Space Invaders (1980)

One of the classic games, made in a time when the sky was greener and the author of the word “loot box” was not even born yet. Since it is useless to describe the advantages of the game, here is an interesting fact for you.

Since microcomputers in Japan were not powerful enough for programming tasks at the time of the game's creation, Nishikado had to develop his own hardware and software. Using new microprocessors from the USA, he created his own arcade system. Despite specially designed hardware, Nishikado was never able to program the game the way he wanted. Therefore, creating the hardware was the most difficult part of the entire development. The processor did not cope well with drawing many sprites. When there were fewer aliens during the game, the processor began to draw the screen f… Read full