Space Attack

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Space Attack
System(s): VIC Dual
Publisher: Gremlin Industries (US), Sega (JP)
Developer:
Distributor: Löwen-Automaten (DE)
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (VIC Dual)
JP
¥? ?
Arcade (VIC Dual)
US
$? ?
Arcade (VIC Dual)
DE
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Space Attack (セガ・スペース・アタック) is an arcade game released by Sega for VIC Dual hardware in 1979. In the US it is thought to have been renamed Super Space Attack - whether there are in fact two separate games is currently unknown, but the two are extremely similar and "Super" is often dropped in internal Super Space Attack documents.

Gameplay

Space Attack is a Space Invaders clone and is almost identical to Taito's classic. It is completely identical to another VIC Dual Space Invaders clone, Alpha Fighter, sharing full colour graphics and a "bonus" round (in which the saucer briefly decends from the top of the screen after clearing the rest of usual set of invaders). Space Attack has a different set of graphics to Alpha Fighter, however.

Similar to versions of Space Invaders, the upright cabinets for Space Attack use a mirror to project the image onto a textured surface (in this case, a starfield), giving the illusion that there is a background while playing.

Magazine articles

Main article: Space Attack/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Artwork

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Physical scans

VIC Dual, US
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Manual
VIC Dual (upright), JP
VIC Dual (cocktail), JP

Photo gallery

References



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Space Invaders games for Sega systems
Space Invaders (1985) | Space Invaders '90 (1990) | Super Space Invaders (1992) | Space Invaders (1996)
Space Invaders (Dreamcast) (unreleased)
Space Invaders VIC Dual Clones
Alpha Fighter (19??) | Invinco (1979) | Space Attack (1979) | Super Space Attack (1979)