Classic arcade games, such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders, are particularly well suited to mobile play.

ECONOMIST: Mobile gaming

It is very simple to play, like Space Invaders with worse graphics.

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They didn't get there by simply offering Space Invaders to 11-year-old boys.

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While an undergrad, he reportedly began importing early prototypes of Pac-Man and Space Invaders, renting them to bars and Bay Area bars and restaurants.

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In the early 1980s, Atari was the undisputed king of the living room, introducing millions to the pleasures of blasting Space Invaders from their own couches.

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When we were looking at 16 colors and blobs and things on the screen--Space Invaders--there was no concern about videogame behavior carrying over to the real world.

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He started out by designing the console for a car-racing game, and then by conceiving the look of the attackers for a knockoff of Space Invaders called Space Fever.

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We hope by now you've seen the video of Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda demoing the latest software to undergo the Project Natal treatment -- Beautiful Katamari and Space Invaders Extreme.

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Meanwhile the fight against the space invaders is relentless.

ECONOMIST: Lego

The games were Space Invaders, Asteroids, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Robotron, Tempest, Centipede, Defender, Joust, and Galaga, which I did become passably proficient at and which, if I see it now, in a pizzeria or an airport, still inspires me to hunt for change.

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