Bringing intense, colorful Space Invaders-style alien defense to European and North American living rooms on the Philips Videopac G7000 and Magnavox Odyssey 2, Philips released Invasion From Outer Space in 1980, putting players at the controls of a mobile ground laser tank defending terrestrial cities against descending waves of extraterrestrial invaders and high-altitude command saucers.
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Invasion From Outer Space is a 1980 video game designed by Chris Freund for The Software Exchange for the TRS-80 16K Level II microcomputer.
Plot summary
Invasion From Outer Space is a game in which the player must blow up attacking alien ships until the aliens destroy all of the bases.
Reception
Joseph T. Suchar reviewed Invasion From Outer Space (as “Alien Invaders“) in The Space Gamer No. 30. Suchar commented that “This game involves no real strategy, but will provide a great deal of excitement and frustration, depending upon your temperament. If you are an arcade game fan, I highly recommend this game.”
