Space Invaders' cabinet type Piggy Bank that can actually play games

Speaking of Space Invaders, it is an arcade-only shooter game announced by Taito Corporation in 1978. Shortly after the announcement shops named "Invaders cafe" and "Invader house" were born at game centers and coffee shops nationwide, and the enthusiastic boom that took place around salaried workers at that time became a social phenomenon and became a world phenomenon It is said that about 260,000 units were played.

Since April 2008, when the 30th anniversary since the birth celebrated, Taito is doing a lot as a project to commemorate the 30th anniversary of "space invader" birth, but finally it will become a piggy bank. It is also a space invaders' cabinet type, which is a strange strange condition that you can actually play 100 yen coins.

Details about prices and release dates are below.
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This "space invader game chassis type bank" starts a game, a group of seven rows and three rows of "invaders (an alien)" starts from the center of the upper part of the screen and moves left and right while " In order to invade Tortika (Earth), it is approaching the lower row ... .... It is a flow. Players shoot missiles while controlling the 'turret' at the bottom of the screen to the left and right, destroying the immediate 'invaders'. If you defeat "UFO" sometimes appearing at the top of the screen, you can earn a bonus score.

In addition, the player can use three turrets with one 100 yen coin, and each time you acquire the score of 1,500 points in the game, the system that the usable "turret" increases one machine at a time. When the remaining machine of the turret has become 0 or "Torchka" is invaded by "Invaders", the game will be over. In addition, it seems that 1 yen coin, 5 yen coin, 10 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 100 yen coin can be input and coins other than 100 yen coin can be played.

This is the state of game cafe in those days


Picture of "Space Invaders" (table type) born in 1978


By the way, "Space Invaders Game Enclosure Type Bank" means that you can play the game by looping up to 3 faces.

In addition, details such as price feel as follows

Price: 5775 yen (including tax)
Set contents: main body × 1, color film × 1, instruction manual
Product size: W 150 × H 95 × D 105 mm
Weight: Approximately 330 g (including battery)
Battery: Three AA alkaline batteries (sold separately)
Release date: March 26, 2009