Editing Space Invaders (section)

===Remakes and sequels===
{{main|List of Space Invaders video games{{!}}List of ''Space Invaders'' video games}}
{{Video game timeline
| compressempty = yes
| 1978 = ''Space Invaders''
| 1979 = ''[[Space Invaders Part II]]''
| 1980 = ''Space Invaders II''
| 1984 = ''Return of the Invaders''
| 1990a = ''Majestic Twelve: The Space Invaders Part IV''
| 1990b = ''Mininvaders''
| 1990c = ''Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi''
| 1990d = ''Space Invaders 90''
| 1993 = ''[[Space Invaders DX]]''
| 1995a = ''Space Invaders '95: The Attack of Lunar Loonies''
| 1995b = ''PD Ultraman Invaders''
| 1999 = ''Space Invaders X''
| 2002a = ''Space Invaders EX''
| 2002b = ''[[Space Raiders (video game)|Space Raiders]]''
| 2005a = ''Space Invaders Revolution''
| 2005b = ''Space Invaders Evolution''
| 2005c = ''Space Invaders × Pac-Man''
| 2006 = ''Yawaraka Sensha vs Space Invaders''
| 2007a = ''Space Invaders Pinball''
| 2007b = ''Minna de Invaders''
| 2008a = ''Space Invaders CX''
| 2008b = ''Space Invaders The Beat Attacker''
| 2008c = ''[[Space Invaders Get Even]]''
| 2008d = ''[[Space Invaders Extreme]]''
| 2008e = ''Space Invaders World War''
| 2009a = ''[[Space Invaders Extreme 2]]''
| 2009b = ''[[Space Invaders Infinity Gene]]''
| 2017a = ''Space Invaders Frenzy''
| 2017b = ''[[Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders]]''
| 2018 = ''Space Invaders Gigamax''
| 2020 = ''Space Invaders Counter Attack''
| 2021 = ''Space Invaders: Hidden Heroes''
| 2023 = ''Space Invaders: World Defense''
}}

''Space Invaders'' has been remade on numerous platforms and spawned many sequels. Re-releases include [[ported]] and updated versions of the original arcade game. Ported versions generally feature different graphics and additional [[gameplay]] options—for example, ''moving'' defense bunkers, zigzag shots, invisible aliens, and two-player cooperative gameplay.<ref name="RG-41" /> Ports on earlier systems like the Atari home consoles featured simplified graphics,{{Clarify|reason=simpler than the arcade?|date=March 2019}} while later systems such as the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] featured updated graphics. Later games include several modes of gameplay and integrate new elements into the original design. For example, ''[[Space Invaders Extreme]]'', released on the [[Nintendo DS]] and [[PlayStation Portable]], integrated musical elements into the standard gameplay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/863/863894p1.html |title=Space Invaders Extreme Set for US |website=[[IGN]] |author=Hatfield, Daemon |date=April 2, 2008 |access-date=June 7, 2008 |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126080255/http://psp.ign.com/articles/863/863894p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 2008 |magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]] |title=Space Invaders |issue=29 |page=46}}</ref> A 2008 [[Spin-off game|spin-off]] for [[WiiWare]], ''[[Space Invaders Get Even]]'', allows players to control the aliens instead of the laser cannon in a reversal of roles.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 17, 2008|title=Space Invaders Set for WiiWare|url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/882/882265p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516231912/http://wii.ign.com/articles/882/882265p1.html|archive-date=May 16, 2009|access-date=August 19, 2008|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

In 1980, [[Bally Manufacturing|Bally]] released a [[pinball]] version. However, few elements from the original game are included, and the aliens instead resemble the [[xenomorph]]s from the film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''; Bally was later sued over the resemblance to the designs by [[H. R. Giger]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 2008 |title=A Whole Different Ball Game |magazine=[[Retro Gamer]] |issue=45 |page=47}}</ref> It became the third highest-grossing pinball machine of 1980 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Adlum |first=Eddie |title=The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=134-175 (160-3) |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/162/mode/2up}}</ref>

[[File:Epoch-TV-Vader.jpg|thumb|left|In Japan, [[Epoch Co.]] released a ''Space Invaders'' [[Clone (video game)|clone]] in 1980 that could be played at home: the Epoch TV Vader.]]

Ports have received mixed reviews; the [[Atari 2600]] version was successful, while the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] version was poorly received.<ref name="RG-41" />

