A downloadable game for Windows

Space Invaders (1978)
This game is a recreation of the 1978 classic Space Invaders.

Features

  • Single-player gameplay
  • Damageable bunkers
  • Bunker regeneration (every 5 waves)
  • Extra lives (at 1,500 point increments)
  • Mystery ship (randomised bonus points modifier)
  • Pause / un-pause game
  • High score
  • Music / sfx volume control
  • Configurable screen resolution
  • Loading / saving of player preferences and high score

Controls
Mouse and keyboard

Keys A or Left Arrow to move left
Keys D or Right Arrow to move right
Spacebar to fire
Key P to pause the game

More information
StatusOn hold
PlatformsWindows
AuthorRob Meade
GenreShooter
TagsArcade, Retro, Space

Download

Download
SpaceInvaders1978.zip 104 MB

Install instructions

After download, extract the SpaceInvaders1978.zip to a location of your choice.

Double-click the SpaceInvaders1978.exe to run the game.

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Joe Bevis1 year ago

A good level of challenge and well polished. Great work!

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Rob Meade1 year ago

Hi Joe, thank you for your kind words, appreciated.  Still more could be done on this one, including thw two player support, shifting it to C++, and improving performance a little bit, but it was a fun challenge :)

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