In the middle of last year, Taito released Space Invaders Extreme for the Nintendo DS and PSP in celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary. After the handheld versions experienced success at the critical and retail levels, Taito (in conjunction with Backbone Entertainment) has decided to bring it onto the Xbox Live Arcade platform with a few extra bells and whistles, a nice visual polish and a significantly lower price point. Like Pac-Man Championship Edition before it, Space Invaders Extreme is a textbook example on how to produce an excellent retro game revival.
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It's like Space Invaders. But EXTREME.
Now, a decade later and with Space Invaders hitting its 40th anniversary, Space Invaders Extreme has been revived on PC. It’s roughly based on the Xbox 360 version but with a some major tweaks and quality-of-life enhancements.
