Blasteroids
- Genres
- Shooter Arcade
- Platforms
- DOS · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · MSX · Arcade · Atari ST/STE
- Release
- Arcade 1988 Month only Amiga Dec 1989 Exact Amiga 1989 Month only Amstrad CPC 1989 Month only Atari ST/STE 1989 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1989 Month only DOS 1989 Month only MSX 1989 Month only ZX Spectrum 1989 Month only
- Credits
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AG
Atari Games
IW
Image Works
T
Tengen
K
Kixx
TL
Teque London
- Board status
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About
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.
