Space Invaders

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Space Invaders
System(s): SG-1000
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Taito, Sega
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)
Release Date RRP Code JP 1985 ¥4,3004,300 G-1045 TW 198x
Non-Sega versions Template:AC ?? Arcade Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 8-bit family Game Boy MSX Nintendo Entertainment System PC-9800 series Super Game Boy Super NES

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Space Invaders (スペースインベーダー) is a 1979 milestone arcade game developed by Taito. The player controls a gun which can move left or right, and needs to destroy waves of aliens (or "invaders") before they reach the ground. Space Invaders was brought to a variety of home video game consoles and computers, including the SG-1000 in 1985.

Surprisingly the SG-1000 port of the game was one of the most accurate of its time, surpassing the NES and MSX versions which were the console's main competitors. Though it adds more color (the arcade version was simply black and white, with translucent overlays to mimic color), the SG-1000 version retains all the original graphics, whereas other ports (especially for Atari systems) re-drew the invaders due to various graphical restrictions.

The SG-1000 version does not appear to have been released outside of Japan.

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Physical scans

SG-1000 version

SG-1000, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

SG-1000, TW

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 6ad5cb3d MD5 87a97b049ec01b1803b93f06d0407586 SHA-1 a4e4b0c2967e39c4931fba8bc87428f296e461c5	16kB		Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 0760ea93 MD5 47359548b666e9e1b6287df5688e2fd2 SHA-1 5a7904697ea8a360066ea8403793227021735969	16kB		Cartridge (TW)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Space Invaders: The Original Game