JavaScript Space Invaders - Time Waster

Posted Nov 6th 2007 9:00AM by Ian Smith
Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Time-Wasters

Twenty Years ago Space Invaders ruled the video game world. It is easy to see why the formula worked so well: you are heavily armed and heavily outnumbered by the enemy. It is the same basic model that works so well for everything from 1942 to Mario to StarCraft to Halo. Peril is increased by the enemies moving faster and faster the more of them that you killed.

With this JavaScript version of Space Invaders you can relive the classic battles without having to download anything but a web page. The game uses the YUI and demonstrates how far JavaScript has come from the days of simple form validation and button mouseovers.

Tags: arcade games, ArcadeGames, classic games, ClassicGames, space invaders, SpaceInvaders

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-06-2007 @ 10:04AM

Sir Loin said...

It was 30 years ago, wasn't it? Man I'm gettin' old...you kids and your JavaScript! I lost quarters galore into that game (and Monaco GP) at the store down the street :)

11-15-2007 @ 12:40PM

Kjell said...

827 points! :D -- man.. after that the speed was so high all you can do is to give up :)

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