Carlos Rodrigues 🪣 on Nostr: Taito's "Space Invaders" (1978) is the archetypal video game. It's universally known ...

Taito's "Space Invaders" (1978) is the archetypal video game. It's universally known and the enemies in the game are instantly recognizable. 👾

As icons, they're usually seen in various colors, but the original game was monochrome. The colored areas in emulators simulate the plastic overlays in cabinets.

Also, upright cabinets reflected the screen off a translucent mirror to add a painted backdrop, something that I think is not how most people imagine it.

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