Space Invader
Came out as one of the hit arcade games in the 70's initially in Japan, Space Invader has earned its glory with a gross profit of US$2 billion worldwide by 1982.
(The game-play is similar to Zaxxon by Coleco in previous review but having more instinct feature)
1. Interactivity
The player has to control a spaceship honrizontally (left and right key) - up down left right compare to Zaxxon, making it easier to look- to advoid the bullet fired from invaders and fire invaders (space or up key).
The player is provided 3 life, which is reduced when hit by bullet fired by invaders or hit the the invaders.
When all the invaders are eliminated, the scene will start again will the number of invaders on scene set to default.
The game is finished when player's life is reduced to 0. Instead exploring only one shot of Zaxxon, It makes less punishment than Zaxxon's.
2.Concept
The game is design base on the story of a spaceship protecting its planet from the invaders coming from the universe.
3. Goal
Space invaders makes the players urging to achieve a better score (caculated by the number of invaders killed) to beat the highscore of the game.
4. Challenge
Avoiding attacks coming from the enemies is the most challanging features of space invaders. At first, since the number of invaders on scene is many, avoiding the bullet coming from them is not a easy job at all. However, the game is not getting easier in the late-game when most of the enimies have been eliminated. At the stage, the invaders are getting closer to the player, therefore, the reaction time allowed responses to the attack is decreasing over time and making it harder to advoid the bullets as well as the invaders.
5.Story
Tomohiro Nishikado - Space Invaders designer - drew inspiration for this making masterpiece from Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars. This gives the fact that in the 70's, the theme of space was quite a hit at that time.
In conclusion, Space Invaders is one of the typical classic original pieces in the game development history. One of the most important things that lead to its success is it's story. As the people in that time got infected to the speard of space related products. Space Invader came out as something that can let the players experience the act of controlling spaceship and protecting the earth as what they knew through the books and movies. With this, Space Invader became one of the top arcade games in the 70's.
(The game-play is similar to Zaxxon by Coleco in previous review but having more instinct feature)
1. Interactivity
The player has to control a spaceship honrizontally (left and right key) - up down left right compare to Zaxxon, making it easier to look- to advoid the bullet fired from invaders and fire invaders (space or up key).
The player is provided 3 life, which is reduced when hit by bullet fired by invaders or hit the the invaders.
When all the invaders are eliminated, the scene will start again will the number of invaders on scene set to default.
The game is finished when player's life is reduced to 0. Instead exploring only one shot of Zaxxon, It makes less punishment than Zaxxon's.
2.Concept
The game is design base on the story of a spaceship protecting its planet from the invaders coming from the universe.
3. Goal
Space invaders makes the players urging to achieve a better score (caculated by the number of invaders killed) to beat the highscore of the game.
4. Challenge
Avoiding attacks coming from the enemies is the most challanging features of space invaders. At first, since the number of invaders on scene is many, avoiding the bullet coming from them is not a easy job at all. However, the game is not getting easier in the late-game when most of the enimies have been eliminated. At the stage, the invaders are getting closer to the player, therefore, the reaction time allowed responses to the attack is decreasing over time and making it harder to advoid the bullets as well as the invaders.
5.Story
Tomohiro Nishikado - Space Invaders designer - drew inspiration for this making masterpiece from Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars. This gives the fact that in the 70's, the theme of space was quite a hit at that time.
In conclusion, Space Invaders is one of the typical classic original pieces in the game development history. One of the most important things that lead to its success is it's story. As the people in that time got infected to the speard of space related products. Space Invader came out as something that can let the players experience the act of controlling spaceship and protecting the earth as what they knew through the books and movies. With this, Space Invader became one of the top arcade games in the 70's.
Sumary
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Reference: http://www.spaceinvaders.de/
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