Here's Space Invaders creator Tomohiro Nishikado playing a quarter-scale replica 45 years after it first released

45 years after Space Invaders first, ahem, invaded arcades, Numskull Designs has gifted a quarter-scale playable replica to the game’s creator, Tomohiro Nishikado.

Numskull worked alongside Taito to “accurately replicate the original 1978 and 1979 arcade cabinets”, which went on sale this time last year.

“We hope that people who played the game in the past and their families will enjoy playing it.”