Demonstrating the raw computational power of hand-crafted Z80 machine code on the TRS-80 Model I, assembly programming virtuoso Carl Miller and The Software Exchange released Invaders from Space in 1980, delivering a lightning-fast, arcade-perfect recreation of Space Invaders featuring silky smooth 60 FPS block-graphic animation, 55 marching alien invaders, destructible defense bunkers, and high-altitude mystery flying saucers.
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Invaders from Space is a Space Invaders clone for the TRS-80 published in 1980 by Acorn Software.
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Invaders from Space is a game in which waves of alien invaders use bombs which the player must avoid, and then eliminate the aliens before they destroy the base station.
Reception
Bruce Campbell reviewed Invaders from Space in The Space Gamer No. 45. Campbell commented that “This is one of the better invader games available. It is particularly recommended if players with widely divergent abilities will be playing.”
