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{{sub-stub}}The 1996 edition of '''''Space Invaders''''' (スペースインベーダー) is a shoot-'em-up game released for the [[Sega Saturn]] by [[Taito]]. Released exclusively in Japan, it contains four variations of the original ''Space Invaders'' arcade game, each with different overlays. Also included is a two player "battle" mode.
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'''''Space Invaders''''' (スペースインベーダー) is a fixed shooter game released for the [[Sega Saturn]] by [[Taito]] in 1996. Released exclusively in Japan, it is a port of the 1993 arcade game ''Space Invaders DX''.
  
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''Space Invaders'' was later bundled with ''[[Puzzle Bobble 2X]]''.
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The game was later bundled with ''[[Puzzle Bobble 2X]]'' in ''[[Puzzle Bobble 2X & Space Invaders]]''.
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==Gameplay==
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The Original Game (オリジナルゲーム) mode contains four variations of the original ''Space Invaders'' arcade game. The 2P Battle (2P対戦ゲーム) mode is a competitive, split-screen mode using new graphics.
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In either mode, players must destroy waves of incoming alien invaders. Enemies arrange themselves in formations and march down to the bottom of the screen by moving to the side of the screen and then downward. The invaders move faster as more are destroyed. In the Original Game, players control laser turrets; in the 2P Battle, players control spaceships. The laser turret or spaceship moves with {{left}} or {{right}} and shoots with {{A}}, {{B}}, or {{C}}. They can only fire one shot at a time and cannot fire another shot until the original shot has hit an enemy or moved off the screen.
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===Original Game===
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{{ScreenThumb|Space Invaders Saturn, Screen Type.png|width=200|Screen type select}}
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This mode recreates the original ''Space Invaders'' arcade game. There are four different screen types to select, which are designed to replicate the arcade machines for the original ''Space Invaders''. After starting a game, the player can change the screen type with {{left}} or {{right}} and insert credits with {{L}} or {{R}}. Once at least one credit has been inserted, the player can start a single-player game by pressing {{Start}} on the first control pad. If there are at least two credits inserted, players can start a two-player game by pressing {{Start}} on the second control pad. Two-player games are the same as one-player games, except players take turns after one player loses a life.
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In this mode, four defensive bunkers are placed above the player, which provide protection from enemy fire. The bunkers become damaged when hit by fire from either the invaders or the player, which eventually destroys them. A UFO occasionally flies across the top of the screen, which can be shot down for bonus points.
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When a wave has been destroyed, the next round begins with a new wave of aliens appearing slightly lower than the last. Eventually, the wave spawns with the bottom row right on top of the bunkers. Then the next wave starts from the top of the screen, and subsequent waves are spawned progressively lower again. This loop continues until the game ends.
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The player has three lives and loses one whenever the laser turret is hit by an enemy. Extra lives are awarded for every 1,500 points earned. The game ends immediately if an alien reaches the bottom of the screen.
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In the options, the player can change the number of starting lives (between 3 and 6), the number of points to earn an extend (1,000 or 1,500), and the starting round (between 1 and 7).
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====Enemies====
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{{InfoTable|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Octopus
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| bgcolor=#000
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png | 3 | crop_width=12 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Worth 10 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Crab
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| bgcolor=#000
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png | 3 | crop_width=11 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=13 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Worth 20 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Squid
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| bgcolor=#000
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png | 3 | crop_width=8 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=26 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Worth 30 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=UFO
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| bgcolor=#000
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png | 3 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=36 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=This enemy occasionally flies quickly across the top of the screen and randomly awards 50, 100, 150, 200, or 300 points if destroyed.
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}}
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}}
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====Screen types====
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{{gallery|widths=200|screens=yes|
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{{ginfo|Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Black & White.png|モノクロ (Black & White)|This type mimics how the game looked on the "cocktail table" arcade machines.}}
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{{ginfo|Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Scenery.png|背景つき (With Background)|This type mimics how the game looked on the upright arcade cabinets, which used a concealed CRT monitor that was reflected upward using a semi-transparent mirror with a similar planet background.}}
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{{ginfo|Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Cellophane.png|セロファンつき (With Cellophane)|This type mimics the later cocktail table arcade machines that used black-and-white monitors with a rainbow-colored cellophane overlay.}}
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{{ginfo|Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Color.png|カラー (Color)|This type mimics the later cocktail table arcade machines that used color monitors.}}
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}}
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===2P Battle===
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{{ScreenThumb|Space Invaders Saturn, 2P Battle.png|width=200|Two-player split screen}}
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This mode is a two-player competitive mode where each player plays a separate game at the same time in a split screen. When one player is eliminated, either by running out of lives or by having an alien reach the bottom of the playfield, the other player wins a point. Mathces can be played up to a certain number of points (1, 2, or 3). When it is played for more than one point, both playfields reset after a player loses a game and the players face new alien waves, which repeats until a player earns enough points to win the match.
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Before starting the game, each player can separately choose the difficulty level (Easy, Normal, or Hard) and the number of starting lives.
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===Special enemies===
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Alien waves contain special enemies that cycle colors and have special effects depending on what color they are when they are destroyed.
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{{InfoTable|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Green
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Eliminates the entire row of enemies for the player.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Red
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Causes the opponent's formation to drop down one step.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Yellow
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Causes the opponent's formation to drop down two steps.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=UFO
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| sprite={{sprite | Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png | 2 | crop_width=20 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Causes the opponent's formation to drop down three steps. As in the original game, this enemy sometimes flies quickly across the top of the screen.
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}}
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==Production credits==
 
