Super Invader

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Super Invader (also called Super Invasion and Apple Invader)^[2] is a fixed shooter video game and a clone of Space Invaders.^[3] It was written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the Apple II and published by Creative Computing Software in November 1979.^[4][5]

Super Invader
Title screen
Developer(s)	Astar International Company
Publisher(s)	Creative Computing Software California Pacific
Designer(s)	M. Hata
Platform(s)	Apple II
Release	November 1979[1]
Genre(s)	Fixed shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

It was later published as Cosmos Mission in September 1980 by the California Pacific Computer Company.^[6]

Reception

By June 1982, 20,000 copies had been sold to tie with Ultima and Castle Wolfenstein for seventh on Computer Gaming World's list of top sellers.^[1] It received the award for "Most Popular Program of 1978–1980 for the Apple Computer" in a Softalk readers poll.^[7] The magazine later described the game as the "progenitor of home arcades".^[8]

The Comos Mission release debuted at 24 on Softalk's list of bestselling Apple II software.^[9]