Space Invaders

1978 fixed shooter video game
VideoGame video_game Q220665
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Space Invaders

Summary

Space Invaders is a video game[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Space Invaders is the creator of Tomohiro Nishikado[3].
  • Space Invaders's instance of is recorded as video game[4].
  • Space Invaders was published by Taito[5].
  • Space Invaders was published by Midway Games[6].
  • Space Invaders's genre is shoot 'em up[7].
  • Space Invaders's developer is recorded as Taito[8].
  • Space Invaders's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[9].
  • Space Invaders's designed by is recorded as Tomohiro Nishikado[10].
  • Space Invaders's operating system is recorded as iOS[11].
  • Space Invaders's Commons category is recorded as Space Invaders[12].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Nintendo 64[13].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[14].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Atari 2600[15].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Atari 5200[16].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[17].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[18].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as DOS[19].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[20].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[21].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as MSX[22].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Q10677[23].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[24].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as PlayStation Portable[25].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Game Boy[26].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Game Boy Color[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Taito[5] and Midway Games[6]. Space Invaders is the creator of Tomohiro Nishikado[3].

Publication

Publication dates include 1978[28] and March 2, 1990[29]. Space Invaders's genre is shoot 'em up[7].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Space Invaders include Invader[30], a graffiti artist[31], b. 1969[32], of France[33].

Why It Matters

Space Invaders has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Invader[30], a graffiti artist[31], b. 1969[32], of France[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Q20056333. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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