Sid Meier's Space Invaders

[ZylonBane]

https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/how-atari-took-on-apple-in-the-1980s-home-pc-wars

 

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Game industry legend Sid Meier, the creator of Civilization, began his professional development career at home thanks to Atari’s computer. “When I got my 800, probably the first game I wrote was very similar to Space Invaders,” Meier told me in 2007. “I took it to my local computer store, and they had very little software for sale. I put it on a cassette tape and into a plastic bag. I remember they bought 5 or 10 copies of it.”

 

 

Anyone know what game this was?

[xrbrevin]

just did a quick search by programmer on atarimania.com.

here are the results:

http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=G&team=906&step=25

[Mclaneinc]

Does not look like it was ever published, checked the giant programmers list (great site Dagdum), must have been one of those 'before he was famous' moments as a young man.

 

Has Kevin ever done an interview with him?

Edited December 24, 2019 by Mclaneinc

[LoTonah]

When I saw this topic the first thought I had was "Cool, a Space Invaders game with a Tech Tree that you could advance thru the power ups" and now I want that game  LOL

[xrbrevin]

the earliest one on atarimania.com is "Hostage Rescue" dated 1980 and it does have similarities to space invaders:

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hostage-rescue_2507.html

 

gameplay footage here:

 

[Mclaneinc]

Didn't look at that because it said it was a simulation of a hostage rescue in Tehran in the description, thought, Space invaders game, Nah!

 

How wrong I was (again)