Super Invader
1979 video game
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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]
| Super Invader | |
|---|---|
Title screen | |
| Developer | Astar International Company |
| Publishers | Creative Computing Software California Pacific |
| Designer | M. Hata |
| Platform | Apple II |
| Release | November 1979[1] |
| Genre | Fixed shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
It was later published as Cosmos Mission in September 1980 by the California Pacific Computer Company.[6]
Reception
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]
