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Return of the Invaders

Third entry of the series where the invaders have returned (naturally), with more strategies than just "Move one way, drop down, then move the other way."

Plot Twist: This game was not made by Taito (as many believed), but by UPL, which they're excited to work on a game of a famous series, like Space Invaders, only to get neglected by Taito to insert their name in the game.

Hidden Credits#

ReturnOfInvadersCredits.png
To see a list of credits in attract mode:

  1. Press 1P & 2P Left + 1P & 2P Start + 1P & 2P Fire.
  2. Hold 2P Start until the credits appear.

There's an additional message at 0x0080 in the ROM:

Programed by    
NAKAKUMA AKIRA  
V 1.0 (85.3.15)

Nobuo Kodera and Akira Nakakuma previously worked for Coreland on Pengo. This is the only game that Hikaru Kasahara is credited on.

(Source: Taito Memories)

(Code: Original TCRF research)

References#


  1. GDRI↩︎
  2. Domestic and Overseas Arcade Game List 1971-2005↩︎