In the early eighties, Martin Amis, like millions of people around the world, fell into video game addiction. He visited arcades, bars and the most diverse venues in search of the latest virtual news on galactic battles, alien invasions and asteroid disasters. This cult book was born from that time, a fun and detailed chronicle of how popular culture was transformed with the arrival of technology, constant information and the fascination with space. The Invasion of the Martians, which Malpaso is publishing for the first time in Spanish, also includes a guide by Amis himself to the games that marked the eighties, such as PacMan, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong or the classic Atari Asteroids. This is the story of an addiction, the one that Martin Amis experienced through video games, and also a unique and funny chronicle of how popular culture was transformed in the eighties.