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# George Romero played Space Invaders
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/george-romero-played-space-invaders/
- Published: 2011-11-14T17:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:50:53.000Z
- Description: According to Tom Savini, the O.G. of gore makeup, America’s favorite zombie enthusiast was a proto-gamer: “I had the first Space Invaders game that came out, and that was a miracle back then. When I was making Knightriders with George Romero, we would sit in the hotel room and play Space Invaders an
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According to Tom Savini, the O.G. of gore makeup, America’s favorite zombie enthusiast was a proto-gamer:

> “I had the first *Space Invaders* game that came out, and that was a miracle back then. When I was making *Knightriders* with George Romero, we would sit in the hotel room and play *Space Invaders* and *Pong* for hours.”

This explains something. I’m not sure what, but it definitely explains something.

*\-Drew Millard*

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