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Space Invaders Anniversary

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Space Invaders Anniversary
Space Invaders Anniversary cover
Developers
Taito
Publishers
Standalone, Europe Xplosiv
Weekend Play Pack, USA Empire Interactive
Release dates
Windows April 30, 2004
Space Invaders
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Key points

Standalone release appears to be Europe-only.
Later re-released in the United States alongside Drive to Survive and The Golf Pro 2 as "Weekend Play Pack".
Resolution is locked at 640x480; absolutely no video options. See Increase Rendering Resolution.

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 CD-ROM used only for installation.
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video settings

Options screen.
Options screen.
Language selection.
Language selection.

Template:Video settings

Increase Rendering Resolution

Play at 1080p or higher
  1. Download dgVoodoo.
  2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and dgVoodoo.conf to <path-to-game>, where invaders_ani.exe resides.
  3. Open the MS folder in the dgVoodoo zip and extract DDraw.dll, D3DImm.dll, and D3D8.dll to <path-to-game>, again where invaders_ani.exe resides.
  4. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe.
  5. Make sure the Config folder / Running instance is set to <path-to-game>, it may already be there by default.
  6. In the General tab, set Adapter(s) to use / enable to your current graphics card, Appearance to Full Screen, and Scaling mode to either Stretched, keep Aspect Ratio or Stretched, 4:3 Aspect Ratio.
  7. In the DirectX tab, make sure Disable and passthru to real DirectX is unchecked, and set Resolution to Max. You can uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark if you wish.
  8. Optional: under Texturing, set Filtering to Force anisotropic 16x and set Antialiasing (MSAA) to 8x to enable anisotropic filtering and antialiasing respectively.
  9. Click Apply and exit the program.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz Pentium
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX Compatible Sound Card

References