Arcade Game: Space Fever (1979 Nintendo)

[@loneshadowstar9770]

Normally, I'd just ignore a clone like this. But remember, this was a game made by Nintendo. Freaking NINTENDO. Really shows how far Nintendo's come from making games like this.

[@scottbreon9448]

Funny enough, Sega also made a Space Invaders clone as well, called Space Attack released the same year as this. Published in Japan by Sega and in US/Canada by Gremlin Industries (which eventually got bought out by Sega)

[@robotwrench]

so THIS is what that one GB camera mini game was a sequel to?

[@Bob-lc9yo]

Why are these guys not in smash?

[@Lightblue2222]

They probably want to forget that at one point they were cheap enough to rip off Space Invaders

[@Kittenfox_55]

I'm not too surprised it's not that different from space invaders, this was the early days of gaming

[@spunkybruiser]

Everything was ripping ripping off everybody back in the day. Space invaders was huge, then pac man clones. Later street fighter was super hot. It is funny now nintendo is big into suing infractions but the pacman lawsuits did not happen yet in 79 ;)

[@scottbreon9448]

People are still making ripoffs. Look how many Tetris "inspired" games there is

[@Lightblue2222]

@@scottbreon9448 most of the puzzle rip offs are color matching games. Taito "the ppl who made space invaders, made bust a move where you match 3 colors and everyone copied them on that too." Colors aren't important on Tetris. But there are a crap load of Tetris clones on old home computers

[@kolonizedx]

The surprising thing is that *Space Invaders* and *Space Fever* were made on the same year!

[@chan_the_magic_man]

Space invaders was in 1978

[@scottbreon9448]

Wrong, space invaders was released the year prior. This was released in 1979, the same year as Galaxian

[@Lightblue2222]

@@scottbreon9448 neat. That goes to show that Namco was ahead of everyone technology wise that year. Galaxian is a nice leap from Space Invaders/Fever

[@ericm.felton9386]

Nintendo made this? Looks like a Space Invators knock-off

[@Lightblue2222]

It 100 percent is and they 100 percent did and got away with it.

[@parchemiarz]

@@Lightblue2222 in late 70s there was no such thing in game industry as plagiarism - everyone copied everyone

[@beauwalker9820]

​@@parchemiarz Nintendo also made some Pong systems.

[@Lightblue2222]

At least it has Nintendo sound.