Sabertooth Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Welcome to the official topic for ASTEROIDS DELUXE (ATARI 7800) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 Release Date: April 26, 2024 Retail: $5.99 Developer: Bob Decrescenzo Publisher: Atari Age Synopsis: ...It seems as though you've been here before - but this time, it's much worse! The Asteroids are faster, the enemy ships are much more skilled marksmen than your first time through this galaxy...and what's this odd hexagon-shaped craft I keep hearing about? Asteroids plunge at you! Trapped in a gigantic cloud of asteroids, your struggling spaceship hurls towards its doom. You'll have to pulverize all the asteroids with your photon cannon to save your ship and your life! Rubble from an exploding asteroid bounces off your ship's hull. A glowing blur flashes across your viewing screen. So that's where the rubble came from! The asteroid was blasted by an Alien Robot Saucer! Alien Robot Saucers are also trapped in the asteroid cloud. And they fire at you! You know that the metal in your ship's hull will register on their target finders before the asteroids do. The saucers could be a worse danger than the asteroids! More rubble strikes your ship. Its hull rings like a bell. If you don't get busy, that could be your death knell! Robert DeCrescenzo brings another classic Atari arcade game to the Atari 7800: Asteroids Deluxe! If you're a fan of the original arcade game Asteroids or its sequel, Asteroids Deluxe, you'll want to grab your joystick and start blasting! Asteroids Deluxe brings new graphics and gameplay elements into play, such as the Killer Satellite that when shot breaks into smaller pieces that take direct aim for your ship! There are also two new game variations: Competition Asteroids where you compete against another player for points (and your shots destroy the other player!), and Team Asteroids where you and another player share reserve ships and don't need to worry about friendly fire. Asteroids Deluxe for the 7800 is an extensively modified version of the original Atari 7800 game Asteroids. Cryptocoffee13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 I played this last night. It is a good game. It seems to be a much better two player game. I also think the addition of bezels would make it nearly perfect. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Purchased it as well. There’s a hidden version of Asteroids. On the 2600+, with the latest dumper and firmware, you can invoke the pause button upon startup, which triggers Asteroids. Can’t seem to get that to work with this emulator. “P” is mapped to Pause, but pressing it upon start up, just pauses the game entirely. Cryptocoffee13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts