Blasteroids

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Asteroids

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (sim.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Tripp, Jim

Graphic Artist(s)

Colledge, Dave

Game design

Atari Games [company]

Musician(s)

Daglish, Ben

Sound FX

[unknown]

Year

1991

Publisher

Kixx

Distributor

US Gold

Developer

Teque Software Development

Licensed from

Atari Games / Tengen

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English, French, German, Italian

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Version

[Re-release]

Number of Disks

2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 15 · Downloads: 3,032 · Hits: 18,016

Screenshots (8)

Instructions (2)

Trivia (2)

Origins

Based on Atari Games 1987 coin-op.

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (2/1989), Commodore 64 (4/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1989), Amiga (2/1989)

Book / Magazine Reviews (6)

The One · March, 1989 · Rating: 81%

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · March, 1989 · Rating: 90%

The Games Machine · April, 1989 · Rating: 70%

Atari ST User · April, 1989 · Rating: 7/10

ST Action · April, 1989 · Rating: 81%

ST Format · April, 1991 · Rating: 62%