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==Versions==
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The game is a port of the arcade game ''Space Invaders DX'', released in 1993 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the original game. In addition to the Saturn port, ''Space Invaders DX'' was also ported to the [[Super NES]] in 1994 as ''Space Invaders: The Original Game'', to the [[Super CD-ROM²]] in 1995 as ''[[nec:Space Invaders: The Original Game|Space Invaders: The Original Game]], and to the [[PlayStation]] in 1998 as ''Space Invaders 2000''.
  
 
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==References==
 
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Space Invaders
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Genre: Shooting[1][2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥3,9803,980 T-1107G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

Space Invaders (スペースインベーダー) is a fixed shooter game released for the Sega Saturn by Taito in 1996. Released exclusively in Japan, it is a port of the 1993 arcade game Space Invaders DX.

The game was later bundled with Puzzle Bobble 2X in Puzzle Bobble 2X & Space Invaders.

Gameplay

The Original Game (オリジナルゲーム) mode contains four variations of the original Space Invaders arcade game. The 2P Battle (2P対戦ゲーム) mode is a competitive, split-screen mode using new graphics.

In either mode, players must destroy waves of incoming alien invaders. Enemies arrange themselves in formations and march down to the bottom of the screen by moving to the side of the screen and then downward. The invaders move faster as more are destroyed. In the Original Game, players control laser turrets; in the 2P Battle, players control spaceships. The laser turret or spaceship moves with Left or Right and shoots with A, B, or C. They can only fire one shot at a time and cannot fire another shot until the original shot has hit an enemy or moved off the screen.

Original Game

Space Invaders Saturn, Screen Type.png

Screen type select

This mode recreates the original Space Invaders arcade game. There are four different screen types to select, which are designed to replicate the arcade machines for the original Space Invaders. After starting a game, the player can change the screen type with Left or Right and insert credits with L or R. Once at least one credit has been inserted, the player can start a single-player game by pressing  START  on the first control pad. If there are at least two credits inserted, players can start a two-player game by pressing  START  on the second control pad. Two-player games are the same as one-player games, except players take turns after one player loses a life.

In this mode, four defensive bunkers are placed above the player, which provide protection from enemy fire. The bunkers become damaged when hit by fire from either the invaders or the player, which eventually destroys them. A UFO occasionally flies across the top of the screen, which can be shot down for bonus points.

