Play Space Invaders Extreme 2 (US)(BAHAMUT) Online

Space Invaders Extreme 2 came out for the Nintendo DS in 2009, developed by Taito. It was part of that wave of DS games that took arcade classics and gave them a portable, stylus-friendly twist, fitting right in with the system's library of quick, replayable titles.

You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, moving left and right to avoid enemy fire while shooting rows of descending aliens. The main goal is to clear each wave without getting hit, but the hook is in chaining kills of the same colored invaders to trigger Fever mode or activate special weapons. The pacing is relentless; missing a chain breaks your multiplier, and later stages demand near-perfect timing. It feels like riding a wave of light and sound, where one mistake can unravel everything you've built.