Happy Asteroid Day!

[Justin]

Happy 🌒 Λ S T Ξ R O I D ☄️ Day! Do you have memories of playing Asteroids on Atari 2600?

 

[RickR]

I do!

2600 Asteroids was one of those "Wow!" games for the system.  As in "how the heck did they pull this off?".  I can remember playing and playing and playing, and a bunch of other kids at school were doing the same thing.  It was a great port and it's still fun today. 

[greenween]

One of my all time favorites to this day. Top 5 of greatest games for the 2600.

[greenween]

Think I'll play it right now!

[DegasElite]

I have always loved "Asteroids." I remember playing the game as a kid in the 1980s. Sometimes, I would get over 35,000 points. Maybe over 70,000 points, if I am not mistaken. Great game. Certainly a classic, but it is great nonetheless.

NOTE: By the way, I am the kind of person that loves getting a high score in a classic game over unlocking great achievements in a modern game with DLC. It just makes for great goal setting that way. The modern games, although still good, kind of take that away from the goal. Some do not even have a score anymore. I can understand that with JRPGs, but it can  be less fun sometimes to me anyway. When I was a kid, high scores were the thing. Same with a lot of you guys, I am sure. I loved those days.

[TrekMD]

2600 Asteroids was the introduction to the game.  I actually I did not see the arcade game until after I had played the 2600 version.  I was surprised at how different the game looked. 

[DegasElite]

4 hours ago, TrekMD said:

2600 Asteroids was the introduction to the game.  I actually I did not see the arcade game until after I had played the 2600 version.  I was surprised at how different the game looked. 

That was that way for me, too. I saw the arcade after the A2600 version was released. 

[StormSurge]

Fries up!!

 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

The 2600's Asteroids came to my area long before the arcade game did.  After the "Atari Craze" took off my area got an arcade called King Koin.  Nope...that's not a misspelling.  The 2600 version was my number 2 favorite and remains a favorite to this day.  It's a shame the 5200 never got it even when it was present in the 5200 catalog and later removed.  2600 Asteroids is one of those games just like Space Invaders...once you start playing it's hard to put the controller down.