Space Invaders was 1978 arcade game created by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan and licensed by the Midway division of Bally in the United States. Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter , within the shooter genre and set the template for the shoot 'em up genre. The goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser to earn most of the possible points. Basically Space Invaders was an immediate commercial success; by 1982, it had grossed $3.8 billion, with a net profit of $450 million, which made it the best-selling video game and highest-grossing "entertainment product" at that time. Adjusted for inflation, the many versions of the game are estimated to have grossed over $13 billion in total revenue as of 2016, making it the highest-grossing video game of all time. Space Invaders was considered one of the most influential video games of all time. It helped in expanding the video game industry from a novelty to a global industry, and ushered in the golden age of arcade video games. It was an inspiration for numerous video games and game designers across different genres, and has been ported and re-released in numerous forms. The 1980 Atari VCS version exponentially increased the sales of the VCS and became the first killer app for video game consoles. On a wide note, the pixelated enemy alien has become a pop culture icon, often representing video games as a whole.
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