EnvisagedOne said:
> I've always been kinda curious, so I thought I'd just go ahead and ask. The original
> 1978 space invaders was black and white, and you needed a color overlay to see any
> colors. Space invaders part II released a year later was in color. No overlays were
> needed. However, a year after that (1980), Space Invaders Deluxe was released and it
> went back to black & white with a color overlay. I was just curious why they went
> back to black and white, when they were using color monitors
BTW: your dates are quite possibly wrong.
- Space Invaders was released in July 1978 by Taito.
- Space Invaders Part II was released in September 1979 by Taito.
- Space Invaders Deluxe was released in November 1979 by Midway, under license from Taito.
This is according to Arcade-History.com, which may be wrong but has been researched from many sources.
MAME's internal release years are only based on copyright screens or code or PCB screen printing, no other research (usually).
OTOH mame.lst often enough includes release months, but these only tend to remain in the source, not exported via XML.
FYI: Space Invaders Deluxe still says Space Invaders Part II, because supposedly Midway was only allowed to make minor modifications of the Taito code.
- Stiletto
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