Asteroids

Released

1979-11-01

User rating

3.76 / 5

Genres

Shooter, Arcade, Action

Platforms

PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

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Game details · IGDB

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 sh…

Released

1979

Genres

Shooter, Arcade

Platforms

Arcade, Apple II

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Adventure International, Sega, Taito, Atari

Wikidata facts

Official website

atari.com/arcade#!/arcade/asteroids

Image

Del Tilt al Byte - 8.jpeg

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