Slipspace Invaders

The main screen of Slipspace Invaders.

Slipspace Invaders is an arcade game where the player uses a joystick and various buttons to control a ship styled after a UNSC Sabre fighter in simplistic combat with various Covenant craft, including Banshees, Seraphs, and Phantoms. The player has three lives within which they must defeat the aliens. A small arcade on Halleg Street in New Mombasa, Earth called Arcade Game Zone has multiple Slipspace Invaders game cabinets. Players can use "modskulls" as difficulty modifiers, though some players consider any other than vizmods to be excuses.

In September of 2552, Marcus Hudson and Dawkins attempted to beat each other’s high scores, with Dawkins coming out on top, only to be bested by Melissa McKay.

Trivia

• Slipspace Invaders is an obvious reference to the popular 1978 arcade game Space Invaders created by Tomohiro Nishikado, with the word "Slipspace" used to add some Halo flair. The game is presumably played identically to Space Invaders, with the Covenant craft slowly moving down the screen, firing on the player's ship as they try to fire back and destroy them all before they run out of lives or the alien ships reach the bottom.
  • The reference to "modskulls" is a nod to the skull gameplay modifiers in the Halo games.

Gallery

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  The Slipspace Invaders game next to a Halo Infinite arcade game.

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  The side of the game cabinet, featuring an image of John-117 and more Sabres.

List of appearances

• Halo Infinite (First appearance)
• Halo: Campaign Evolved
  • Terminals (Mentioned only)