Your spaceship is trapped in an asteroid belt. Watch out for enemy spacecraft and maneuver your way out.
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New & exciting amusement game. »
17 November 1979 (USA) »
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"Asteroids" would later be in the Sierra PC game "Police Quest: Open Season" 1993 as a mini game at Short Stop Bar which featured an arcade game Carey can play, this version has updated graphics and color and plays the same way as the original version did. »
Asteroids is a video arcade game created in 1979 by Lyle Rains and Ed Logg. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the early 80s and classic gaming in general. Asteroids uses vector graphics and a two-dimensional top view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The object of the game is to shoot and destroy asteroids and saucers while not colliding with either, or being hit by the saucers' counter-fire.
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