You are Earth's last hope! It's a war between your Laser Base Defense and the incoming hordes of Astro Invaders. Dodge the incoming invaders and their deadly impact explosions! Take out the flying saucers before they land and run off with your women! It's a relentless battle to the very end when you bring home the arcade thrill of Astro Invader!
The battle begins when, out in space, the Astro Invaders Mother Ship number 1 ejects its cargo of deadly Pincer Craft. Down on the launching pad, you can move your missile launcher and fire at will to put them out of action. The invaders will not drop down from the formation until there are four others marshalled behind.
Bonus: The cartridge also contains the Kamikaze game.
| PRODUCT CODE: | 3627 |
| NAME: | Astro Invader |
| PLATFORM: | Intellivision |
| PROGRAMMER: | Anonymous |
| MEDIA: | Cartridge |
| VARIATION: | Intellivision |
| RELEASE DATE: | 2018 |
| PRODUCT CODE: | 3627R |
| VARIATION: | Intellivision |
| RELEASE DATE: | 2018 |
Astro Invader is the first arcade game published by Stern Electronics. It was created by Konami and released first in Japan under the name of Kamikaze by Leijac.
The Japanese version has some differences. Most noticeable is that it has more columns and that the UFOs only appear in the middle of the screen. It also has regular aliens that attack on the sides of the screen without going through the columns. Aliens that crash into the ground has a greater blast radius than in the US version.
An Astro Invader machine appears in the music video for the 1982 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song "You Got Lucky". The band finds a working one buried under some junk in an old barn, and eventually Petty knocks the machine over.
