Adding fully-manned spaceships and space combat to a gargantuan online game like Warframe isn’t rocket science. It’s…
Discover
Editions
More
Extra
Explore our other sites
Asteroids
Atari
November 16, 1979
Genres
Shooter, ArcadeDevelopers
AtariRelease Date
November 16, 1979 (45 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Adventure International, Sega, Taito, AtariFranchises
Asteroids
Asteroids Screenshots and Videos
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Asteroids
Start Slideshow
Discover Games
Summary
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. The player can also send the ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen, at the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid.
Genres
Shooter, ArcadePlatforms
Arcade, Apple IIDevelopers
AtariRelease Date
November 16, 1979 (45 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Adventure International, Sega, Taito, AtariFranchises
AsteroidsCommunity
More from Atari
Games metadata is powered by IGDB.com
Asteroids News
Cocky fighter pilots, brilliant fleet tacticians, devious political overlords, and bloodthirsty pirates are all…
!['If You’re Playing <i>EVE Online</i> You Basically Already Have An MBA,’ Says Player Who Built His Own Company [UPDATE]](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/myvdapzhatavojtgqzsf.jpg)
For a game seemingly about immortal pilots waging interstellar wars, EVE Online has a surprising amount of ties to…
Now playing
EVE Online players tend to bring their fandom into the real world in many ways: artistic propaganda, song parodies, L…
I’ve been having trouble waking up on time recently, so I downloaded a new alarm for my phone that makes me play a…
Now playing
Shit has finally gotten real in the Dreaming City, as Bungie has made good on its promises to regularly introduce…
Destiny 2 is getting a big expansion next week, and some lapsed players are thinking about coming back to the game.…
When you’re zooming through space in No Man’s Sky, sometimes you’ll hear what sounds like a clap of thunder. That’s…
Now playing
Whether you played No Man’s Sky two days ago or haven’t played since launch, returning to the game since the Next…
Now playing
EVE Online players have been officially invited to dive Into the Abyss. The game’s latest expansion revolves around…
Advertisement