bdkennedy117 Jul 2016
It's hard to believe this is worse than the 2600 version, but it is.
rave.N26 Jan 2016
See the new (2012) "Asteroids Emulator" for model 800. It is the actual Arcade program interfaced with a screen emulator, NTSC will look best with artifacting turned off via emulation.
darryl7 Aug 2007
The 5200/8-bit Asteroids appear to be the same code. They appear to be written in mode7 graphics, using the Player/Missile Graphics for the ship and shot. The 2600 appears to be written using a different technique. It looks as if they used the Player/Missile Graphics for all animation. They are lower resolution rocks, more colors, and they flicker.
MrFish21 Jul 2007
As far as I can tell, both the 400/800 & 5200 are just a conversion of the 2600's Asteroids. Miserable, considering that this is an Atari original.
Michael Strorm31 May 2007
As far as I can tell, this is just the 400/800 conversion with minor adjustments to run on the 5200. In other words, a no-frills job with bland bitmapped graphics. Although the original's features are mostly present and correct, this conversion totally lacks the wireframe brilliance and atmosphere of its arcade sibling.
