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From: "Steve Dunn" <steve@backroom.tm>
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Subject: Re: Space Invaders '91 hunt
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:54:26 +0100
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Shot in the dark,
Galaxians?

Steve

James Rutherford wrote in message <35894FA3.44D7@writeme.com>...
>Hey all,
>
>Muchos credit to anyone who can help me with this...
>
>I'm searching for an arcade game I played in a travel lodge once.
>It was like Space Invaders with super graphical/gameplay twiddles.
>
>Basically, these guys marched down the screen and you shot at 'em. The
>crunch came when you left yourself with four or five of the same type at
>the end of the level - They all swarmed together and became the
>mothership from hell.
>
>I particularly remember these little green aliens (red hearts?) which
>razed you with a lethal laser if you didn't hit them dead centre. Nasty
>little blighters...
>
>I'm positive this wasn't Super Space Invaders (the one with the cows)
>and it certainly wasn't any of the black/white/coloured plastic efforts.
>I'm fairly sure it was called something like "Space Invaders 'xx".
>
>Virtual-twinkie to the arcade-head who can verify that it existed.
>Virtual-subservience to anyone who can tell me that it's emulated
>somewhere.
>
>Cheers,
>
>James (~mrfrosty).
>