Space Invaders Extreme
Space Invaders Extreme combines the captivating essence of the original game with a stunning alliance of futuristic graphic design and cutting-edge audio. The gameplay experience has been developed to maximise…
Space Invaders Extreme is an arcade developed by Backbone Entertainment, released 21 February 2008 on Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.99 at Humble Store.
What Space Invaders Extreme is
Space Invaders Extreme is an arcade game developed by Backbone Entertainment and released in 2008. It was published by Degica Games. It is available on Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Space Invaders Extreme is a re-vamped incarnation of the arcade video game Space Invaders. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions were released to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders. An HD version was remastered by Backbone Entertainment for Xbox Live Arcade with new four-player multiplayer modes and visualizer backgrounds by Jeff Minter, it was released on 6 May 2009 as a wrap-up to the 30th anniversary. The game is played at a fast pace with an electronic soundtrack and sound effects.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 70 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Space Invaders series
Space Invaders Extreme is the 32nd of 50 entries we hold in the Space Invaders series. It arrived 2 years after Taito Legends 2. The next entry was Space Invaders Get Even in 2008. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Space Invaders at 90.
How it was received
Space Invaders Extreme holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M 2.30GHz, 4 GB RAM and 64MB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.99 at Humble Store, 60% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Space Invaders Extreme launched on 21 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Space Invaders Extreme yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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