Space Invaders was the first coin-op arcade video game that I played in 1978 and I have always wanted a genuine home video game version. This might be the one that I might buy for myself for Christmas.

I realized why I like watching these reviews other than the host and the review. It’s like looking at the Sears wishbook catalog back in the day 🤣 Excellent job as always

Great review as always, Jon. Since the My Arcade 2020 Premium Edition was the original 1978 version of Space Invaders with the colorless/white aliens and green shields, I was hoping this one would be the 1979/1980 Part II/Deluxe version with the multi-colored aliens and red shields. From what I can tell, it doesn't appear to be included in the Pocket Player Pro either, which is a shame, considering it normally includes 2-3 different games. (The Galaga Pocket Player Pro also includes Galaxian, for example.)

Looking good. I already have the premium one, but have all these new ones pre-ordered. Hopefully if these do well a third wave could maybe see Frogger, Timepilot and Scramble....or who knows what else.🤞 Great review as always Jon.

I think I'd still personally prefer the premium one, just because of that authentic screen reflection setup. It's very cool to look at. Also! Here's hoping we can get some video of the new Pac-Man line from MyArcade. I'd love to see how the game is in there, and if it's similar to the Ms. Pac-Man one, which was excellent.

I'm just gonna say it -- I prefer 2600 Space Invaders to any other version of the game, even over the arcade version.

Love it. I have the premium but will pick this up as well. Glad the coin door is illuminated! The cabinet with graphics looks great and the gameplay graphics looks authentic. I noticed the sound anomalies as well. Not a deal breaker for me. :)

Space invaders was the 1st arcade I ever played!! I have it on my iircade. Going to definitely get me one !! Thanks Jon for the great video!

Fun on the fact about SPACE INVADERS for GAMEBOY it was two in one you putting to SUPER GAMEBOY you get full SNES SPACE INVADERS

Awesome vid! I've always wondered what Space Invaders would look like as a standard cookie cutter cabinet, and to be honest it's not bad! The small improvements to the port is an amazing cherry on top.

I knew this video dropped over the weekend and just now getting to it. In my opinion that backdrop on the previous edition is what I remember playing that game in arcades. Would I be crazy to say I’d want both? Yes I would! Loved the review and thanks for the info.

Great video as always Jon! Space Invaders is such a classic coin-op that every collector should have at least one way to play this and why not on the My Arcade offering :-) Keep up the awesome work!

Nice! I have a Space Invader tattoo, so i almost feel obligated to pick up either this or the older iteration. 😎

I have the premium one but I still have to get the Micro. Gotta collect them all

Excellent Review!

This thing's pretty cool. My favorite version will always be the 2600. Lot of fun and hours playing. Plus the fart sound when the invaders reach the bottom of the screen was great

My biggest wish for these is a light up marquee.. the top just looks unfinished in the current design.. the 2020 edition is superior in my opinion..bit bith are pretty dang cool

It is peculiar that nobody has been "modding" these things to run other ROMs: there's one lonely KZfaq video showing the Contra (arcade) pocket player running other arcade games... but otherwise, the silence of the romhackers has been deafening.

🤘👍👍👍🎥💥 Nice! Rather as gadget than useful device but looks amazing! And you have another good subject for another good video!

Very smart placement for your merchandise. I applaud you,,Sir…

It would have been a nice addition if you could alter the dip switches. Dip-switches on classic arcade games made slight changes to the game such as the number of starting lives, the number of coins to start, changing the difficulty, and setting the game on "Free Play" if the option was available. Also, going through my MAME ROMs, I had no idea how many bootleg game variants of Space Invaders there were.

Another day another Gen X grown up review

I’m going to start collecting these, but mainly for game room decor. I love the way Micro arcades look, but my hands are just to big to actually play them lol

Wow they made a space invaders one! how interesting isn’t it jon?

great review this was a lot of fun leaving a big like

Please review at least one of these three if you can: PAC-MAN Pocket Player Pro, PAC-MAN Micro Player Pro, and/or PAC-MAN Nano Player Pro! I'm an undeniably huge fan of PAC-MAN, and I wanna get one of these or maybe all three for Christmas, but it'd love to see your opinions on these new units! 😆

Great review as per usual Jon. I was really impressed with the sound through the headphone jack ! Glad you put that in here. On thing I wonder about these mini arcade games is the stability of the unit on a desk or table top. You highlighted the rubber strips and how securely they keep the cabinet from sliding, but particularly with the recessed knee plate, does the unit have a tendency to pivot or topple forward when pressing the buttons or using the joystick ?

I laugh how the Pretenders' "Space Invaders" track becomes my go to source to compare audio 😂

Thanks Jon! Space invaders was the pioneer but Galaga saw them and raised them. Love the art work and may consider if high scores can be saved.

