Maa Gamer

Contrary to what my hairline might tell you, I'm actually not old enough to have played the original incarnation of Space Invaders. My first bout with this legendary title came when I used to try and load up Ghost Busters on the C64. As the tape trickled its data into the C64's goldfish sized memory, you were given the opportunity to pass away the time by playing Space Invaders. I can say with some certainty, that this was a close enough experience to the original that I also enjoyed immensely. Often I'd stop the tape drive (before it had a chance to fail on its own) and simply enjoy blasting alien nasties into their (large) component pixel parts. Some years later, and some more again since the original started swallowing up 100-Yen coins, Taito have come back again with yet another incarnation of the seemingly ubiquitous title, Space Invaders Extreme. Despite being old enough to question the price of canned peas, in gaming years anyway, Taito seems to be trying its hardes...