1998 · Remake · Syrox Developments · Arcade

Asteroids

PlayStation console exclusiveRemake

Unlike Activision's earlier remake of an Atari arcade classic, Battlezone, this one stays close to its namesake. Take the original, Atari coin-op game Asteroids, add in the features of the Atari 2600 cartridge, then give it 3-D graphics and a bunch of power-ups, and you've got Activision's Asteroids remake.

Released: 31 October 1998
Platforms: Windows macOS PlayStation
Genres: Arcade
Developers: Syrox Developments
Publishers: Activision MacSoft Games Success
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Science fiction
Age ratings: ESRB E

›Story

You are an employee of the Astro-Mining Corporation. Your mission is to simply go to an assigned area of space and clear the area of asteroids and the occassional debris. The game consists of five zones, each with a different background and some with special features. Each zone has 15 levels.

In addition to the standard asteroids, there are also mined asteroids that explode; indestructible asteroids that are, well, indestructible; fireball comets; crystal asteroids that regenerate; alien egg asteroids containing deadly baby space worms; and ancient energy asteroids that shoot back! And there's plenty of enemies in addition to the asteroids, such as Standard and Super Saucers, Asteroids Tugs, Fuel Transports, Hexes, Nuke Drivers, and Vulturoids.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
spaceship
space battle
teleportation
high score
infinite ammo
wraparound world
weightlessness

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation	31 October 1998	North America · Europe 1 December 1998 · Japan 1 July 1999
Windows	12 November 1998	North America · Europe 31 December 1999
macOS	1 July 2000	North America