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Happy birthday Space Invaders.
The famous shoot'em'up celebrate the 35th birthday, developed by the Japanese company
Taito.
After the game was released in japanese amusement arcade, 1978 Japan runs out of 100 Yen Coins.
The also establish the Genre.
One important part of the gameplay only made it in the game because the of too little computer
power.
To show all 55 spaceships the computer could generate only a few frames per secounds. After
destroying them, the computer could generate more and they speeded up.
Space Invaders is now long-time pop-culture. You can find it in fashion, art and in popular
tv-series. Everybody knows this game.
Thank you Taito for this wonderful childhood memories.