Metal Steve Reviews Space Invaders

Greetings my fellow video game citizens it is yoru pal Metal Steve back for another review! This time I'm going to dig deep into the vlaut and bring you a game that you might have forgotten even existhed or if you're a kid you didn't even know existed at all! But before I address that let me quickly talk about one of my loyalfans who seems to have become upset. "THIS IS MUTINY I TELL YOU!" haha! OK now on to business this fan is named Mike Sidekick and he complianed that my spelling is terrible and that my reviews are bad. Whoa partner, Steve's gotta put an end to this. OK I admit that when I get going sometimes my spelling gets a little messed up but hey I'm a busy man and I only write my METAL REVIEWS when time permits and trust me time is not permittingmuch lately with my bjsy schedule recording new music. I mean hey gusy, do you wnat game reviews and awesome metal music or do you want both? Both, that's what I thought. So I'm sorry Mike Sidekick but you might have to deal with a few spelling errors in exchange for the best video game information available, I hope we can agree on that! If not, OFF WITH HIS HEAD! KIND STEVE HAS SPOKEN! haha! But I would have expected more from some one with his own website. But that is engouh of that, let's get on with the show and get to my METAL REVIEW of, are you ready? Space Invaders for the arcade! IN SPACE NOONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREM!! haha!

So you might be syaing to yourself, "Hey I think this game sounds familiar but I can't put my finger on what it is, is it a game I know?" Well my loyal fans, I think you may know this game very well indeed. See, Space Invaders came out from a company called Taito who were a company from Japan in the 1970s, I think the year was 1978 but don't quoet me on that! haha! Anyway Taito had this idea for the game when their president saw a UFO one night and was like, "Whoa what if aliens from space came a nd invacded our planet, wouldn't that be crazy?" Well, luckily for video game fans this president from Taito told his company, "I have an idea. Let's make a game bout space invaders" and they said "OK, sir, but what should we call it?" and he said, "Let's keep it simple and call is Space Invaders." So they made a game where invaders from space invaede the Earth! Oh no! Humans are exctinct! haha! Not to worry, my faithful servants because all hope is not lost. Taito said, "Lets make this fun and let the player blast the alients from space" and gave you a gun at the bottom of the screen to blast the aliens with. PAYBACK IS A BITCH. haha!

Space Invaders for the arcade was a big hit because during 1978 people were really scaerd fo invaders from space because UFO's were everywhere during 1978. Like, people saw UFOs in Mexidco and Spain and other places where they speak Spanish and even in the United States in Egnlish parts too. They were like, "Oh man I hope the aliens don't invade" but Space Invaders was like training to them and people got ready for the big alien invastion. Taito knew they had a big hit on their hand but since they were from Japan they sold the game to Atari who made a new Space Invadres for the Atari 2600 or Video Computer Enterhtainment System as it is sometimes called by game writhers like me. Don't get confused though, becauses they are the same game system. YOU SAY POTATO I SAY TOMATO! haha! Atari sold over 2 million copies of Space Indvaers for the Atari 2600 and when you think about how many millons of copies Taito sold for the arcade you know that Space Invaders is a huge game.

So you might be saying, "Hey STeve, whatever happended to Space Invaders?" Well I'm glad you asked. There were a lot of sequels but nobody played them becuase they weren't any good, that is until this year when a new Space Invaders called Space Invaders XTREME for the Nintendo DS came out. But a lot of people didn't buy it becuase it was $20 and they said, "Whoa this must be sucky" but trust me, my readers of Gameriffs, it is anything but sucky! It is kind of techno and flashy though, so if you hate techno or get seisures or something you won't want to play it! But my advice is put on a METAL album and turn down the volume and blast the alien invaders until there are none left to blast. Annighilate them all! haha! 

Oh and let your pal Steve give you a quick tip here. Did you know that in Space Invaders there are shdiels can protect you from the alien invaders and their lasers? Of course you did if you knew about Space Invaders, anyway. But what you may not know is that you can blst through the shields. I know you might be saying, "Thanks for the lame tip Steve, now I don't have a shield" but the trick is that you don't blast the whole thing but just enough to get your lasters through to blast the alien invaders and top them dead in their tracks. That way ther eis still shield left for you to take cover but you can still blast the aliens with your lasers through the small hole in your shield. Not a lot of people know about htis strategy but since I'm a nice guy and in a good mood I thoguth I'd share. But just don't go beating my high score or there will be hell to pay! haha!

So now you have read my METAL REVIEW of Space Invaders for the arcade and I also gave some informaiton about Space Invaders for the Atari 2600 or Video Computer Entertainment Sysstem as we in the video game industry sometimes call it. It might be a pretty old game but its still pretty fun to play even if the graphics are kind of bad and the aliens are sort of slow. Be sure to use my secret stretgy and you will succedd in stopping the aliens from landing on earth. The fate of humans rest on your shoulder! haha! Oh, and for Mike Sidekick I hope this review had good enough spelling for you but if not maybe you should go back and work on your web site some more because those of us with web sites have a duty to our fans to provode the best information we can and you shouldn't let your fans down! OK my faithful fans, this is your friend and leader Metal Steve signing off for now. Remember as Metal Steve says, "THE ALIENS WILL NOT LAND AS LONG AS I HAVE MY SPECIAL SECRET STRATEGUY!" Later!