What did Space Invaders popularize in arcades?

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Answer: Persistent high scores. Space Invaders popularized persistent high scores for all players.

  1. Esports en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports
    which popularized the use of a persistent high score for all players
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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