# Arcade Space Invaders Are Now Invading Your Super NES

*Published:* 2021-04-05
*Author:* Joe Dynamite

![Space Invaders cartridge in a Super Game Boy in the Analogue Super Nt.](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/space-invaders-super-game-boy-analogue-super-nt-1-810x540.jpg)*Space Invaders* cartridge in a Super Game BoyIn 1994, Nintendo released a pair of arcade classics on Game Boy. There was a really great version of *[Donkey Kong](https://ebay.us/My8KMq)* and this kind of meh version of *[Space Invaders](https://ebay.us/G2AP2J)*. Like many children in the 90s, I barely left home without my Game Boy. Some games are permanently burned in my memory, and I remember playing them over and over again, like *[Final Fantasy Adventure](https://www.joedynamite.com/article/square-enix-please-release-adventures-of-mana-on-nintendo-switch/)*. But I found *Space Invaders* pretty forgettable, even though I’ve kept it all these years. Not sure what I was really expecting when I bought it as a kid. With *Donkey Kong*, Nintendo added a lot more content, but *Space Invaders* was seemingly just a straight-up port. I probably never would have played it again, but then I listened to [episode 15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSTwwGEvk3s) of the [Nintendo Power Podcast](https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-power-podcast/).

One of the guests mentioned a hidden Super Nintendo game on the *Space Invaders* cartridge that is only accessible via [Super Game Boy](https://ebay.us/jUZBaL). How cool is that! So what did I do? I went and grabbed the games and started it up. At that time, many Game Boy games had specific color palettes or borders on Super Game Boy. *Space Invaders* had to outdo them all and included an entirely different game mode.

![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/space-invaders-mode-select.jpg)Choose Arcade mode![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/space-invaders-invading-message.jpg)A warning about the coming invasion![](https://www.joedynamite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/space-invaders-title-screen.jpg)Post invasion menu screenI’m genuinely amazed that other developers didn’t wind up including stuff like this in their games after seeing it done. I think it’s such a clever idea, and there are countless very creative things you can probably do with it. So while the game itself isn’t that interesting, I’m happy I have it in my collection. Especially now that I know the secret that it holds within.