Publisher: Texas Instruments
Released: 1981
TI Invaders is a fixed shooter that closely resembles Space Invaders (1978, Arcade).
+ Risk-reward element is huge and the varied ways of racking up a high score often require putting yourself in harms way.
+ New alien types are slowly introduced as you progress and some require different strategies to hit which keeps things fresh.
+ Enemy sprite animations are gorgeous and the way your missiles exit the reserve pod is a great presentational touch.
+ Between stage mini-game of continually shooting an invader as it moves from side-to-side is a fun test of your dexterity.
- No gameplay variations, whereas Space Invaders (1980, Atari 2600) included features such as guided shots / moving bases.
- Does little to differentiate itself from its clear source of inspiration and feels like a somewhat shallow clone.
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