The Video Game Invasion: What Is It Doing To Children?". The Herald Journal. December 18, 1981 . Retrieved March 5, 2012. The music for Space Invaders popularized the notion of variability—the idea that music can change in accordance with the ongoing on-screen narrative. The variable in Space Invaders, the tempo, is admittedly simple, but its implications are not to be underestimated. "Over the years, analogous strategies of variation would be applied to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, form, and a host of other parameters, all with the goal of accommodating the nonlinear aspect of video games." [35] a b c Fox, Mark (2012). "Space Invaders targets coins". World Coin News. Vol.39, no.2. Krause Publications. pp.35–37 . Retrieved March 11, 2013. Original Article (Tue 3rd Aug, 2021 10:15 BST): Almost a year and a half since launching digitally in Japan, Space Invaders Invincible Collection is finally set to launch on Nintendo's digital store in the west later this month. Petit, Carolyn (August 16, 2021). "This 2004 Interview With The Creator Of Pokémon Is Full Of Details I Love". Kotaku . Retrieved November 16, 2021.

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Smith, Alexander (November 19, 2019). They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971-1982. CRC Press. p.391. ISBN 978-0-429-75261-2. I don’t know all the details, but to sum it up, there was quite a confusion as to what type of watch was going to be made. The idea of such a high-end watch licensing the Space Invaders name was apparently difficult to grasp. I believe it took RJ showing them examples for the big guys at Taito to get it. And what about if the watch actually played the game…? a b Williams, Andrew (March 16, 2017). History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction. CRC Press. pp.73–6. ISBN 978-1-317-50381-1. Edge attributed the shift of games from bars and amusement arcades to more mainstream locations, such as restaurants and department stores, to Space Invaders. [97] Its popularity was such that it was the first game where an arcade machine's owner could make up for the cost of the machine in under one month, or in some places within one week. [54]Hague, James (1997). "Eugene Jarvis". Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers. Dadgum Games. Archived from the original on June 22, 2002 . Retrieved May 18, 2021.

In 1980, Bally-Midway released a pinball version of the game. However, few elements from the original game are included, and the aliens instead resemble the xenomorphs from the film Alien; Bally-Midway was later sued over the game's resemblance to the designs by H. R. Giger. [122] It became the third highest-grossing pinball machine of 1980 in the United States. [123] In Japan, Epoch Co. released a Space Invaders clone in 1980 that could be played at home: the Epoch TV Vader. Hahn, Duane Alan. "1980: Atari 2600 Video Game Release Dates with Pop Culture Atmosphere". Random Terrain.Sullivan, George (1983). "The First Big Hits". Screen Play: The Story of Video Games. F. Warne. pp.38–47 (40). ISBN 978-0-7232-6251-0. a b Sayre, Carolyn (July 19, 2007). "10 Questions for Shigeru Miyamoto". Time. Archived from the original on August 26, 2007 . Retrieved September 4, 2007. Chris Kohler (July 23, 2014). "Classic video game characters unite via film 'Pixels' ". Philstar . Retrieved July 23, 2014. Hatfield, Daemon (April 2, 2008). "Space Invaders Extreme Set for US". IGN . Retrieved June 7, 2008. Morales, Aaron (January 25, 2013). "The 10 best Atari games". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 17, 2016.

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