The gameplay of Space Fever is reminiscent of Space Invaders (1978), where the player controls a laser cannon situated at the bottom of the screen and must defeat waves of enemy aliens. The aliens are arranged in rows and slowly move to the edge of the screen, before descending and continuing in the opposite direction. As more aliens are defeated, they increase in speed. A UFO will occasionally appear towards the top of the screen, which can be shot down for bonus points. There are three game modes that change the way the aliens move; the first presents two formations of enemies that move in opposite directions, the second continuously adds additional rows of aliens, and the third is functionally identical to Space Invaders.[3][4]
Developmentedit
In the late 1970s, Nintendo Co., Ltd began shifting its focus away from its roots as a toy and playing card company towards the coin-operated entertainment market. Its decision was largely based on the 1973 oil crisis increasing the manufacturing costs for toys, and its need to diversify itself if it wanted to remain profitable. Nintendo had previously designed several electro-mechanical shooting gallery machines, such as the Laser Clay Shooting System and Wild Gunman.[5] The company released its first video arcade game, Computer Othello, in June 1978. In the same month, Taito released Space Invaders, which triggered a nationwide resurgence in its video game market. This led to several manufacturers, including Nintendo, creating similar "Invader-type" games to try and capitalize on its popularity. Space Fever was one of its attempts, and was developed by Nintendo's Research & Development 2 (R&D2) division.[6] Masayuki Uemura, the head of R&D2, led the development of the game.[6] The programming and circuit design was contracted out to Ikegami Tsushinki, as were most of Nintendo's arcade games at the time.[7]
Space Fever was released in Japan in February 1979.[8] It was released as a tabletop arcade cabinet with a black and whiteraster monitor; a version featuring single-color graphics was released later in the year.
Legacyedit
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.
^Space Fever advertising flyer (in Japanese). Japan: Nintendo. February 1979.
^"Space Fever for Arcade (1979)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^Kent, Steven L. (2002). The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. New York: Random House International. ISBN978-0-7615-3643-7. OCLC 59416169. from the original on June 24, 2016.
^ ab. 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.
^Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) (First ed.). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 57. ISBN978-4990251215. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Space Fever news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Space Fever a is a 1979 arcade game by Nintendo R amp 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 Space FeverAdvertising flyerDeveloper s Nintendo R amp D2Ikegami TsushinkiPublisher s JP NintendoNA Far East VideoDesigner s Masayuki UemuraArtist s Shigeru MiyamotoSeriesSpace FeverPlatform s ArcadeReleaseJP February 1979NA 1979Genre s Fixed shooterMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Development 3 Legacy 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Game A modeThe gameplay of Space Fever is reminiscent of Space Invaders 1978 where the player controls a laser cannon situated at the bottom of the screen and must defeat waves of enemy aliens The aliens are arranged in rows and slowly move to the edge of the screen before descending and continuing in the opposite direction As more aliens are defeated they increase in speed A UFO will occasionally appear towards the top of the screen which can be shot down for bonus points There are three game modes that change the way the aliens move the first presents two formations of enemies that move in opposite directions the second continuously adds additional rows of aliens and the third is functionally identical to Space Invaders 3 4 Development editIn the late 1970s Nintendo Co Ltd began shifting its focus away from its roots as a toy and playing card company towards the coin operated entertainment market Its decision was largely based on the 1973 oil crisis increasing the manufacturing costs for toys and its need to diversify itself if it wanted to remain profitable Nintendo had previously designed several electro mechanical shooting gallery machines such as the Laser Clay Shooting System and Wild Gunman 5 The company released its first video arcade game Computer Othello in June 1978 In the same month Taito released Space Invaders which triggered a nationwide resurgence in its video game market This led to several manufacturers including Nintendo creating similar Invader type games to try and capitalize on its popularity Space Fever was one of its attempts and was developed by Nintendo s Research amp Development 2 R amp D2 division 6 Masayuki Uemura the head of R amp D2 led the development of the game 6 The programming and circuit design was contracted out to Ikegami Tsushinki as were most of Nintendo s arcade games at the time 7 Space Fever was released in Japan in February 1979 8 It was released as a tabletop arcade cabinet with a black and white raster monitor a version featuring single color graphics was released later in the year Legacy editA 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 edit Japanese スペースフィーバー Japanese SFハイスプリッター Japanese スペースフィーバーIIReferences edit It started from Pong それは ポン から始まった アーケードTVゲームの成り立ち sore wa pon kara hajimatta akedo terebi gemu no naritachi Masumi Akagi 赤木真澄 Akagi Masumi Amusement Tsushinsha アミューズメント通信社 Amyuzumento Tsushinsha 2005 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 Kent Steven L 2002 The Ultimate History of Video Games The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World New York Random House International ISBN 978 0 7615 3643 7 OCLC 59416169 Archived 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 Akagi Masumi October 13 2006 アーケードTVゲームリスト国内 海外編 1971 2005 First ed Japan Amusement News Agency p 57 ISBN 978 4990251215 Retrieved August 16 2019 SF Hisplitter arcade flyer Retrieved 2021 08 19 External links editSpace Fever at the Killer List of Videogames black amp white version Space Fever at the Killer List of Videogames color version Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Space Fever amp oldid 1175887647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
