''Super Invader'' (also called ''Super Invasion'' and ''Apple Invader'') is a

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the

Apple II The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-mold ...

and published by Creative Computing Software in 1979. ''Super Invader'' is a clone of ''

Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed to the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution. ''Space Invaders'' was the first fixed shooter and ...

''.

Release

The game was released in November 1979, and by June 1982 had sold 20,000 copies to tie with '' Ultima'' and ''

Castle Wolfenstein ''Castle Wolfenstein'' is a 1981 action-adventure game that was developed by Muse Software for the Apple II home computer. It is one of the earliest games to be based on stealth mechanics. An Atari 8-bit family port was released in 1982 and w ...

'' for seventh on ''

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through t ...

''s list of top sellers. It received the award for "Most Popular Program of 1978–1980 for the Apple Computer" in a ''

Softalk ''Softalk'' () was an American magazine of the early 1980s that focused on the Apple II computer. Published from September 1980 through August 1984, it featured articles about hardware and software associated with the Apple II platform and the pe ...

'' readers poll. The magazine later described the game as the "progenitor of home arcades." ''Super Invader'' was also released as ''Cosmos Mission'' in September 1980 by California Pacific, debuting at 24 on ''

s list of bestselling Apple II software.

References

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