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{{Short description|1983 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
|title = Invasion of the Body Snatchas!
|title = Invasion of the Body Snatchas!
|image = InvasionOfTheBodySnatchas.jpg
|image = InvasionOfTheBodySnatchas.jpg
|developer = [[Simon Brattel]]<br>[[Neil Mottershead]]
|developer = {{unbulleted list|[[Simon Brattel]]|Neil Mottershead}}
|publisher = [[Crystal Computing]]
|publisher = [[Crystal Computing]]
|released = [[1984 in video gaming|1984]]
|released = 1983
|genre=[[Arcade Game|Arcade]]<br>[[Shoot 'em up]]
|genre=[[Scrolling shooter]]
|platforms = [[ZX Spectrum]]
|platforms = [[ZX Spectrum]]
}}
}}

'''''Invasion of the Body Snatchas!''''' is a [[ZX Spectrum]] [[video game]] that was developed and released by [[Crystal Computing]] in [[1984 in video gaming|1984]]. It is heavily based on the arcade classic [[Defender_(1981_video_game)|Defender]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
'''''Invasion of the Body Snatchas!''''' is a 1983 horizontally [[scrolling shooter]] developed and published by [[Crystal Computing]] for the [[ZX Spectrum]]. Despite its name, it has no connection to the [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers|1956 film]] and [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|1978 film]] of similar names. It is a clone of the 1981 arcade video game ''[[Defender (1981 video game)|Defender]]''. ''Invasion of the Body Snatchas!'' would go on to be re-released as ''Blow-out'' in 1998 by MCM Software S.A.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World of Spectrum - Invasion of the Body Snatchas! |url=https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/invasion-of-the-body-snatchas-crystal-computing |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=World of Spectrum}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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[[Image:Showscreen1.gif|220px|left|thumb|In-game screenshot]]
[[Image:Showscreen1.gif|220px|left|thumb|In-game screenshot]]
''[[Sinclair User]]'' reviewed the game in their magazine, "At last! a version as fast and furious and as frustratingly addictive as the arcade original Landers, Mutants, Bombers, Pods, Swarmers and much much more combine to produce the ultimate space game!"<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/Sinclair_Programs_8403 |title=Sinclair Programs 8403}}</ref>{{-}}
[[Sinclair User]],<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1983 |title=Review... |journal=[[Sinclair User]] |issue=21 |pages=52}}</ref> [[CRASH (magazine)|Crash]],<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 1984 |title=Review... |journal=[[CRASH (magazine)|Crash]] |issue=1 |pages=90}}</ref> and [[ZX Computing]]<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1983 |title=Review... |journal=ZX Computing |issue=1283 |pages=30}}</ref> praised the game.{{-}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{WoS_game|id=0002538}}
*{{WoS_game|id=0002538}}
*[http://www.desdes.com/products/oldfiles/index.htm ''Invasion of the Body Snatchas! original source code''] at Design Design
*[http://www.desdes.com/products/oldfiles/index.htm Original source code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922021337/http://www.desdes.com/products/oldfiles/index.htm |date=2008-09-22 }} at Design Design


{{Crystal Computing}}
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[[Category:1984 video games]]
[[Category:1983 video games]]
[[Category:Crystal Computing games]]
[[Category:Horizontally scrolling shooters]]
[[Category:Video game clones]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum-only games]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum-only games]]

Latest revision as of 04:19, 30 June 2024

Invasion of the Body Snatchas!
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Crystal Computing
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum
Release1983
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter

Invasion of the Body Snatchas! is a 1983 horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Crystal Computing for the ZX Spectrum. Despite its name, it has no connection to the 1956 film and 1978 film of similar names. It is a clone of the 1981 arcade video game Defender. Invasion of the Body Snatchas! would go on to be re-released as Blow-out in 1998 by MCM Software S.A.[1]

Reception

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In-game screenshot

Sinclair User reviewed the game in their magazine, "At last! a version as fast and furious and as frustratingly addictive as the arcade original Landers, Mutants, Bombers, Pods, Swarmers and much much more combine to produce the ultimate space game!"[2]

References

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  1. ^ "World of Spectrum - Invasion of the Body Snatchas!". World of Spectrum. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ Sinclair Programs 8403.
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