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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60

Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60

Shaggy August 27, 2013 9

This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is

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Spacewar! Exhibit Opens At The Museum of the Moving Image In Astoria, NY

Spacewar! Exhibit Opens At The Museum of the Moving Image In Astoria, NY

Shaggy December 27, 2012 0

(Image above by Daniel Love, from the Exhibit website) As the year comes down to its final days, news in this sector tends to slow down as companies tend to close their doors for

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Taito’s iCade clone: iNVADERCADE

Taito’s iCade clone: iNVADERCADE

Shaggy September 14, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1113 via One thing I would use a time machine for right now, if they existed, would be to go a short ways down the road to get all of these iCade clones

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Arcade-related Illuminated T-Shirts

Arcade-related Illuminated T-Shirts

Shaggy June 1, 2011 0

One trend that seems to be gaining some steam is that behind illuminated fabrics. I’ve seen a number of ideas tried out over the past few years although I’ve yet to see anyone wander

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Taito’s limited edition Space Invaders accessory

Shaggy May 5, 2010 2

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip & press release) UPDATE (Feb 2017): No longer available Taito’s efforts to build their brand continues with their iconic Space Invaders characters and now they are releasing

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Space Invaders might get a movie too

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

A short time ago we heard that Atari was looking at bringing some of it’s classics to the silver screen and now word has it that Warner Bros. is looking to bring a big

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Soap Invaders

Twisted Supreme June 5, 2009 0

In the long line of Space Invaders spin-offs are now these cute little soap invaders for you to scrub away with. If invaders are you’re cup of tea, then give the old tetris blocks a

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Space Invaders creator Tomohiro Nishikado talks SI, arcades and more

Shaggy May 12, 2009 0

Space Invaders has finally gotten around to getting an Xbox Live remake and with it USA Today has done an interview with the original SI creator Tomohiro Nishikado where he discusses how he came

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Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

Shaggy March 24, 2009 0

I received this a couple of days ago but as it was all in Japanese in a form that the online translator could not do anything with it (I have noticed many Japanese sites

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Space Invaders Piggy Bank

Twisted Supreme January 20, 2009 1

There’s a certain irony of a Space Invaders cocktail cabinet piggy bank. So much money put in to them back in the day, but now you get to save the coins this time around!

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