Platform: Atari 2600
Region: NTSC
Country: United States of America
Developer(s): Atari
Publishers(s): Atari, Inc.
ReleaseDate: 1981-08-01
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Asteroids
Asteroids is a 1981 Atari 2600 multidirectional shooter video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on August 1, 1981. The objective of Asteroids is to score as many points as possible by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a triangular-shaped ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. As the ship moves, momentum is not conserved — the ship eventually comes to a stop again when not thrusting. The player can also send their ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen (with the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid).
Trailer: YouTube
ESRB Rating: E - Everyone
Genre(s): Action | Shooter
