Space Invaders Extreme: PSP

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are also awarded bonus points for level-specific attacks, like shooting out each column or row at a time, killing all the same color or shape opponent in row, etc. Also, if you kill four of the same color enemies in a row, a timed weapon upgrade appears... this can be a laser, bomb, or spread shot. Complete the level-specific attacks to deploy a flashing UFO. Shoot him down and a minigame starts, maybe kill X amount of invaders in a certain timeframe, or kill just one well protected invader, etc.

Boss battles signal the end of a level. They are often very large invaders and have different critical kill spots.

One great addition to the classic gameplay is the ability to save and start at the beginning of the level when you load or continue a game. No more starting from scratch every time. Your score will also start at whatever it was at the beginning of the level, so you can rebuild on that.

A multiplayer mode is included via Ad-Hoc as well.

At $19.99, this title is a steal for fans of retro gaming, causal gamers (you only use one button after all), or hardcore gamers looking for a challenge as the levels become faster and the enemies come in thick waves.

My only knock is that some of the backgrounds are a bit 'Windows 95-y'... just boring, ugly text floating around. But you're usually too focused n the gameplay to notice.

A great overall budget game with strong mass appeal.

Thirty years old and the core gameplay still holds up!