- November 17, 1979
- Atari
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Asteroids is a single player and multiplayer arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Atari and was released on November 17, 1979. It received positive reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.
Asteroids is a legendary, genre defining game - in an era replete with genre-defining classics - in which a single player takes control of a spaceship trapped in the middle of an asteroid belt. A number of large, slow-moving asteroids drift randomly around the play area and must be shot by the player. When shot, the asteroids will break into a number of smaller pieces which must also be shot until…
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Looking for games like Asteroids? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with STELLATUM, Drifting Lands or Hyper-5.
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Asteroids is a arcade shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Asteroids include science.
Asteroids is available on Apple II.
Asteroids was released on November 17, 1979.
Asteroids was developed by Atari.
Asteroids has received mostly positive reviews from players.
Asteroids is a single player game with multiplayer support.
Similar games include STELLATUM, Drifting Lands, Hyper-5, Chorus, Enemy Mind and others.