Asteroids
1979 · Atari, Inc.
Asteroids is a 1979 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was released by Taito and Sega in Japan. 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 the asteroids and saucers while avoiding colliding with either or being hit by the saucers' counterfire. The game becomes more difficult as the number of asteroids increases. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Where to buy
- Loosecart or disc only from A$20.00
- Complete in boxbox and manual from A$19.58
- Sealedunopened from A$55.33
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Editions
The formats this game was pressed for. Years are the release for that platform where Wikidata records one — a blank year means the platform is documented but the date isn't.
- Arcade —
- Atari 2600 —
- Atari 7800 —
- Windows —
- Xbox 360 —