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Asteroids was released for the Atari VCS (later renamed the Atari 2600) and Atari 8-bit computers in 1981, then the Atari 7800 in 1986. A port for the Atari 5200, identical to the Atari 8-bit computer version, was in development in 1982, but was not published. [19]
Asteroids was released for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit Family in 1981 and Atari 7800 in 1986. Released in 1981, the 2600 port was the first game to use bank switching, a technique developed by Carl Nielsen's 's group of engineers that increased available ROM space from 4 KB to 8 KB.
Asteroids is an arcade video game released by Atari in 1979. In this game, the player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field. Every once in while, a flying saucer comes on the field.
In 1978, Taito/Midway’s Space Invaders filled Japanese and North American arcades, knocking Atari off its throne as the king of coin-operated video games.
Atari's most recent Asteroids revision came in 1987 from Atari Games. Blasteroids did away with the vector screens in favor of more modern raster images. Blasteroids added morphing ships, power-ups, and highly detailed images. Space Fury was Sega's answer to Asteroids, and was released in 1981.
For Asteroids on the Atari 2600, the GameFAQs information page shows all known release data and credits.
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Jul 8, 2022 · So the game appeared on the Atari 2600 and the Atari 8-bit family of computers, namely the 400 and 800 at that time. The 8-bit version was also planned as one of the first Atari 5200 cartridges, but the non-centering analog sticks made playing the game far too difficult, so it was canceled.
