Play Space Invaders: Google Style
Quick Facts
- Summary
- Google logo letters become your shields in this fan-made Space Invaders tribute.
- Creator
- elgooG,
N. Landsteiner - Launched
- 2019
- Status
- Available on elgooG
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How It Was Made
The Core Idea
Tomohiro Nishikado designed Space Invaders for Taito in 1978. Players moved a laser cannon beneath descending alien formations and used shields for cover. Its escalating pace, pixel graphics, and sound helped establish the arcade shooter format.
Inspiration and Development
We made Google Space Invaders as a tribute with one twist: the letters of the Google logo are your shields. It is built on open-source work by N. Landsteiner (masswerk.at), who also created the original Google Terminal.
The Easter Egg Experience
What Stands Out
The Google logo stands between your laser cannon and the rows of aliens marching down. Shots from both sides chip away at the letters, opening gaps in your cover.
How It Works
Move your laser cannon as the waves of pixel invaders get closer and closer. Hide behind the letter shields, time your shots, and stop the aliens before they reach the bottom.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to start defending Google.
- On a computer: move with ←→ or AD, and press Space to fire.
- On a phone: the three buttons under the game are, from left to right, move left, move right, and fire.
- Later waves move faster.
- Use the Google letter shields wisely, because they won’t last forever.
For more games that turn parts of Google pages into targets, try Zerg Rush, where swarms of “o”s attack the search results, or Atari Breakout, where Google Images become bricks. The Google Zipper takes a different approach: unzip the homepage to reveal what is behind it.
Final Thoughts
The Google letters stand between your cannon and the alien waves, but every hit wears them down. Keep moving and firing as the invaders descend and the gaps in your cover grow.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Space Invaders: Google Style?
It is an unofficial Google-style arcade game inspired by Space Invaders, the 1978 Taito classic designed by Tomohiro Nishikado.
The page keeps the familiar laser-cannon battle, but the shields are made of Google logo letters. The letters get hit from both sides, so the logo slowly breaks apart as the aliens move in.
This website keeps the fan-made version as a playable tribute. It is called “Google Style” because it borrows the Google logo, but Google never released it.
How do I play it?
Use the left and right arrow keys, or A and D, to move the cannon, and press Space to fire. On a touchscreen, the three buttons under the game are, from left to right: move left, move right, and fire.