first impressions of space invaders

[mark]

i seen the thread about pac-man and thought it would be fun to see what were your first impressions or reactions about the classic space invaders since it was an extremely popular arcade.

 

i really can't say anything here cause i grew up in the late 80s and have never seen 1 in person (i know its sad)

[AtariLeaf]

It was the first game I ever played in the arcade besides pinball and I loved it. We were in Hawaii in 1980 on vacation and they had one in the lobby.

I loved the sound effects. I think I remember that being my favorite aspect of the game.

[jim]

I remember when it first came out. I had been playing lots of older EM games and other B/W games like Pong and Tank. It was great for a while but then I found Galaga and Defender later and never went back to Space Invaders except on my brothers Intelevision. I have a full size Space Invaders as well as SI Deluxe now. I play them once in a whle but still play my Galaga and Defender more. My kids don't even like Space Invaders and rarely play them. Here are my 2 SI machines.

[Dr Galaga]

I've played alot of games in my day, but honestly, I have hardly played the coin-op version of SI. I have played it alot on the 2600 and the C64 - but very few times in the arcade

[mark]

i'll own one of those someday. right now im looking for a cheap classic to start off my collection. im only 19 and didn't grow up in the arcade era but i love and appreciate the history and the games. and of coarse Atari

[Big Player]

Space Invaders is the first video game for me. Before that, I basically stuck with pinball machines since I got to play them longer and to me they were more fun than the arcade games before SI.

 

SI was the first game that I had to have at home. It made me need to have a 2600. Oh and I pretty much left those pinball machines behind--though I do like to play them from time to time.

[Foxy Cleopatra]

After I wasted my quarter on Asteroids, and then another on Joust, because I died in 10 seconds on both I made my way over to the Space Invaders machine. That was my game. Who cares that I never cleared the screen? It was just fun, fun, fun! Good times, good times. Jim those machines are bringing back so many memories

[NE146]

Ooooh how'd I miss this thread. Space Invaders wasn't my first videogame, but it was definitely my first videogame OBSESSION. I'm still obsessed with the arcade game in a way I've written a lot about the game on these here boards so I won't say much more.

 

Nice games Jim! I want some Space Invader arcade games of my own as well (and I WILL get them.. in time ). However, the ones I want are the machines I grew up with and that means the original joystick controlled TAITO versions. They had nicer artwork and the background planet artwork was different as well. Good stuff

 

Taito Space Invaders (nope. Not mine.. I wish). However the white joystick knob has been replaced.

Taito Space Invader Part II. Had a much nicer brighter background than the Midway version

[Kripto]

I remember being a little kid and being blown away by

Space Invaders. I especially liked how your shields received visible damage. It was a clone machine, I think, and was soon accompanied by a bootleg Moon Cresta machine at the same candy store. I still love Moon Cresta even though it plays dirty at times.

[sku_u]

Space Invaders was one of my favorite coin-ops. I'd like to own it some day. That game at up quite a few dimes until Galaxian and Galaga came out (Even though by then the price had jumped to a whopping quarter)