Space Invaders (1978)
Arcade · Handheld Electronic LCD · Legacy Mobile Device · iOS
3.33 from 847 ratings
1725 members have it in their collection · 11 playing now · 72 backlogged · 67 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Taito
- Publishers
- Midway Manufacturing, My Arcade, Sharp, Taito
- Genres
- Arcade, Shooter
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Franchises
- Space Invaders
- Series
- Space Invaders
Release dates
- Jun 1978 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
- Oct 1978 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
- Feb 09, 2001 (Full Release) (Japan) Legacy Mobile Device
- 2007 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Legacy Mobile Device
- 2009 (Full Release) (Worldwide) iOS
- Aug 31, 2023 (Worldwide) Handheld Electronic LCD
Also available on
- Space Invaders (1980) · 2600
- Space Invaders (1981) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1982) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1982) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1982) · 5200
- Pepsi Invaders (1983) · 2600
- Space Invaders (1984) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1985) · famicom, NES
- Space Invaders (1985) · SG1K
- Space Invaders (1990) · GB
- Space Invaders (1990) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1994) · BS-X, SFAM, SNES, Wii
- Space Invaders: The Original Game (1995) · TGCD, Wii
- Space Invaders (1996) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (1996) · SAT
- Space Invaders (1999) · WSW
- Space Invaders (1999) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders: Carabiner Edition (2011) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (2012) · 2600
- Space Invaders Mini Electronic (2016) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Space Invaders (2016) · Plug & Play
- Space Invaders Micro Player (2020) · Handheld Electronic LCD
- Arcade Archives 2: Space Invaders (2025) · Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, XSX
- Arcade Archives: Space Invaders (2025) · NSW, PS4
- Space Invaders · A800
- Space Invaders · Handheld Electronic LCD
Related
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
- 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 - Special Edition (Mar 2020) · NSW
- Space Invaders: Invincible Collection (Mar 2020) · NSW
- Legends Core Plus (Dec 2020) · Plug & Play
- Super Pocket: Taito Edition (Nov 2023) · EVER, Handheld Electronic LCD
- Taito Arcade 1 (Sep 2025) · EVER
- Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade (Nov 2025) · Plug & Play
- Taito Memories Gekan · PS2
Remakes
- Space Invaders DX (Sep 1993) · ARC
Rating distribution
5 stars
102
4 stars
219
3 stars
392
2 stars
118
1 star
15
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status internpepper Dec 13, 2020
I can appreciate a shmup with cover. Fighting the various waves of aliens and trying to get that pesky UFO for extra points is a pretty good time.
Status ronenfox Jul 2, 2015
"Invaders! Possibly from space!"
Some of the most iconic 8-bit artwork in the history of video games and a simple yet absurdly challenging premise (don't shoot where they are, shoot where they're going to be!) makes this one of the most influential and impressive games from the first generation. It's certainly my favorite game from the 70s.