Space Cruiser

Space Cruiser
Space Cruiser
Developer	Taito
Publisher	Taito
Platform	Arcade
Release	September 1981
Genre	Fixed shooter
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Taito SJ System

Space Cruiser is a fixed shooter video game developed and published by Taito as an arcade video game. It was released only in Japan in September 1981 alongside Space Seeker. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in August 2021.

Gameplay

The player controls a spaceship who travels throughout space and defeats aliens. Compared to Taito's earlier Space Invaders, the game introduces a number of innovations, including a variety of different levels and enemies moving in different patterns. The player starts off intercepting and destroying an unidentified flying object followed by flying aliens. Multiple similar levels are bridged with different sequences such as navigating an asteroid belt and gaining power-ups at space stations. The game ends after the spaceship destroys the planet spawning the aliens.

Notes

↑ Japanese: スペースクルーザー, Hepburn: Supēsu Kurūzā

References

↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 42. ISBN 978-4990251215.
↑ Doolan, Liam (August 26, 2021). "Another Taito Game Joins Hamster's Arcade Archives This Week". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
↑ "Switch、PS4『アケアカスペースクルーザー』が8月26日より配信開始。1981年にタイトーから発売されたシューティングゲーム | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). August 25, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
↑ anymo (August 25, 2021). "1981年発売の宇宙をパトロールする縦スクロールSTG『スペースクルーザー』がNintendo Switch、PS4向けに8月26日配信開始". 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2026.

External links

Space Cruiser at MobyGames

[1] Japanese: スペースクルーザー, Hepburn: Supēsu Kurūzā

[:0-2] Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 42. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[3] Doolan, Liam (August 26, 2021). "Another Taito Game Joins Hamster's Arcade Archives This Week". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2026.

[4] "Switch、PS4『アケアカスペースクルーザー』が8月26日より配信開始。1981年にタイトーから発売されたシューティングゲーム | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). August 25, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2026.

[5] ymo (August 25, 2021). "1981年発売の宇宙をパトロールする縦スクロールSTG『スペースクルーザー』がNintendo Switch、PS4向けに8月26日配信開始". 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2026.