Space Fever

Space Fever
Developer	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Arcade
Release Date	Arcade JP 1980 US 1980

Space Fever is a classic arcade game created by Nintendo in 1980.

Gameplay

Space Fever is Nintendo's version of Taito's popular Space Invaders. Space Fever stars alien invaders who are attacking Earth. Player must shoot them out of the sky before they land, while avoiding each projectile shot by them. The alien craft are arranged in rows and they slowly move left and right across the screen. When the row reaches the edge, the ships drop down a row and move in the opposite direction. As you shoot more enemies, the speed of them will increase, as will the number of their projectiles. You have four shelter blocks above you that absorb the enemy shots until they are worn through, and being hit by an enemy shot will cost you a life. You have three lifes and once you lose all of them, the game is over. Sometimes a UFO will fly along the top of the screen and can be hit for a random amount of Bonus points.

There are three different game modes for 1- or 2-player games:

• Game-A: There are two "blocks" of aliens that move in opposite directions to each other.
• Game-B: The aliens move as one "block", but they only appear one row at a time.
• Game-C: Equal to Space Invaders - all the aliens move as one "block" in the same direction.

Legacy

Sequels

Space Fever II was available on the Gameboy Camera.