Space Invaders sold 100,000 units in Japan in 1978, while Breakout sold only 11,000—a wild disparity.
As heard by us
Space Invaders gets handled as arcade history, with cabinet art, tabletop versions, and the color trick front and center.
Hardcore Gaming 101 treats Space Invaders like a compact museum tour, moving from cabinet art and tabletop versions to the colored overlay trick and the odd way a simple shooter kept picking up myth around it.
Why you'd press play
You want Gauntlet on the tiny tiger LCD handheld, with playful banter about how four players are supposed to fit.
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