I definitely wanna pick this up cause the price point is affordable and it's good for what it is

I’ll probably stick with my Premium Space Invaders unit but the quality on the micro is high enough that I’m still tempted to get it!

I bought the premium edition and I think I'll get this too. You have to look down at an angle for the premium model. Good 3d effect though.

Good review again. I just wondered whether you prefer this to the 2020 model? I mean regardless of price which do you think is the best?

I already got the 2020 iteration based on your review and I think I’ll stick with that. This new one has that bass thump thats kind of lacking in the older one. But the premium has the cool depth perception effect its too bad they didn’t do it on this new one and have the best of both worlds

Howdy ya'll, Space Invaders is a Great Classic Arcade game I played a lot in my small town local arcade when it debuted, and own it today, and still play.. Huh...you requested " 8 " placed commercials in a 15 minute video ?? Why so many ?? Stay safe and game on my Friends, Peace

Please please please review the Galaga micro player pro

4:16 The screen is far too small especially given how much of a bezel there is. That screen could have and should have been significantly larger.

Hey man nice shot

Jon makes everybody wish their were born in the 80s 😂

11:46 You are defeated! Instead of shooting at where I was, you should have shot at where I was going to BE!

Premium: Moonscape version Pro: No moonscape version

I was certainly hearing some audio issues in the headphone port audio, there was crackling and other issues

Great Stuff, as always!

Hey Jon I play my Space invaders game with my blue tooth speaker 🔊 on my record player that’s even better in my bedroom instead of my other little blue tooth speaker 🔊

Hey Jon Numskull has came out with a quarter scale version of space invaders cabinet look 👀 into getting that one for you’re self

For some reason, everytime you huck up the pro players' outputs, it sounds really distorted. Do they sound distorted with normal headphones or is your set up to blame? Great video as always.

Thanx for another fantastic review. I agree with others, screen is way too small in proportion to the bezel. I’d pay the extra couple of dollars for a larger screen.

Atari is definitely the king of selling you the same thing over and over again

Decent overall. It's not a must have for me like the others, I have the Premium one but I will get this at some point in the future, or, if the Nano is comparable, I might get that. Thanks for the video.🎉

I was pulling up space invaders stuff for last half hour

Can you do a review of the handheld please.

They should make a food fight

good product i gave it 3 stars ..so pretty close! i hope they realese some other games in this format.......

Do you think My Arcade will come out with a Centipede Micro Player Pro?

Space invaders pocket player,micro player,nano player,compact player, Then you can make pro lines of it,then ultra lines,then giga lines,peta lines,zeta lines,yeta lines, Then come with ultimate space invaders player, Space invaders family edition,special edition,etc,,, etc,,, And since i,ve already seen soooo many of those systems over the years,well you know what that all means to me,,, I have seen enough, It’s time to move forward.

I already have the premium one (picked it up on sale for $20 a while back, whoop!), so I probably won't buy this one. I'm not sure why they came out with this version since we already have the better premium one. I would have liked to see a premium Space Invaders 2 instead. Or what I would really love is for Micro Player to do Tempest.

For me the audio is a bit off. The sounds of certain games are burnt into my memory, with Space Invaders being one of those games.

Nice joystick, but I'd rather have a 2 button controller like the original cabinet had.

I gotta agree, that screen size looks pathetic in comparison to the units body. But I get it, that's getting close Arcade 1up countercade territory.

I appreciate you're mostly happy with these My Arcade systems. I've gotten a few of them and I have been mostly pleased. I think gamers bitch and moan too much about ticky tack nonsense. You don't seem to do that. "Oh, it's not absolutely perfect." Gawd, just enjoy the damn thing.

This micro game pro of Space Invaders, is a no go for me. You just can't get any better than the much larger unit that actually has the moon ghosting effect. Thank you for uploading.

Hi May I ask preferred unit Either the pro or the pocket please as screen size are same

the sound is distorted 🤔

Gen X 4 life!!

To be honest, I think that this micro player is a downgrade from the 2020 version. I get that the audio may be better and it’s more affordable, but the 2020 version had that super cool reflected display, and was shaped just like the original cabinet. I think that I’m gonna stick with that one for now.

Is the 2020 or 2023 one better?

Where do you think these are manufactured and how do they get programmer to program the game?

The sound hurts my ears ando my soul, but gameplay is good!

This is almost too cozy!

Does this one save high scores ?

Didn't the original arcade machine have left/right buttons, rather than a joystick..?

Why didn't they just use the MAME emulator on this system? Then they could have simply downloaded the original Space Invaders rom. You would then be playing the absolute ORIGINAL version.

The original arcade cabinet used all buttons and not a joystick.

This is so small😮

Why do they have joysticks?

thay landed game over lol

I’m burned out on these MyArcade reviews.

Imagine a device that doesnt save high scores. SHHHH thank god this trash My Arcade weren't about in the 70s or 80s, there would be NO ARCADE as there would be no reason to compete.

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