Blasteroids

Blasteroids

Shooter|Image Works|1987

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The Player controls a spaceship viewed from "above" in a 2D representation of space, by rotating the ship, and using thrust to give the ship momentum. To slow down or completely stop moving, the player has to rotate the ship to face the direction it came from, and generate the right amount of thrust to nullify its momentum. The ship has a limited amount of fuel to generate thrust with. This fuel comes in the form of "Energy" that is also used for the ship's Shields which protect it against collisions and enemy fire. Once all Energy is gone, the player's ship is destroyed. The ship can shoot to destroy asteroids and enemy ships. The ship can also be transformed at will into 3 different versions, namely the "Speeder", the fastest version, the "Fighter", which has the most firepower, and the "Warrior", which has extra armour.

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Game Info

PublisherImage Works
DeveloperAtari Games
Rating 3.1
IGDB Reviews7
Retrospect Reviews0

Release Dates

Europe
AmigaDecember 31, 1989
Amstrad CPCDecember 31, 1989
Atari ST/STEDecember 31, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAXDecember 31, 1989
DOSDecember 31, 1989
MSXDecember 31, 1989
ZX SpectrumDecember 31, 1989
North America
AmigaDecember 1, 1989
ArcadeDecember 31, 1987

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