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Space Attack (1979)

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Arcade

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Space Attack is an arcade shooting 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. It's a … Space Attack is an arcade shooting 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.

It's 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 color graphics and a "bonus" round (in which the saucer briefly descends 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. Read more

Details

Developers
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Publishers
Gremlin Industries, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Also known as
Super Space Attack · SEGA Space Attack (Japanese title, romanization)

Release dates

  • Feb 01, 1979 (Japan) Arcade
  • 1979 (North America) Arcade
  • 1979 (Europe) Arcade