Space Invaders Deluxe

Space Invaders Deluxe isn’t just a graphical hack, as it incorporates a few new features to it.

Graphically, the invaders were changed to look more like the arcade original, although they also changed colors as they dropped down a row. The Alien Command Ship’s point amount would also be shown when shot, along with it’s shape being changed, plus it glowed. The bunkers were also changed, the double shots were automatically enabled, the invaders’ death animation were changed back (like with the original’s to one frame of animation and the “S. O. S.!” intermission in between each wave is also include

Game variations

– Moving Shields–Bunkers move back and forth
– Zigzagging Laser Bombs–Invaders’ shots zigzag back and forth towards the ground
– Fast Laser Bombs–Invaders Bombs drop quickly
– Invisible Invaders–Invaders are invisible unless one (or the Command Alien Ship) is shot, which they then briefly reappear
– Large Laser Cannons–flipping a difficulty switch on the 2600 console to the A position makes players’ laser cannons larger

Six invader styles reduced to 3
UFO style increased to 2 (regular and mystery)
Colors matched to arcade version
6 color bars used for invader color, invaders change color as they decend
Ground area reduced to a thin strip of land
Explosion animations eliminated, 1 frame only (per arcade)
Strip of land covers entire width of the screen
End-of-movement markers corrected…line up better to bases
Ground shifts color at the end of the game
Sound has been changed