2004-02-14
... ?Guardian Unlimited | Online | Space Invaders Anniversary | Rogue Ops | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
A quarter of a century ago, waves of bizarre-looking aliens, accompanied by a soundtrack of bleeps, swooshes and a brooding, monophonic bassline, swept across the world, enslaving a generation and introducing us to the concept of videogames. Space Invaders (which, strictly, celebrated its 25th anniversary last year as it was launched in 1978) made a cultural impact that is difficult to overstate. Taito, its Japanese creator, has accorded it the reverence it deserves with this anniversary edition, as well as merchandising and a compilation of Japanese electronica.
