What Gamespot Users have to say about Asteroids
- Rating:8.5
One of the best Atari games, and games period at its time, leaving a big etch in history.
Graphics: Good ol' Atari graphics. You control a little pink triangle which is actually your ship, the background is black (wonderful colors of space) and the asteroids are in a varity of colors like blue, pink, etc. Of ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9
classic mother fu#$@^
the title is all i need to express how I feel. I loved back then, but of course it looks like a piece of shit nowadays. It's like the original kings quest. It was programmed by like 3 people. As graphics get better, w... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
The Grandfather Of All Space Games!!
Who can not love Asteroids?! Your flying in your ship, dodging asteroids, shooting them and guess what? They dont shoot back!! The graphics at the time were absolutely stunning. The sound? Well it was the 80's and techno... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Classic gameplay that is still imitated today for a reason: it rocks.
Asteroids is a simple game. You are a spaceship in an asteroid field. You shoot asteroids and move about the field avoiding contact with them. If you hit them you die. You have three lives (give or take). The game is als... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.6
Krazy addictive fun! i have never gotten bored of this old-school game
i love this game. there is no other way to put it. it was the first game i ever played. the graphic for the time were pretty good, and yet a bit unrealistic; how many colors DO meteorites and asteroids come in. other tha... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:6.5
"Asteroids" really doesn't have a plot or point to it; it quickly becomes boring, redundant, and extremely fru
GAMEPLAY: This game, “Asteroids,” has only three features: a single player mode, a multiplayer mode, and a cooperative mode. I have only played the single player mode so far. In the single player mode, you are a spac... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.2
Simple, but so fun!
Another Atari game that does not have much to it. It is probably the most simple game ever made (off hand), yet it is hours of fun that is so addictive. I remember playing this game for hours on end. I can not think of a... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7
Cool game!
Ateroids is of course a classic. I am just going through the old school games and giving my take on them so if you read this write back. Asteroids was not one of my favorite but I did love it enough to get it. Iremember ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful - Rating:4
A frustrating game, or a never-ending geometry problem-- take your pick.
Asteroid was one of the earliest arcade games. It boasted a very simple structure, whereby you are the pilot of a spaceship shaped like a door wedge. You spin around and boost here and there, trying to gun down the flyin... Read Full Review
1 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:6.5
Think about where current games came from . . .
Asteroids is another classic on the Atari 2600. So many systems have imitated it or put in onto a classics compilation disk. Regardless, that little ship has been through a lot. The game is simple . . . blow up ever... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
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