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SPACE INVADERS (1978): THE JAPANESE DESCEND
Toshihiro Nishikado's 1978 masterpiece Space Invaders is on the shortlist of the world's most important videogames—another master stroke that truly brought the masses to the medium. A success in both the United States and Japan, Space Invaders would become one of the most widely imitated games of all time: endlessly cloned, copied, and modified right up to the present day.
Screenshot from the original Space Invaders arcade game, with simulated color overlay.
Even if you've never actually played Space Invaders or even seen a working machine, chances are you've played one of its thousands of derivatives, ...
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