Asteroid

About Asteroid

Asteroids is a classic arcade shooter released by Atari in 1979. Players control a triangular spaceship in a vector-display asteroid field, using rotation and thrust to shoot and destroy asteroids of various sizes while dodging enemy UFOs. With simple controls and realistic physics, it remains one of the most influential games of the golden age of arcade gaming.

How to play

• ✓Players control a triangular ship in an asteroid field: rotate left/right to aim, thrust to move forward (the ship has inertia and continues drifting), and fire to shoot.
• ✓The goal is to destroy all asteroids—large ones split into two mediums, which then split into two smalls when hit.
• ✓Players must also dodge UFOs that appear randomly and fire back (small UFOs aim more accurately).
• ✓An extra life is awarded every 10,000 points.
• ✓Hyperspace can be used as an emergency escape, but it may destroy the ship.