Sometimes when you strip away graphics and advanced computing, you can still have a blast playing a simple game. We all probably remember what space invaders is: aliens in a grid slowly advancing down screen towards your ship, shooting at you as they do. Your job is to return fire, slaying all the aliens and advancing to the next round. The Atari version features three bunkers that you can hide behind, that slowly decay as they get hit. As you slay more and more of the aliens, they get faster and faster, and you need to use more skill and timing to take them down.
Simple, yet fun. It’s a challenge to work within a game’s parameter, because the Aliens will get faster, but you never do. The game is not complex or long, but it still provided, and can continue to provide, plenty of fun times. It’s fun to get back down to basics where you simply move left and right, and press a button. Rather than worry about secondary triggers, strafing, reloading, and camera angles, it’s nice to play a simple push button, kill alien type of game occasionally.