When a wave has been destroyed, the next round begins with a new wave of aliens appearing slightly lower than the last. Eventually, the wave spawns with the bottom row right on top of the bunkers. Then the next wave starts from the top of the screen, and subsequent waves are spawned progressively lower again. This loop continues until the game ends.

The player has three lives and loses one whenever the laser turret is hit by an enemy. Extra lives are awarded for every 1,500 points earned. The game ends immediately if an alien reaches the bottom of the screen.

In the options, the player can change the number of starting lives (between 3 and 6), the number of points to earn an extend (1,000 or 1,500), and the starting round (between 1 and 7).

Enemies

Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png
 Octopus
Worth 10 points.
Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png
 Crab
Worth 20 points.
Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png
 Squid
Worth 30 points.
Space Invaders Saturn, Aliens.png
 UFO
This enemy occasionally flies quickly across the top of the screen and randomly awards 50, 100, 150, 200, or 300 points if destroyed.

Screen types

Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Black & White.png

モノクロ (Black & White)
This type mimics how the game looked on the "cocktail table" arcade machines.

Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Scenery.png

背景つき (With Background)
This type mimics how the game looked on the upright arcade cabinets, which used a concealed CRT monitor that was reflected upward using a semi-transparent mirror with a similar planet background.

Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Cellophane.png

セロファンつき (With Cellophane)
This type mimics the later cocktail table arcade machines that used black-and-white monitors with a rainbow-colored cellophane overlay.

Space Invaders Saturn, 1P, Color.png

カラー (Color)
This type mimics the later cocktail table arcade machines that used color monitors.

2P Battle

Space Invaders Saturn, 2P Battle.png

Two-player split screen

This mode is a two-player competitive mode where each player plays a separate game at the same time in a split screen. When one player is eliminated, either by running out of lives or by having an alien reach the bottom of the playfield, the other player wins a point. Mathces can be played up to a certain number of points (1, 2, or 3). When it is played for more than one point, both playfields reset after a player loses a game and the players face new alien waves, which repeats until a player earns enough points to win the match.

Before starting the game, each player can separately choose the difficulty level (Easy, Normal, or Hard) and the number of starting lives.

Special enemies

Alien waves contain special enemies that cycle colors and have special effects depending on what color they are when they are destroyed.

Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png
 Green
Eliminates the entire row of enemies for the player.
Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png
 Red
Causes the opponent's formation to drop down one step.
Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png
 Yellow
Causes the opponent's formation to drop down two steps.
Space Invaders Saturn, Special Aliens.png
 UFO
Causes the opponent's formation to drop down three steps. As in the original game, this enemy sometimes flies quickly across the top of the screen.

Production credits

  • ディレクター: Koga
  • プログラム: Takeda
  • グラフィック: Koga, Takeda
  • サウンド: Uri (Zuntata), Shu (Zuntata)
  • デザイン: Akio Nomura, Hidetomo Ogino
  • スペシャルサンクス: K. Ishida, Fujimoto, S. Ono, Harru, D. Ji"ᴎ"no
Source:
In-game credits
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Versions

The game is a port of the arcade game Space Invaders DX, released in 1993 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the original game. In addition to the Saturn port, Space Invaders DX was also ported to the Super NES in 1994 as Space Invaders: The Original Game, to the Super CD-ROM² in 1995 as Space Invaders: The Original Game, and to the PlayStation in 1998 as Space Invaders 2000.

Magazine articles

Main article: Space Invaders (1996)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
40
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Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
10
[5]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
52
[6]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
52
[7]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
43
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
59
[9]
Sega Saturn
 43
Based on
6 reviews

Space Invaders (1996)

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Disc

Technical information

Main article: Space Invaders (1996)/Technical information.

References

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  1. ↑ File:SpaceInvaders Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  3. ↑ File:Space Invaders Saturn credits.png
  4. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-12-20" (JP; 1996-12-06), page 1
  5. ↑ Fun Generation, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 76
  6. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 184
  7. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 66
  8. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-21 (1996-12-13)" (JP; 1996-11-22), page 272
  9. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16


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