{"id":5354,"date":"2026-01-03T10:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/?p=5354"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:19:18","slug":"space-invaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/space-invaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Invaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ie-invaders\">\n<div class=\"board\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"readout\"><span>Score: <b id=\"si-sc\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Lives: <b id=\"si-lv\">3<\/b><\/span><span>Wave: <b id=\"si-wv\">1<\/b><\/span><span>Divers: <b id=\"si-dv\">0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stick\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(3,72px)\">\n<button data-do=\"left\">&#9668;<\/button><button data-do=\"fire\">Fire<\/button><button data-do=\"right\">&#9658;<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"si-go\">Start<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap pale\" id=\"si-new\">New game<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Some of them come down after you<\/h2>\n<p>Every so often one peels out of the formation and dives, aiming roughly where you are standing. It is faster than the shuffle and it does not care about the row it left, so the safe habit of parking under the fleet and firing upward stops being safe.<\/p>\n<p>Shoot a diver and it is worth triple. Miss and you move.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The speed-up was a hardware fault<\/h2>\n<p>Fewer aliens on screen meant the original machine could redraw them faster, so the fleet accelerated on its own as you cleared it. Nobody planned that. It was kept because it turned out to be the entire difficulty curve, and every rebuild since copies a 1978 limitation deliberately.<\/p>\n<p>The last two move at roughly three times the pace of a full formation, which is why so many waves end one alien short.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Bunkers wear out from both sides<\/h2>\n<p>They are made of blocks, not health bars, and your own shots take chunks out of them on the way up. Fire through your own cover often enough and you have carved a window for the bombs to come back through.<\/p>\n<p>Arrows to move, space to fire, or the three buttons if you are on a touchscreen. If you want the other arcade rebuild, the wall at <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-block-breaker\/\">google block breaker<\/a> is slower pressure, and <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-pac-man\/\">google pac-man<\/a> is the one that was never taken down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#ie-invaders{--blue:#1558d6;--blue2:#4c86f0;--blue3:#a9c4f5;--deep:#0b3aa0;--slate:#5b6675;--mist:#98a2b3;--rule:#dde3ec;--wash:#f2f6fd;font-family:ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a2230;line-height:1.66;margin:0 auto}\n#ie-invaders ul,#ie-invaders ol{margin:0 0 15px 20px}\n#ie-invaders li{margin:6px 0}\n#ie-invaders a{color:var(--blue);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px}\n#ie-invaders a:hover{color:var(--deep)}\n#ie-invaders .board{position:relative;width:100%;height:min(70vh,600px);min-height:420px;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:10px;overflow:hidden;background:#fff;box-shadow:0 10px 26px rgba(21,88,214,.1);touch-action:none}\n#ie-invaders .board canvas{position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%;outline:0}\n#ie-invaders .readout{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 0;font:600 13px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--slate)}\n#ie-invaders .readout b{color:var(--deep);font-size:15px}\n#ie-invaders .row{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 20px}\n#ie-invaders .tap{background:var(--blue);color:#fff;border:0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 20px;font:700 14px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(21,88,214,.25)}\n#ie-invaders .tap:hover{background:var(--deep)}\n#ie-invaders .tap:active{transform:translateY(1px)}\n#ie-invaders .tap.pale{background:#fff;color:var(--blue);border:1px solid var(--blue3);box-shadow:none}\n#ie-invaders .tap.pale:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-invaders .stick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,54px);gap:7px;justify-content:center;margin-top:10px}\n#ie-invaders .stick button{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--blue3);color:var(--blue);border-radius:8px;height:46px;font:700 17px ui-sans-serif,Arial;cursor:pointer}\n#ie-invaders .stick button:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-invaders .stick .gap{visibility:hidden;border:0}\n#ie-invaders .curtain{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;background:rgba(255,255,255,.93);text-align:center;font:700 20px\/1.45 ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--deep);cursor:pointer;z-index:4;padding:18px}\n#ie-invaders .curtain em{display:block;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:5px}\n#ie-invaders .typein{display:flex;gap:8px;justify-content:center;margin-top:12px;flex-wrap:wrap}\n#ie-invaders .typein input{border:1px solid var(--blue3);border-radius:8px;padding:11px 13px;font:600 14px ui-sans-serif,Arial;width:min(280px,70%);color:#1a2230}\n#ie-invaders .typein input:focus{outline:2px solid var(--blue2);outline-offset:1px}\n\n#ie-invaders .board{height:auto;min-height:0;aspect-ratio:60\/53;max-width:660px;margin:0 auto}<\/style>\n<script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Score: 0Lives: 3Wave: 1Divers: 0 &#9668;Fire&#9658; Start New game Some of them come down after you Every so often one peels out of the formation and dives, aiming roughly where you are standing. 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