Super Invader

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Super Invader
File:Super invader 1979.jpg
Title screen
DeveloperAstar International Company
PublishersCreative Computing Software
California Pacific
DesignerM. Hata
PlatformApple II
ReleaseNovember 1979[1]
GenreFixed shooter
ModeSingle-player

Super Invader (also called Super Invasion and Apple Invader)[2] is a fixed shooter video game and a clone of Space Invaders.[3] It was written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the Apple II and published by Creative Computing Software in November 1979.[4][5]

It was later published as Cosmos Mission in September 1980 by the California Pacific Computer Company.[6]

Reception

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By June 1982, 20,000 copies had been sold to tie with Ultima and Castle Wolfenstein for seventh on Computer Gaming World's list of top sellers.[1] It received the award for "Most Popular Program of 1978–1980 for the Apple Computer" in a Softalk readers poll.[7] The magazine later described the game as the "progenitor of home arcades".[8]

The Comos Mission release debuted at 24 on Softalk's list of bestselling Apple II software.[9]

References

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