Asteroids








Asteroids

Classic retro fun

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Info: RULES:
Left arrow - Turn left
Right arrow - Turn right
Up arrow - Thrust forward
Space - Fire missile
Shift key - Hyperspace
P - Pause/unpause game
Q - Quit game

Back in a world before pixels, all programmers had were lines.  A company called Atari had wowed crowds with their clever use of lines in a game called Pong, but now line technology had advanced. It was 1979, and lines could be made to look like spaceships, big rocks and flying saucers - as long as you squinted a little.

And so, Asteroids was born. An elegantly simple and beautifully gratifying game. You float in space and shoot the asteroids, but the more you shoot, the more asteroids you create.

Game created by Paul Neave
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