Asteroids (video game): Difference between revisions

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You control a ''[[Space War]]''-style ship in the middle of an [[The Asteroid Thicket|asteroid field]]. All around you, asteroids are floating around. You get points for shooting them; the smaller the asteroid, the more points you get. But each time you shoot any but the smallest, they split in two, and the trajectory is different for both. Oh, and you have to avoid [[Everything Trying to Kill You|getting hit by an asteroid.]] Or shot by an enemy ship that wanders by. In a pinch, you can press the panic button and travel through [[Hyperspace]] to a random location... which may not be any better (in the sequel ''Asteroids Deluxe'', you get deflector shields instead).

 

If you were looking for a page about ''actual'' asteroids, see [[Asteroid Thicket]].

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* [[Asteroids Monster]]: [[Trope Namer]]. The asteroids will split in two twice, before breaking into fragments small enough to be destroyed with one shot. Moreover, ''Asteroids Deluxe'' added killer satellites, slow-drifting hexagonal ships that split into three diamonds that made a beeline for your ship, which each split into two wedges that made an ''even faster'' beeline for your ship.

* [[Asteroid Thicket]]

* [[Endless Game]]

* [[Every Ten Thousand Points]]: the player is awarded an extra life.

 

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