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Game title:Asteroids Deluxe
Console:Atari 7800
Author (released):Atari, AtariAge (1981)
Genre:Action, ShooterMode:Multiplayer
Design:Robert DeCrescenzo
Music:
Game manual:not available
Download:not available (stream only)

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11 kB
Recommended emulator:Stella
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Asteroids Deluxe is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game with monochrome vector graphics released in April 1981 by Atari, Inc. It is the sequel to Asteroids and was designed to combat the saucer-hunting strategy of the original allowing experts to play for extended periods. These modifications made it significantly more difficult and less accessible to players.

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Asteroids Deluxe (Atari 7800)
Ports of Asteroids Deluxe were released for the BBC Micro in 1984, for Atari ST in 1987 and for Atari 7800 in 2007. The game was followed-up with Space Duel in 1982 and the more direct sequel Blasteroids in 1987.
Like in the original Asteroids, the objective is to score points by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. When shot, larger asteroids break apart into smaller pieces and fly in random directions, while the smallest asteroids are destroyed when hit. Deluxe replaces the hyperspace feature with shields which deplete with use. This game also introduces the 'Killer Satellite', a cluster of ships that break apart and chase the player's ship when hit. Objects 'wrap' from each edge of the screen to the opposite edge (e.g. from the right edge to the left, or the top edge to the bottom), as in the original.
In addition to the shield feature and the Killer Satellite, the most significant change in this version of the game is that the flying saucers can now target the player's ship across the screen boundary - meaning that if the saucer is close to the left edge and the player is at the right edge, the saucer may shoot toward the left edge and across the boundary to hit the player since their ship is closer that direction. In Asteroids, the saucers could only fire directly at the player's location on screen without considering the boundary, which led to the popular 'lurking' exploit that enabled players to play for very long periods of time on a single credit. This updated strategy was in direct response to that exploit.

More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org.

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Asteroids Deluxe (Atari 7800) - online game | RetroGames.cz (7)This ver­sion of Asteroids Deluxe was de­sig­ned for A­ta­ri 7800, which was vi­deo ga­me con­so­le of third ge­ne­ra­tion ma­nu­fac­tu­red by A­ta­ri in the years 1984 - 1992. It was ful­ly back­ward-com­pa­ti­ble with the A­ta­ri 2600 with si­g­ni­fi­cant­ly im­pro­ved gra­phics hard­wa­re.How­e­ver, the con­so­le was not suc­ces­s­ful and less than 4 mil­li­on u­nits at a u­nit pri­ce of $ 80 we­re sold. Al­so the cur­rent ga­mes li­bra­ry con­tai­nes less than 100 ga­mes de­sig­ned for A­ta­ri 7800. Mo­re in­for­ma­ti­on a­bout the this con­so­le can be found here.


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You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a gamepad, buy a suitable USB controller in Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores.

Available online emulators:

3 different online emulators are available for Asteroids Deluxe. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Asteroids Deluxe are summarized in the following table:

EmulatorTechnologyMultiplayerUSB gamepadTouchscreenWithout ads
EmulatorJSJavaScriptYESYESYESYES
NeptunJSJavaScriptYESYESNONO
RetroGames.ccJavaScriptYESYESYESNO



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