Space Instigators
This is an unauthorized conversion of the 1978 Taito coin-op game Space Invaders for the Atari 2600. Unlike the authorized Atari Space Invaders, this version has all nine rows of invaders without flicker…
31 December 2003
Space Instigators is an arcade developed by Capital S Software, released 31 December 2003 on Atari 2600.
What Space Instigators is
Space Instigators is an arcade game developed by Capital S Software and released in 2003. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is an unauthorized conversion of the 1978 Taito coin-op game Space Invaders for the Atari 2600. Unlike the authorized Atari Space Invaders, this version has all nine rows of invaders without flicker, rather than just six. Also, the sounds are closer to the arcade game. Gameplay is the same - shoot the rows of invaders and avoid their bullets, using your bases as shields and taking out the enemy mothership when it appears.
What it launched against
Space Instigators launched on 31 December 2003, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Sonic Heroes and Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Sonic Heroes, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004.
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When did Space Instigators come out?
Space Instigators was released on 31 December 2003 for Atari 2600.
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