Space Invaders (1978)

Arcade, Handheld Electronic LCD, Legacy Mobile Device, iOS

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Space Invaders is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.

Details

Developers: Taito
Publishers: Midway Manufacturing, My Arcade, Sharp, Taito
Genres: Arcade, Shooter
Themes: Science fiction
Franchises: Space Invaders
Series: Space Invaders
Also known as: Pocket Player Pro: Space Invaders · Space Invaders (1978)

Release dates

Jun 1978 (Japan) Arcade
Oct 1978 (North America) Arcade
Feb 09, 2001 (Japan) Legacy Mobile Device
2007 Legacy Mobile Device
2009 iOS
Aug 31, 2023 Handheld Electronic LCD

Bundled in

Arcade Classics (Dec 1987) · C64
Arcade Legends: Space Invaders (Dec 2004) · Plug & Play
Space Invaders Pocket (May 2005) · PSP
Taito Memories Joukan (Jul 2005) · PS2
Taito Legends (Oct 2005) · PC, PS2, XBOX
Taito Legends Power-Up (Oct 2006) · PSP
Retro Arcade: Space Invaders (Dec 2011) · Plug & Play
Legends Flashback Blast! (Dec 2018) · Plug & Play
Space Invaders: Invincible Collection (Mar 2020) · Switch
Legends Core Plus (Dec 2020) · Plug & Play
Super Pocket: Taito Edition (Nov 2023) · Evercade, Handheld
Taito Arcade 1 (Sep 2025) · Evercade
Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade (Nov 2025) · Plug & Play
Retrocade (Feb 2026) · iOS, visionOS
Taito Memories Gekan · PS2

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Remakes

Space Invaders DX (Sep 1993) · Arcade

Expanded games

Space Invaders (Dec 1996) · Saturn

Ports

Space Invaders (Mar 1980) · Atari2600
Space Invaders (Dec 1981) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1982) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1982) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1984) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Apr 1985) · famicom, NES
Space Invaders (Dec 1985) · sg1000
Space Invaders (Mar 1990) · Game Boy
Space Invaders (Dec 1990) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1996) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1999) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Dec 1999) · WonderSwan
Space Invaders: Carabiner Edition (Dec 2011) · Handheld
Space Invaders (Nov 2012) · Atari2600
Space Invaders (Dec 2016) · Plug & Play
Space Invaders Mini Electronic (Dec 2016) · Handheld
Space Invaders Micro Player (Dec 2020) · Handheld
Arcade Archives 2: Space Invaders (Dec 2025) · Switch 2, PS5, Series X|S
Arcade Archives: Space Invaders (Dec 2025) · Switch, PS4
Space Invaders · Atari8bit
Space Invaders · Handheld

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