Blasteroids

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Description

As the name suggests, this arcade conversion updates the basic Asteroids gameplay. That means to say that the main gameplay consists of flying through single-screen wrap-around levels shooting at rocks, which split into smaller rocks when hit, eventually becoming small enough to disappear.

In this case the Asteroids are protecting Mukor, an evil being who is poisoning planets under the Colonising Corp’s control. Each level is split into either 9 or 16 sub-levels, which are chosen through a square in which any remaining level which is adjacent to the last level completed can be selected. There are 3 different ships (Speeder, Fighter and Warrior), which can be switched between at any time. Power-ups (including improved weapons, shield recharges and a faster thrust) can be collected by flying into them.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Asteroids series
• Asteroids variants

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Mar, 1989	90 out of 100	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1989	87 out of 100	87
The One	Amiga	Mar, 1989	81 out of 100	81
Power Play	Amiga	1989	77 out of 100	77
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Apr, 1989	746 out of 1000	75
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	693 out of 1000	69
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1989	61 out of 100	61
Power Play	Commodore 64	Jun, 1989	61 out of 100	61
64'er	Commodore 64	Apr, 1990	3 out of 10	30
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	May, 1989	1.2 out of 12	10

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Blasteroids appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.