Space Invaders II

Space Invaders II is Midway's US-only sequel to Space Invaders. It's designed as a two player game for simultaneous play although it is also possible to play solo. It's played on a cocktail table where the players face each other from opposing ends of the table. Each player has its own set of invaders that move and attack the player in the same way as in the original game but the objective here isn't to kill the aliens but to get a higher score than the opponent. The players are not limited to their own set of aliens but can shoot over to the other side's aliens and even kill the opposing player. Each player has three lives and if they run out for one player the other player gets to continue until he too has lost his. A difference from the original Space Invaders is that the mystery ships leave a trail of reinforcing aliens. The singleplayer mode plays the same but here the opposing player is controlled by AI and only half of the screen is filled with aliens.