Space Invaders II

Description

Like the classic original, this game requires the player to destroy advancing invader ships. This game has a competitive mode where two players fight to destroy each other in addition to the advancing attackers.

Space Invaders II was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1980.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Space Invaders II was produced include: 18 Wheeler, Phantom II, Super Speed Race, Super Galaxians, Submarine, Space Zap, Bulls Eye Darts, Extra Bases, Space Encounters, and Rally-X

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Specs

Name	Space Invaders II
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9668
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	Midway 8080
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Special Sound System Two-channel mono. Separate sound boards for
Cabinet Styles	Cocktail
Bezel	Space Invaders II Bezel Image

Game Introduction

Fend off advancing invaders and be on guard for the CPU or the second player's ship sweeping the playfield from above. Players can destroy the opposing player and gain his ship.

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Trivia

This game was a Midway in-house design. The programmer's name is contained in a small message inside one of the PROMs.

Cabinet Information

The game is housed in an early 1980's Midway cocktail cabinet (similar to Galaxian) with rounded corners and the smaller coin door. The glass top is black with arrows pointing to "Space Invaders 2" screened on each sides' left corner. The right corners contain the text "NEW two players play together".

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Invaders II Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Space Invaders II collectors who are active members. Of these, 18 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Space Invaders II circuit board set.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Technical

CPU: 8080

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