Space Invaders (1978)

Space Invaders in the upright Midway built for North America under license from Taito, with a hulking monster stalking across the side art and a lunar landscape framing the screen. Taito's 1978 hit is the game that made the arcade a destination rather than a novelty in the corner. Its monitor is black and white under a color overlay, a cheap trick that turned the rows of invaders into bands of color, and the game asks for nothing more than left, right and fire.