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    Blasteroids

  • First released on 31 December, 1987 for Arcade
  • Action
    Science fiction
    Shooter
    Arcade

    Part of the

    Asteroids

    game universe.

  • First released on 31 December, 1987 for Arcade

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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.

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    Arcade, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST/STE, PC DOS, Commodore C64/128, Amstrad CPC, Amiga

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    Bird view / Isometric

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    Midway Games West Inc.
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    Image Works
    A publishing label created by Mirrorsoft in 1988. They created games for the Amiga, C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and the PC.
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