What I remember more than anything, is two things.
the cabinet graphics (the big alien guy thing on the side)
and the sound effects!
I also fondly remember pumping quarters into pleiades + phoenix + centipede...
getting your ship sucked up in galaxian.. that was strategy changing!
-- Stu --
Galaga is legendary as well, perfecting the Galaxian formula. There's a reason why it's combined with Ms. Pac-Man in a single cabinet in the arcade version these days, one of the only two classic games to still be out there. The ship capture, the stat tracking, etc. To my mind it's the perfection of Space Invaders, though there's something to be said for Space Invaders' shields...
Centipede/Millipede and even Slither, I'd love to include in the book, but I didn't quite think of them fitting the Space Invaders mold until you mentioned. Certainly they play like it to a degree, so they'll probably worthy of inclusion there.
Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
What I remember more than anything, is two things.
the cabinet graphics (the big alien guy thing on the side)
and the sound effects!
I also fondly remember pumping quarters into pleiades + phoenix + centipede...
getting your ship sucked up in galaxian.. that was strategy changing!
-- Stu --
Galaga is legendary as well, perfecting the Galaxian formula. There's a reason why it's combined with Ms. Pac-Man in a single cabinet in the arcade version these days, one of the only two classic games to still be out there. The ship capture, the stat tracking, etc. To my mind it's the perfection of Space Invaders, though there's something to be said for Space Invaders' shields...
Centipede/Millipede and even Slither, I'd love to include in the book, but I didn't quite think of them fitting the Space Invaders mold until you mentioned. Certainly they play like it to a degree, so they'll probably worthy of inclusion there.
Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
***************************
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.