Space Invaders Tie

Here’s a perfect tie for any guy who loves gaming, especially retro-gaming. Behold, the Space Invaders tie, which, at first glance appears to simply have a geometric repeating pattern in red. A closer look reveals that the little houndstooth-esque checks are actual bitmap aliens–it’s subtle but very cool.

Did you know that the feature that made Space Invaders so challenging–the creatures speed up as more of them get destroyed–was originally an accident? Since there were less aliens to render on screen, the program would animate their speeds as it had more resources.

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