Atari 2600 Showcase: Space Invaders
18Playthrough on game variation 1.
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0:18 - Instrunction Manual
9:40 - Game Select Matrix
10:05 - Game Start
20:01 - Double Shot Glitch How-To
Space Invaders was released in 1980 for the Atari 2600. It is based on arcade game released in 1978 by Taito. Programmed by Rick Maurer, it was the first arcade game ever licensed to Atari for the 2600.
When joining Atari, Rick Mauer was impressed with the Space Invaders arcade game and began developing it in his own time at the company. The game had little interest from the staff, until CEO Ray Kassar saw how well Space Invaders was doing in arcades, which led him to get the rights to the game and to Maurer completing his code. Space Invaders would be one of Atari's biggest hits in 1980. It became one of the best-selling games for the Atari 2600, earning Atari over $100,000,000 that year. When Maurer was only compensated with an $11,000 bonus for the success of the game, he left the company.