Video game · 1979

Asteroids

Released 17 November 1979 on arcade video game machine, Atari 2600, MOS Technology 6502, Apple II, PC and 4 more

Developer: Atari, Inc.
Publisher: Atari, Inc.
Made in: Sunnyvale, United States
Genre: Shooter, Arcade
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Asteroids

IGDB PLAYERS7385 ratings

About Asteroids

Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship 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.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

arcade video game machine	17 November 1979
Atari 2600	17 November 1979
MOS Technology 6502	17 November 1979
Apple II	1980
Android	later, date unknown
Atari 7800	later, date unknown
iOS	later, date unknown
PC	later, date unknown
Xbox 360	later, date unknown

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.