Space Invaders
Space Invaders is a game in which the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven…
Space Invaders is a shooter developed by Z-Axis, released 30 September 1999 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast and Nintendo 64.
What Space Invaders is
Space Invaders is a shooter game developed by Z-Axis and released in 1999. It was published by Acer TWP. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Space Invaders DX is a 1993 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Taito for Japanese arcades. It is the fifth entry in the long-running Space Invaders series, and was later ported to several consoles including the Super Famicom, PC Engine Super CD, and Sega Saturn; several of these conversions use the name Space Invaders: The Original Game. The player assumes control of a laser base that must fend off waves of incoming enemies, who march down in formation towards the bottom of the screen. DX contains four variations of the original Space Invaders, in addition to a multiplayer mode and a "Parody Mode" that replaces the characters with those from other Taito franchises. Home…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
Where it sits in the Space Invaders series
Space Invaders is the 20th of 50 entries we hold in the Space Invaders series. It arrived 3 years after Space Invaders. The next entry was Space Invaders in 1999. Its critic score of 90 is 11 points above the series average of 79. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Space Invaders holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Space Invaders launched on 30 September 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Homeworld and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Space Invaders yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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