DO YOU REMEMBER

The Atari 2600 has a very serviceable and officially licensed version of Space

Invaders which was produced by Atari itself. It was well received by gamers and, by riding on the hype generated by the Taito coin-op, helped Atari to sell a significant number of consoles. But back in 2003 the developer of Invaders Plus wanted to take things a little further for a minigame competition entry.

His aim was to produce a more faithful conversion of Tomohiro Nishikado’s classic arcade game and, while the graphics have taken something of a hit in order to get a full field of invaders and four ground bases onto the screen, that chunkier look can be ignored since gameplay was obviously the primary concern and on that front it fares very well. Head your way over to Kikstart.me.uk/invaders-plus-2600 and prepare to save the world.