Taito launches a watch that beats the Apple Watch in one thing: you can play Space Invaders

Japanese video game company Taito, in collaboration with F84, is going to put on sale Space Invaders: My Play Watcha smart watch that, among other things, allows you to play one of the most legendary video games in history, Space Invaderson your touch screen.

The Apple Watch Series 10 was just introduced yesterday, with some spectacular features. But it can’t do one thing: play games. Space Invaders on your screen.

It is true that the Apple Watch allows you to play games directly on the watch. There are even some clones of the Space Invadersbut it is not the Legendary original Taito game from 1978. That will only be possible in the Space Invaders watch: My Play Watch.

Space Invaders, in watch format

Space Invaders is one of the pioneers of video games. Possibly the first game to achieve worldwide fame. In Spain it was known as the game “of the little martians“, and filled bars and arcades for years.

Space Invaders It has been ported to all existing consoles and computers. And now it’s coming to smart watches.

Space Invaders: My Play Watch is a gaming-focused watchalthough it seems that only one game can be played:

According to the first official information, it will allow you to play Space Invaders by tapping on the touch screen, so I guess you’ll have to drag the little ship with your finger, to aim at the little Martians that are falling, endlessly, from the top of the screen. Or rotate the side button.

Space Invaders: My Play Watch looks suspiciously like the Apple Watch in design, but its brightly colored, 80s-themed casing prevents it from being confused with it.

The casings will be interchangeableand there are exclusive designs for those who buy the first edition of this curious retro watch.

We also know that, as a smartwatch, It integrates time and tracking functions to keep track of different sports.but F84 does not specify further.

The watch is going to be launched on Kickstarter, and for now the only thing they have published It’s a previewwhich is why we still don’t know key details such as the release date or price. On Kickstarter it is marked as “launching soon”.

Space Invaders: My Play Watch is a smart watch which allows one thing that the Apple Watch can’t: play at Space Invaders original. For many nostalgicthat’s enough to buy it.

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