Invasion

Moby ID: 38306

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Released

1972 on Odyssey

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Publishers

Magnavox

Developers

Magnavox

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (2)
Collected By: 4 players

Genre: Action
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Real-time
Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Paddle / Pong
Stealth
Interface: Direct control
Multiple units/characters control
Setting: Medieval
Narrative: War

Media Type: Cartridge
Multiplayer Options: Same/Split-Screen
Number of Players Supported: 2-4 Players

See Also

Invasion (1981 on VIC-20)
Invasion (1982 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Invasion (1987 on Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum...)
Invasion (1999 on PlayStation)
Invasion (2006 on Symbian)
Invasion (2008 on Windows)
Invasion (2015 on Windows)
Invasion (2017 on Windows)

Description official description

Invasion is one of the six add-on games for the Odyssey released in 1972. It requires game cards #4, #5, and #6 originally supplied with the system.

The game is heavily based on the classic board game Risk. The fantasy world is represented as a number of countries on the included game board, and players try to conquer their opponents' castles. The console is used to battle out attack and defense.

A player can either choose to sneak into the castle by trying to blindly move the player spot to the gates, or attack directly by maneuvering the game ball around the defensive player. Once inside the castle, the player has to try to destroy the tower defense by estimating where the ball spot will land on the screen.

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Hybrid board / computer games

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Extras

Invasion includes two screen overlays, for different TV sizes, a game board, 300(!) army tokens, 4 ship tokens, 40 treasure loot cards, and two dice.

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MobyGames ID: 38306

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Game added by Daniel Saner.

Additional contributors: Alaka, Nélio.

Game added January 11, 2009. Last modified July 8, 2024.