War of the Worlds (video game) War of the Worlds (video game) War of the Worlds was a monochrome vector arcade game created by Tim Skelly of Cinematronics in 1982. It is based on the H. G. Wells novel "The War of the Worlds". There were two versions of this game, identical in gameplay but differing in graphics. The first version was released by Cinematronics in 1979, and featured black and white vector graphics. A color version was later made in 1982. In terms of gameplay and graphics, and game was essentially a "Space Invaders" clone done using 3-D vector graphics. The player controls a tank
The War of the Worlds Pacific islands. While Invasion Literature had provided an imaginative foundation for the idea of the heart of the British Empire being conquered by foreign forces, it was not until "The War of the Worlds" that the reading public was presented with an adversary completely superior to themselves. A significant motivating force behind the success of the British Empire was its use of sophisticated technology; the Martians, also attempting to establish an empire on Earth, have technology superior to their British adversaries. In "The War of the Worlds", Wells depicted an imperial power as the victim of imperial aggression, and thus