Tag: slide-and-shoot

Space Invaders

July 26, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987

People talk about Computer Space and Pong as the most important first arcade games, but you could make a very good case that Space Invaders should take that spot, since it is the arcade game that made the most money in the history of arcade games. In Japan they had centers that were all Space…
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Galaxian

February 19, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987

A few years after Space Invaders, Namco made this slide-and-shoot game with real colors and a space background, a precursor to the universally acclaimed Galaga. The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 claims the ColecoVision port is the best, and claims it was the first arcade port that was near perfect. If you want to…
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