The game was conceived of by Brian Eddy celebrating classic 50s sci-fi movies like The War of the Worlds, but with a modern sense of humour. It has a fan layout, meaning all shots can be hit from the two flippers at the bottom of the playfield.

Notable features on the playfield include four mechanized Martian figures, a strobe light (for Strobe Multiball), and several flying saucers mounted above the ramps/loops. The largest of these, placed above a set of targets at the top center of the playfield, can shake and flash in time with the player’s success in defeating Martian forces.

The diverters use a different method of operation than on earlier games.

During the earlier part of the design process of the machine the large flying saucer could move around the middle third of the playfield, but was removed due to cost and reliability concerns.

Doug Watson conceived the design of the Martians with four arms each with three fingers. He recorded all of the Martians’ spoken lines and modeled the woman on the backglass after a friend of his.

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