[[Taito]] has released several arcade [[Video game sequel|sequels]]. The first was ''[[Space Invaders Part II]]'' in 1979;<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Invaders Part II |url=http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1036 |work=The Arcade Flyer Archive |publisher=[[Killer List of Videogames]] |access-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708165320/http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1036 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Jonti |title=Space Invaders Pocket |url=http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/space-invaders-pocket/614422p1.html |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=September 27, 2011 |date=May 16, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331231442/http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/space-invaders-pocket/614422p1.html |archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> it featured color graphics, an [[attract mode]], new gameplay elements, and added an [[Cut scene|intermission between gameplay]].<ref name="klov_deluxe" /> According to the ''[[Killer List of Videogames]]'', this was the first video game to include an [[intermission]].<ref name="GWR08-2" /><ref name="klov_deluxe">[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12743 Space Invaders Deluxe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225045946/http://arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12743 |date=December 25, 2010 }}, klov.com. Accessed on line March 28, 2011.</ref> The game also allowed the player with the top score to sign their name, which would appear at the top of the screen for as long as the game was powered on.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Definitive Space Invaders |url=http://www.nowgamer.com/features/894697/the_definitive_space_invaders_part_1.html |work=NowGamer |access-date=September 30, 2011 |date=January 19, 2009 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714114148/http://www.nowgamer.com/features/894697/the_definitive_space_invaders_part_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This version was released in the United States as ''Deluxe Space Invaders'' (also known as ''Space Invaders Deluxe''), but it featured a different graphical color scheme and a lunar-city background. Another arcade sequel, ''[[Space Invaders II]]'', was released exclusively in the United States. It was in a [[Cocktail arcade cabinet|cocktail-table format]] with very fast alien firing and a competitive [[Two-player game|two-player mode]]. During the summer of 1985, ''[[Return of the Invaders]]'' was released with updated color graphics and more complex movements and attack patterns for the aliens.<ref name="RG-41" /> Subsequent arcade sequels included ''[[Super Space Invaders '91]]'', ''[[Space Invaders DX]]'', and ''[[Space Invaders '95|Space Invaders {{'}}95]]''. Each game introduced minor gameplay additions to the original design. Like the original game, several of the arcade sequels have become collector's items, though some are considered rarer.<ref name="PriceGuide2" /> In 2002, Taito released ''[[Space Raiders (video game)|Space Raiders]]'', a [[third-person shooter]] reminiscent of ''Space Invaders''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/spaceraiders/similar.html?mode=versions |title=Space Raiders: Release Summary |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317105157/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/spaceraiders/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=March 17, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor=Rico Komanoya |title=Japanese Game Graphics: Behind the Scenes of Your Favorite Games |year=2004 |publisher=Harper Design International |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-06-056772-4 |pages=116–121 |chapter=[[Space Raiders (video game)|Space Raiders]]}}</ref>

[[File:SPACE INVADERS FRENZY.jpg|thumb|''Space Invaders Frenzy'' machine]]

''Space Invaders'' and its related games have been included in [[video game compilation]]s. ''[[Space Invaders Anniversary]]'' was released in 2003 for the [[PlayStation 2]] and included nine ''Space Invader'' variants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/spaceinvadersanniversary/news.html?sid=6086826 |title=Empire signs Space Invaders titles |author=Calvert, Justin |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=January 22, 2004 |access-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-date=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317105202/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/spaceinvadersanniversary/news.html?sid=6086826 |url-status=live }}</ref> A similar game for the PlayStation Portable, ''[[Space Invaders Pocket]]'', was released in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/613/613267p1.html |title=Boot to the Head for Bootleggers |website=[[IGN]] |author=Nix |date=May 12, 2005 |access-date=June 7, 2008 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512222832/http://psp.ign.com/articles/613/613267p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Space Invaders'', ''Space Invaders Part II'' and ''Return of the Invaders'' are included in ''[[Taito Legends]]'', a compilation of Taito's classic arcade games released in 2005 on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=pr_20051025c |title=Sega and Empire Interactive Launch Taito Legends for PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC |publisher=[[Sega]] |date=October 25, 2005 |access-date=May 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512103357/http://www.2sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=pr_20051025c |archive-date=May 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/taitolegends/news.html?sid=6133138 |title=Sega goes old school with Taito |author=Surette, Tim |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=August 13, 2005 |access-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-date=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317105145/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/taitolegends/news.html?sid=6133138 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Super Space Invaders '91'', ''Space Invaders DX'', and ''Space Invaders {{'}}95'' were included in ''[[Taito Legends 2]]'', a sequel compilation released in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168839.html |title=More Taito Legends headed to US |author=Sinclair, Brendan |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=April 10, 2007 |access-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513034652/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168839.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A stand-alone version was released by Super Impulse as part of its ''Tiny Arcade'' series, along with the [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco]] games ''[[Pac-Man]]'', ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'', and ''[[Galaxian]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/ |title=Miniature iconic arcade games are now available from Super Impulse. |date=October 14, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044455/http://superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A ''Space Invaders'' game for the [[Atari Jaguar]] was worked on by [[Virtuality Entertainment]], which would have featured support for the unreleased [[Jaguar VR]] [[Video game accessory#Add-ons/peripherals|peripheral]]; however, the project never entered full development beyond reaching pre-production stages, with the only remaining proof of its existence being a [[game design document]].<ref>{{cite web|author=JAYSMITH2000|url=http://members.cox.net:80/jmsmith8/photo.htm|title=Jaguar Photo Collection – My Photo Gallery|website=members.cox.net|date=January 2, 2004|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823140032/http://members.cox.net/jmsmith8/photo.htm|archive-date=August 23, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Buchanan|first=Adam|title=Incredibly Rare Working Prototype 'Atari Jaguar Virtual Reality Headset' Hardware Surfaces on eBay|url=http://www.retrocollect.com/News/incredibly-rare-working-prototype-atari-jaguar-virtual-reality-headset-hardware-surfaces-on-ebay.html|website=retrocollect.com|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200514/http://www.retrocollect.com/News/incredibly-rare-working-prototype-atari-jaguar-virtual-reality-headset-hardware-surfaces-on-ebay.html|url-status=live}}</ref>