Super Invader
{{Short description|1979 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Super Invader
|image = Super invader 1979.jpg
|caption = Title screen
|designer = M. Hata
|developer = Astar International Company
|publisher = Creative Computing Software
California Pacific
|released = {{date|November 1979}}
|genre = Fixed shooter
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Apple II
}}
Super Invader (also called Super Invasion and Apple Invader){{cite book|last=Barton|first=Matt|title=Vintage Games 2.0: An Insider Look at the Most Influential Games of All Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlWXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT54|date=May 8, 2019|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-00-000776-3|page=54}} is a fixed shooter video game and a clone of Space Invaders. It was written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the Apple II and published by Creative Computing Software in November 1979.{{cite web |url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/ |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers |accessdate=November 5, 2008 |last=Hague |first=James}}{{cite book |last=Carlston |first=Douglas G. |title=Software People: An Insider's Look at the Personal Computer Software Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ty9PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA171 |year=1985 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-50971-2 |page=171}}
It was later published as Cosmos Mission in September 1980 by the California Pacific Computer Company.{{cite web |title=Akalabeth Insert|url=http://mocagh.org/origin/akalabeth-insert.pdf|publisher=California Pacific}}
Reception
By June 1982, 20,000 copies had been sold to tie with Ultima and Castle Wolfenstein for seventh on Computer Gaming World{{'}}s list of top sellers.{{cite magazine |last=Lombardy |first=Dana | date=September–October 1982 |title=Inside the Industry |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1982&pub=2&id=6 |format=PDF |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Golden Empires Publications |location=Anaheim, CA |volume=2 |issue=5 |page=2 |accessdate= March 28, 2016}} It received the award for "Most Popular Program of 1978–1980 for the Apple Computer" in a Softalk readers poll.{{cite magazine |editor-last=Tommervik |editor-first=Al |date=April 1981 |title=Super Invader is Readers' Choice |url=https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n08apr1981/page/13 |magazine=Softalk |publisher=Softalk Publishing Inc. |location=North Hollywood, CA |volume=1 |issue=8 |page=13 |via=Internet Archive}} The magazine later described the game as the "progenitor of home arcades".{{cite magazine |editor-last=Comstock Tommervick |editor-first=Margo |date=May 1983 |title=Fastalk |url=https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n09may1983/page/26 |magazine=Softalk |publisher=Softalk Publishing Inc. |location=North Hollywood, CA |volume=3 |issue=9 |page=26 |via=Internet Archive}}
The Comos Mission release debuted at 24 on Softalk{{'}}s list of bestselling Apple II software.{{cite magazine |editor-last=Comstock Tommervik |editor-first=Margo |title=Softalk Presents The Bestsellers |date=November 1980 |url=https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n03nov1980/page/44 |magazine=Softalk |publisher=Softalk Publishing Inc. |location=North Hollywood, CA |volume=1 |issue=3 |page=44 |issn=0274-9629 |via=Internet Archive}}
References
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Category:California Pacific Computer Company games
Category:Space Invaders clones
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Single-player video games
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