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Asteroids (1979)

Atari

Apple II · Arcade

3.13 from 256 ratings

616 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 51 backlogged · 28 wish listed

Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. Once the ship begins moving in a … Read more
Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. Once the ship begins moving in a direction, it will continue in that direction for a time without player intervention unless the player applies thrust in a different direction. The ship eventually comes to a stop when not thrusting. The player can also send the ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen, at the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid. Read less
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Developers
Atari
Publishers
Adventure International, Atari, Sega, Taito
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Series
Asteroids

Release dates

  • Nov 17, 1979 (North_America) Arcade
  • 1980 (North_America) Apple II

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Rating distribution

5 stars
20
4 stars
43
3 stars
148
2 stars
41
1 star
4
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internpepper

Status internpepper Dec 15, 2020

I remember hating this game a lot, but having played it once again, I had a blast dodging and blasting asteroids and taking out enemy saucers as well. After playing Space Invaders, it's nice to have a ship that can move in all the cardinal directions!

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