Alien monster Emoji

Smileys

A pixelated, purple extraterrestrial creature with a wide grin, large eyes, and tentacles protruding from its sides. It looks exactly like the enemy sprites from early 8-bit arcade cabinet games.

Usage Context

Used to signal a love for vintage gaming, glitches, or a general sense of being 'otherworldly.' It is frequently used in chat to describe a weird situation or to reference retro tech culture. Pair it with 🕹️ to discuss classic gaming or 🚀 for space-themed conversations.

History

Debuting in the early Japanese mobile carrier sets, this design is a direct homage to the pixel-art aliens from the 1978 hit game 'Space Invaders.' It serves as a digital relic of the 8-bit era, bridging the gap between early arcade hardware and modern high-resolution messaging.

Details

Glyph

👾

Unicode

U+1F47E

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f47e:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC7E;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-costume

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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