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Memory-accurate C reimplementation of the 1978 Space Invaders arcade game. It needs the original arcade ROM for sprites and data.
Rewrite Human-led stalledFacts
- Original
- Space Invaders (1978 arcade) (1978)
- Platform
- Arcade
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2019, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- stalled
- Licence
- none
- Team
- loadzero
- Started
- 2019-12
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Space Invaders (1978 arcade) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by loadzero. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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