move around and CTRL = Fire. Space Invaders information gathered from the Space Invaders Emulator by Michael Strutt. Known issues: The color stripes are not placed correctly. Bullets and aliens sometimes stop for an instant Interrupts are not handled well. You should run the game with "-frameskip 1", otherwise it will try to refresh at 120 fps.

- 30th October 1996: Dumped Super Earth Invasion (set 1).


LEVELS: 1 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

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)
14. Space Invaders Frenzy (2017, ARC)

- PORTS -

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

* CONSOLES:
[US] Atari 2600 (1980) "Space Invaders [Model CX2632]"
[US] Atari 5200 (1982) "Space Invaders [Model CX5204]"
Atari XEGS
DynaVision [BR] (198?)
ColecoVision [US] (aug.9, 2003) "Space Invaders Collection"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[KO] Sony PS2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"

* HANDHELDS:
Nintendo Game Boy [AU] (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-AUS]"
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-NOE]"
Nintendo Game Boy [UK] (1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-UKV]"
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (oct.1994) "Space Invaders [Model DMG-SP-USA]"
[EU] Sony PSP (oct.6, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
[US] Sony PSP (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"
[US] Commodore C64 (1982) "Avenger [Model C-64 621]"
[EU] Commodore C64 (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"
[EU] [US] Commodore C64 (1987) "Arcade Classics"
Tandy Color Computer 3 [US] (1988) "Space Intruders" : wave 9 is similar to wave 5 of "Phoenix".
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1988) "Amoeba Invaders" : included in the cover disk that came with the ST/Amiga Format Magazine (nov.1988, Issue number 5).
[EU] Atari ST (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"
[US] Apple II "Apple Invader"
PC [MS Windows] [EU] (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
PC [MS Windows] [US] (nov.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"
[US] "Atari Flashback 4" (nov.13, 2012) by AtGames
[US] "Atari Flashback 5" (oct.1, 2014) by AtGames
[US] "Atari Flashback 6" (sept.15, 2015) by AtGames
[US] "Atari Flashback 7" (oct.1, 2016) by AtGames
[US] "Atari Flashback 8" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
[US] "Atari Flashback 8 Gold Edition" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames

- CONTRIBUTE -

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