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Space Invaders

British  

noun

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

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Most resemble the aliens from the Space Invaders arcade game.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

It is modelled on the Space Invaders game.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

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

This decade also saw the release of Space Invaders, which landed in Japan in 1978.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2021

Beside the Atari was a shoebox containing nine game cartridges: Combat, Space Invaders, Pitfall, Kaboom!,

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

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