Space Invaders Deluxe isn't just a graphical hack, as it incorporates a few new features to it. Graphically, the invaders were changed to look more like the arcade original, although they also changed colors as they dropped down a row. The Alien Command Ship's point amount would also be shown when shot, along with it's shape being changed, plus it glowed. The bunkers were also changed, the double shots were automatically enabled, the invaders' death animation were changed back (like with the original's to one frame of animation and the "S. O. S.!" intermission in between each wave is also included, like with Space Invaders Part II.