Asteroids (video game)

Asteroids is an arcade video game released by Atari in 1979. In this game, the player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field. Every once in while, a flying saucer comes on the field. The goal is to destroy the asteroids and flying saucers, while not being hit by them.

The game was very popular, selling 70,000 arcade cabinets. It has been released on many video game consoles, including the Atari 2600, Game Boy Color, and Xbox 360.

References

Other websites

Asteroids at the Killer List of Videogames
Asteroids at the Arcade History database

Category:1970s video games
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Category:Atari 2600 games
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