Space Invaders invade homes
Atari releases the home version of Space Invaders as a cartridge for the Atari 2600, the first time that a video game company has licensed another company’s game for home play. (All of Atari’s arcade ports up to this point have been home versions of Atari arcade games.) It turns out to be an astute move: Space Invaders is the “killer app” of the VCS, becoming so popular that the cartridge boosts sales of the system needed to run it.
More about Atari 2600 in Phosphor Dot Fossils
Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast
Blake’s 7: Ultraworld
BBC1 premieres the 36th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. This episode is written by novelist Trevor Hoyle, who has already penned two Blake’s 7 tie-in novelizations during the series’ first season.
More about Blake’s 7 in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
Blake’s 7 now streaming on Britbox