Asteroids
Asteroids, one of my favorite old school arcade games. You the character, are a small ship destined to forever destroy meteors. Fit with a gun which can explode the rocks into smaller fragments, you must clear the screen of all debris. Hitting an asteroid will result in a player loosing a life. With these being limited to 3, you must try achieve a high score without dying.
The core mechanic of the game revolves around the ability to move your ship with the arrows keys and shoot with space. Being able to move quickly and doge the asteroids is a big plus for the quick nature of the game. Shooting the gun makes a satisfying noise, but not as excellent as the sound of an asteroid breaking up.
The challenge of the game comes from the high amounts of asteroids and the speed which your ship moves. The ability to increase the ship speed also provides excitement momentarily as you tried to avoid oncoming asteroids.
Moving past the screen edge moves you the the opposite side of the screen. Although a small thing, it can be surprisingly disorientating, and more often than not, results in a lost life or death. The ship also has the ability to move into hyperspace, giving a few seconds of invulnerability and moving the player to a random location on the screen.
Moving past the screen edge moves you the the opposite side of the screen. Although a small thing, it can be surprisingly disorientating, and more often than not, results in a lost life or death. The ship also has the ability to move into hyperspace, giving a few seconds of invulnerability and moving the player to a random location on the screen.
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