The standard chicken requires one shot from the laser to destroy, though this number rises as the levels progress. Collision with a chicken, an asteroid, or an egg of the sort that the chickens drop as bombs will destroy your ship and cause you to lose a life, of which you have three. You cannot, however, hold down the trigger key and be rewarded with a continual stream of fire. This laser can be fired as fast as you can press the trigger key which key depends on the player. Initially, each player begins with a standard one-shot laser. Soon, though, you begin to be assaulted by asteroids from various directions, and the chickens, your aggressors and the antagonists of the game, begin flying in more unusual patterns and at higher speeds than at game’s start. The first few waves of enemies progress quickly, as the game begins at an easy level, and with few challenges. Each player can move back and forth across the screen and fire their laser and rockets, the latter of which are gained through power-ups, but no vertical motion is possible. The players control their ships with differing keys on the keyboard, which can make multiplayer a bit challenging.

Once the game has begun, a second player may join in. Once the main title screen displays, you can begin the game using either of two sets of controls which are displayed on the screen. Synthesized music from 2001: A Space Odyssey plays over an intro sequence giving a brief background into the game. Full-screen graphics focus on a wide playing area laid over the background, and in the initial screen, information on the player controls is displayed in each bottom corner.Ĭhicken Invasion begins much as any other classic overhead shooter, set in the mode of Space Invaders. The installation process is ad-free and does not attempt to add any accompanying software or toolbars.Ĭhicken Invasion uses an interface modeled after the classic arcade style games of the 1980s and 1990s. Setup completes quickly, and has an option to launch the game when complete. Installation is quick and simple a wizard is employed with a standard Software License Agreement to accept, a choice of installation directory (requiring at least 9.3 MB of free space) and shortcut placement in the start menu, as well as an option for icon placement on the desktop and the quick launch bar.

Available for Windows machines, Chicken Invaders is completely free.

Developed by InterAction Studios, Chicken Invaders is one of a series of modern takes on this classic style of game. ' Save the earth from invading chickens!'Ĭhicken Invaders 1.3 is a classic retro-style arcade space shooter, in which one or two players can operate a spaceship and defend earth from invasion.

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