The Atlas Initiative [S1E4]: "Space Invaders" (Arcade - 1978) [NA Version]

Thank You for finding your way here, Frens! "The Atlas Initiative" Videos are my voice over reviews of Video Games, where I will be scoring those games on two scales; by THEN and NOW. All to find out if those games hold up or if Atlas will shrug! For S1E4, I will be reviewing the "NA Arcade Version" of "Space Invaders"; I hope you enjoy watching!

The Atlas Initiative
S1E4
Space Invaders [スペース・インベーダーズ]
Arcade
Action/Fixed Shooter
1978
Taito Corporation/Midway Manufacturing Co.
NA Version "スペース・インベーダーズ"
Normal Difficulty Mode

Taito Legends: Space Invaders [タイトー・レジェンズ: スペース・インベーダーズ]
PlayStation 2
Action/Fixed Shooter
2005
Taito Corporation/Empire Oxford/Razorworks/Atomic Planet Entertainment, Ltd./Empire Interactive Europe, Ltd./Sega of America, Inc.
NA Version of "タイトー・レジェンズ"
Normal Difficulty Mode

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GAME INFORMATION:
Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in April 1978, with the game being released by Midway Manufacturing overseas. Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter and the first video game with endless gameplay (meaning there was no final level or endscreen) and set the template for the genre. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.

Designer Tomohiro Nishikado drew inspiration from North American target shooting games like Breakout (1976) and Gun Fight (1975), as well as science fiction narratives such as the novel The War of the Worlds (1897), the anime Space Battleship Yamato (1974), and the film Star Wars (1977). To complete development, he had to design custom hardware and development tools. Upon release, Space Invaders was an immediate commercial success; by 1982, it had grossed $3.8 billion ($14 billion in 2023-adjusted terms), with a net profit of $450 million ($1.7 billion in 2023 terms). This made it the best-selling video game and highest-grossing entertainment product at the time, and the highest-grossing video game of all time.

Space Invaders is considered one of the most influential and greatest video games of all time, having ushered in the golden age of arcade video games. It was the inspiration for numerous video games and game designers across different genres, and has been ported and re-released in various forms. The 1980 Atari VCS version quadrupled sales of the Atari VCS, thereby becoming the first killer app for video game consoles. More broadly, the pixelated enemy alien has become a pop culture icon, often representing video games as a whole.

(Source - Wikipedia)

Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. The games were originally developed by Taito. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation. Although they did not get official credit for it in the American versions, Sega published the North American and South American releases.

Extra features include interviews with some of the game designers, original sales flyers, and arcade cabinet art.

Two follow-up compilations were issued; Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC and the PlayStation Portable exclusive Taito Legends Power-Up.

(Source - Wikipedia)