🎮 Play Pepsi Invaders Online (Atari 2600)

Commissioned by The Coca-Cola Company for a 1983 sales convention, Pepsi Invaders is a rare promotional action-shooter developed by Atari for the Atari 2600. Built as a modified version of the classic Space Invaders, it tasks you with shooting down descending columns of invaders that spell out P-E-P-S-I, while a flying Pepsi logo replaces the traditional UFO at the top of the screen.

How to play

Unlike standard Space Invaders, you have unlimited lives and a strict three-minute time limit to clear as many waves and score as many points as possible. Getting hit simply delays you, eating into your valuable time. Use the controls below to steer your ship and fire.

Tips

• Target the edges: Focus on clearing the leftmost and rightmost columns of the P-E-P-S-I formation first. The invaders only drop lower when the edge of the formation hits the side of the screen, so narrowing it buys you more time.
• Close range firing: You can only have one shot on screen at a time. As the remaining letters get closer to the bottom, you can fire much faster because your shots have less distance to travel.