Space Invaders

Wait for the applet and sounds to finish loading, this may take a minute or two. The game screen will show "Game Over - 'S' to Start" once everything is ready. In the meantime you can review the instructions below.

Note: If the game doesn't seem to be responding to key presses, click your mouse pointer in the game area.

Playing the Game

Keys

  • Arrow up or space - Fire
  • Arrow down or M - Fire a missile
  • P - Pause on/off
  • S - Start the game
  • Left arrow - Move spaceship to the left
  • Right arrow - Move spaceship to the right
  • Escape - End the game currently playing


Instructions/rules
  • If the attacking spaceships comes all the way down to your spaceship you lose two lifes
  • Bonus lifes every 10000 points
  • When the ufo passes - try to hit it, when you do you gain 1000 points and a new missile
  • 500 points for completing each level
  • The attacking spaceships may have one more bullet on the screen for each level, the game also moves faster
  • You may have 6 bullets on the screen at any time (and only one missile)
*Note: If the game appears to run slowly on your machine, try turning sound and/or graphics detail off. This will not affect game play.