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Space Invaders - The Original Game TurboGrafx-CD

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Publisher:NEC
Year:1995
Languages:Japanese
Developer:Taito
Players:1 - 2 (2 simultaneous)

Another version of Taito's classic shoot 'em up, featuring authentic versions of the original arcade cabinets, along with multi player modes with cutesy backdrops.

This version of Space Invaders is based on the 1994 arcade game Space Invaders DX but lacks the parody mode of that game. What remains is the classic mode that allows the player to choose the type of arcade cabinet (upright, black & white, etc.) as background to the action as well as the versus mode for two players. The versus mode is split-screen, each player trying to survive and eliminate more invaders than the opponent.

The PC Engine (TurboGrafx) CD version offers an additional "cosmic versus" mode, where the background is composed of anime-style pictures of girls. They also appear in the "omake mode", which is a single-player variant with the same backgrounds.