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Blasteroids

First release
1988
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Action, Science fiction

The Player controls a spaceship viewed from "above" in a 2D representation of space, by rotating the ship, and using thrust to give the ship momentum. To slow down or completely stop moving, the player has to rotate the ship to face the direction it came from, and generate the right amount of thrust to nullify its momentum. The ship has a limited amount of fuel to generate thrust with. This fuel comes in the form of "Energy" that is also used for the ship's Shields which protect it against collisions and enemy fire. Once all Energy is gone, the player's ship is destroyed. The ship can shoot to destroy asteroids and enemy ships. The ship can also be transformed at will into 3 different versions, namely the "Speeder", the fastest version, the "Fighter", which has the most firepower, and the "Warrior", which has extra armour.

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Release dates
Arcade
1988
Amiga
Dec 1989
DOS
1989
All 9 release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1989
Amiga
1989
Amstrad CPC
1989
ZX Spectrum
1989
MSX
1989
Atari ST/STE
1989
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
shoot 'em up, asteroids