Asteroids
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About Asteroids
Asteroids is a shooter game developed and published by Atari, released on 31 December 1981.
Asteroids for the Atari 2600 is a port of the 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.
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What platforms is Asteroids available on?
Asteroids is available on Atari 2600.
When was Asteroids released?
Asteroids was released on 31 December 1981, developed by Atari.
