Space Invaders

1978 fixed shooter video game
VideoGame video_game Q220665
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Space Invaders

Summary

Space Invaders is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,375 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Space Invaders is the creator of Tomohiro Nishikado[3].
  • Space Invaders's image is recorded as Space Invaders - Midway's.JPG[4].
  • Space Invaders's image is recorded as Space Invaders.JPG[5].
  • Space Invaders's instance of is recorded as video game[6].
  • Space Invaders's publisher is recorded as Taito[7].
  • Space Invaders's publisher is recorded as Midway Games[8].
  • Space Invaders's genre is recorded as shoot 'em up[9].
  • Space Invaders's logo image is recorded as Space invaders logo.svg[10].
  • Space Invaders's developer is recorded as Taito[11].
  • Space Invaders's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[12].
  • Space Invaders's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16704582q[13].
  • Space Invaders's designed by is recorded as Tomohiro Nishikado[14].
  • Space Invaders's operating system is recorded as iOS[15].
  • Space Invaders's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0294282[16].
  • Space Invaders's Commons category is recorded as Space Invaders[17].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Nintendo 64[18].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[19].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Atari 2600[20].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Atari 5200[21].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[22].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[23].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as DOS[24].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[25].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[26].
  • Space Invaders's platform is recorded as MSX[27].

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Works and Contributions

Space Invaders is the creator of Tomohiro Nishikado[3]. Things named for it include Invader[28], a graffiti artist[29], b. 1969[30], of France[31].

Why It Matters

Space Invaders ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,375 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Invader[28], a graffiti artist[29], b. 1969[30], of France[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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