Space Fever
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Space Fever[a] is a 1979 arcade game by Nintendo R&D2. Some sources[1] claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did programming work on Space Fever. It was released in both monochrome and color versions. The gameplay is similar to Space Invaders, which had been released by Taito in 1978. In America, the game was distributed by Far East Video.[2]
Gameplay
The gameplay of Space Fever is reminiscent of
Development
In the late 1970s,
Space Fever was released in Japan in February 1979.
Legacy
A special version of Space Fever called SF-Hisplitter[b] was released the same year and features aliens that are double the width of the standard variety, which can either be destroyed completely or split into two smaller aliens depending on where they are shot. This version is in color, and the shelter blocks are visually distinct from the monochrome version. Like with the original Space Fever, SF-Hisplitter was also distributed in America by Far East Video.[9]
A sequel to Space Fever, titled Space Fever II,[c] is a minigame in the Game Boy Camera cartridge. The game also acts as a menu for selecting the other built-in minigames. It deviates from the Space Invaders formula, featuring instead smaller waves of individual aliens and bosses based on faces of Nintendo staff as well as the "game face" photo taken by the player.
Notes
References
- ISBN 4-9902512-0-2.
- ^ "Space Fever arcade flyer". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ Space Fever advertising flyer (in Japanese). Japan: Nintendo. February 1979.
- ^ "Space Fever for Arcade (1979)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- from the original on June 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "Making the Famicom a Reality". The Nikkei. Nikkei Electronics. September 12, 1994. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^ McFerran, Damien (2018-02-26). "Feature: Shining A Light On Ikegami Tsushinki, The Company That Developed Donkey Kong". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ISBN 978-4990251215. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ "SF-Hisplitter arcade flyer". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
External links
- Space Fever at the Killer List of Videogames(black & white version)
- Space Fever at the Killer List of Videogames(color version)