Space Invaders '95
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Space Invaders '95
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| developer = Taito
| publisher = Taito
| series = Space Invaders
| platforms = Arcade
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|July 1995|NA/EU|1995}}
| genre = Fixed shooter
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| arcade system = Taito F3 System
}}
{{nihongo foot|Space Invaders '95: The Attack of Lunar Loonies|あっかんべぇだぁ〜|Akkanbēdā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1995 parody{{cite magazine |title=TAITO |magazine=Play Meter |location=United States |date=May 1995 |page=124 |issue=21–6 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-21-number-6-may-1995/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2021%2C%20Number%206%20-%20May%201995%20%28Compressed%29/page/124/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=29 July 2024 |via=Archive.org}}{{cite web |title=Space Invaders '95 |url=https://theo.minuspoint.com/eri/hugedb/gameinfo/Akkan.html |website=HUGE DARIUS BATTLESHIPS |access-date=1 August 2024}} fixed shooter game created by Taito{{cite book |last1=Wolf |first1=Mark J. P. |title=The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond |date=30 November 2007 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-08243-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOXEEAAAQBAJ |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=History of Space Invaders |url=https://classicgaming.cc/classics/space-invaders//history |website=Classic Gaming |access-date=1 August 2024}}{{cite magazine |title=Space Invaders '95: Attack of the Lunar Loonies |magazine=Retro Gamer |language=English |location=United Kingdom |date= |page=114 |issue=156 |url=https://archive.org/details/retro-gamer-raspberry-pi-buenos-aires/Retro%20Gamer%20156/page/n113/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=29 July 2024 |via=Archive.org}} for its Taito Cybercore system.{{cite web |title=Original Taito flyer |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/show/5375#gallery |website=Museum of the Game |access-date=1 August 2024}}
It is the sequel of Space Invaders DX{{cite web |last1=Grannell |first1=Craig |title=45 years of Space Invaders: a classic arcade title that was out of this world |url=https://www.stuff.tv/features/45-years-of-space-invaders-a-classic-arcade-title-that-was-out-of-this-world/ |website=Stuff |access-date=1 August 2024 |date=16 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Happy Space Invaders Day! |url=https://arcadeheroes.com/2020/06/16/happy-space-invaders-day/ |website=Arcade Heroes |access-date=1 August 2024 |date=16 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Space Invaders Invincible Collection – Hardcore Gaming 101 |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/space-invaders-invincible-collection/ |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |access-date=1 August 2024}} and part of the influential Space Invaders series.{{cite web |title=The Space Invaders Arcade Machine that took over the world |url=https://electroarcade.com.au/blogs/arcade/the-space-invaders-arcade-machine-that-took-over-the-world |website=electroarcade |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=SPACE INVADERS|スペースインベーダーの歴史 |url=https://spaceinvaders.jp/history.html |website=スペースインベーダー公式サイト |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=ja}}
It was included in the Taito Legends 2 compilation for the PlayStation 2.{{cite web |title=Análisis de Taito Legends 2 |url=https://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/taito-legends-2/analisis/review-taito-legends-2-060421-138 |website=3DJuegos |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=es |date=21 April 2006}}{{cite web |title=Taito Legends 2 |url=https://www.gamesurf.it/recensioni/gioco/taito-legends-2-c9425 |website=GameSurf |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=it}}{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Kristan |title=Taito Legends 2 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-taitolegends2-ps2 |website=Eurogamer.net |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=en |date=31 March 2006}}
Reception
Engadget complimented the game's colorful cartoony spin, noting its conceptual similarity to Parodius, {{cite news |title=Virtually Overlooked: Space Invaders '95: The Attack of Lunar Loonies |url=https://www.engadget.com/2008-06-19-virtually-overlooked-space-invaders-95-the-attack-of-lunar-lo.html |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=Engadget |date=20 June 2008}} a comparison that was also made by GamePro.{{cite magazine |title=Taito |magazine=GamePro |location=United States |date=June 1995 |page=16 |issue=71 |url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_071_June_1995/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=29 July 2024 |via=Archive.org}} The Spanish version of Retro Gamer commented on its humor and compared it to Cosmo Gang the Video.{{cite magazine |title=Akkanvader aka Space Invaders '95: Attack of the Lunar Loonies |magazine=Retro Gamer |language=es |location=Spain |date=January 2012 |page=171 |issue=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/retrogamerspain002/page/n170/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=29 July 2024 |via=Archive.org}}
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Category:Video games developed in Japan
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