Asteroids
Atari, Inc.Arcade
- Release Date
- November 17, 1979
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc.
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Players
- 2
- Rating
- E - Everyone
Asteroids is a 1979 arcade video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on November 17, 1979. The objective of Asteroids is to destroy asteroids and saucers. The player controls a triangular ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. Once the ship begins mo...
Overview
In Asteroids, Asteroids is a 1979 arcade video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on November 17, 1979. The objective of Asteroids is to destroy asteroids and saucers. The player controls a triangular ship that 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...
Release Information
- Release Date
- November 17, 1979
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc.
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Players
- 2
- Rating
- E - Everyone
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