In the years after Star Wars, anything
involving outer space, speedy interstellar craft and
dangerous battles was considered golden. Into this arena of
sci-fi fantasy came Atari’s Asteroids, one of the most
enduring hits in video game history. Atari’s recipe for
addiction consisted of the following: one screen, five
buttons, one ship, a few UFO’s, and several ship-smashing
asteroids. Smack dab in the center of the action was your
triangle-shaped spacecraft, adrift in a sea of space rocks.
The Blasting large, slow-moving asteroids turned them into
two medium-sized, speedier asteroids. Another blast at the
medium asteroids split them into small, fast-moving
asteroids, which could be vaporized with one more shot.
Thus, if you started firing wildly into fields of big
asteroids, you would likely end up in an even bigger mess
than you started with, facing a swarm of tiny, zippy
asteroids. The controls allow you to rotate left and right,
thrust, warp into hyperspace, and most importantly, to fire
your blaster at the rocky menaces. For a generation of video
game addicts, Asteroids will always mean simple graphics,
stressful and addictive gameplay, and dreams of high-scoring
glory. Now Featuring High Scores!
Special Instructions : Use your mouse to click start,
Space bar = Fire , Up arrow key to thrust, Left/Right arrow
keys to move left/right
