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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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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

The first time I met him, I was playing Space Invaders and he came up behind me and said, “Do you want me to show you how to cheat the machine, Trev?”

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The video game in question was Space Invaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022

He was dressed in worn jeans and a faded Space Invaders T-shirt.

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