Asteroids

Asteroids is an Atari video arcade game released in 1979. This game was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. This games has been being sold 70,000 arcade cabinets. This game is a two-dimensional view and uses vector display.

Interactive

The spaceship is shooting the asteroids

In this game the player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which periodically traversed by flying saucers. The spaceship can be rotated as well as be moved. The spaceship is also able to shoot and destroy the asteroids.

Setting

The space-like environment is really felt in this game

The setting of this game is space-like environment where there are asteroids flying around the playing area.

Concept

The concept is to avoid the spaceship touches the asteroids, or else the spaceship will get destroyed. The spaceship is able to destroy the asteroids into small parts. However, the spaceship needs to destroy the small parts of the asteroids as well to get them disappear from the screen.

Goal

To shoot and destroy asteroids and saucers while not colliding with either, or being hit by the saucers' counter-fire.

Challenge

The advance the level, the difficulty of this game is higher. The higher the level, the more asteroids appear on the screen makes the game more challenging. The challenge also felt from the beginning of the game where the player has to control the spaceship (rotate and move) to avoid the collision with the asteroids, as well as they have to shoot the asteroids. For me personally, I definitely need time to get my self familiar with the control and the game itself.

The spaceship destroying the asteroid

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