The earliest memory I had of arcade video games was watching my older brother and cousins going at the video game machines at Genting Highlands. While our parents were at the other types of games Genting Highlands was more popularly known for, we were generally let loose to play arcade games to our hearts’ content.
Those were the magical days of Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Galaxian, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Centipede and many, many more. Days of blinking lights, intense music, frantic tugs at the joystick, furious mashing of the buttons then the groans of dismay as the last life was lost.

As with many aspiring programmers starting out, one of my secret dreams was always to recreate that magic, to write the next big game. And as with many as well programmers, I failed many times miserably. Even though eventually I succeeded in writing some simple games, I came to realise that even seemingly simple games are in fact not easy to write.

Of course, that didn’t stop me from trying my hand at it once again. This time around I tried the grand old dame of arcade video games — Space Invaders.

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