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Space Invaders

British  

noun

  1. a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Their algorithm even holds its own in video games like Space Invaders.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

Most resemble the aliens from the Space Invaders arcade game.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

An artist affixed a mosaic of a Martian from the pioneering 1978 video game Space Invaders to a wall.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

The video game in question was Space Invaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022

He’s also wearing the same clothing he wore in the Time cover photo: faded jeans and a vintage Space Invaders T-shirt.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline