Asteroids (1979) · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Asteroids is a video game released in 1979. It was developed by Atari and published by Adventure International, Sega, Taito, and Atari. The title is available on platforms including Arcade, Apple II, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 2600, and Atari 8-bit.
The game falls under the genres of Shooter, Arcade, and Action. It supports single player and multiplayer game modes. Critical reception includes a rating of 73 from 82 ratings and a critic rating of 90 from one critic. Additional ratings include a score of 3.76 from RAWG.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
- Released
- 1979-11-01
- User rating
- 3.76 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
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Game details · IGDB
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 sh…
- Released
- 1979
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Apple II
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Adventure International, Sega, Taito, Atari
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc.
- Followed by
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Developer
- Atari, Inc.
- Platform
- Android
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Official website
- atari.com/arcade#!/arcade/asteroids
- Image
- Del Tilt al Byte - 8.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Asteroids (video game)
- publication date
- 1979-11-00
- input device
- push-button
- copyright holder
- Atari, Inc.
- title
- Asteroids
- set in environment
- outer space
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