Space Invaders (2025, LC-Games)

The newest – and maybe the best – conversion of the famous Space Invaders arcade game.

This game is a C64 conversion of Space Invaders, the famous arcade game created by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978.

Gameplay

• The player controls a laser cannon horizontally while attacking downward moving aliens.
• The aliens are arranged in five rows and their objective is to destroy the cannon or reach the bottom screen.
• The cannon is partially protected by stationary defensive bunkers, which are gradually destroyed by the aliens or the cannon’s shots.
• Points can be scored by destroying the aliens, and the difficulty of the gameplay increases after each wave.

Game options

• Three difficulty levels can be selected (Novice, Medium, Arcade).
• Autofire mode can be turned on and off.
• Choice of three colour sets and six different fire sound effects.

Controls

• Joystick required to move and fire cannon (in port 2).
• F7: pause; F1: end game, return to home screen, and reset ranking.