Super Invader (video game)

Super Invader
Developer(s) M. Hata
Publisher(s) California Pacific Computer Company
Platform(s) Apple II
Release date(s) November 1979[1]
Genre(s) Action
Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution Floppy disk

Super Invader is a 1979 shoot 'em up game,[1] written by M. Hata for the Apple II family of computers and published by California Pacific Computer Company.[2] Super Invader is an unofficial home computer version of the Space Invaders arcade game and was voted the most popular program of 1978-1980 in a Softalk readers poll.[3] By June 1982, the game had sold 20,000 copies, making it one of the best-selling PC video games at the time.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Top Sellers". Computer Gaming World 2 (5): 2. September–October 1982.
  2. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  3. "Most Popular Software of 1978-80". Softalk. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-05.