Classic Game Room HD - ASTEROIDS for Atari 7800 review

[MattTheSaiyan]

A fun, and very distinctive port. Very glad to have this built into my PAL 7800.

[uofm97]

Mark, If I can point something out to you regarding the 2600 version of this game: the asteroids DO scatter in random directions when you go through the modes. It starts somewhere in the mid 20s.

[gillianorley]

Why make the asteroids pastel colored?

I can understand if it was not possible to emulate the vector-beam graphics of the arcade version, but why not make all the asteroids gray colored like, say, big rocks in space which is what they are?

[uofm97]

@gillianorley What fun is that? That'd be boring to look at in a video-game setting.

[mettalero66]

thumbs up if you are sick and tired of comercials before the vids on youtube

[deadlygroove1]

@mettalero66 Firefox with Adblock addons prevent those video commercials. I haven't seen one in a very long time. I love my Firefox. Such a good little Firefox!!! :D

[tweltery]

The kickass music at the end is called "Seed Overload" from Fresh Music, almost every song on CGR is from there.

[EastCoastDude99]

damn this game is sick......I still have the Atari 2600 that I still play, but never had the 7800. I think thats next on my list of things to buy along with this game.

[MrDavidtron7]

my church actualy had the origional cabine, it was awesome and hard to get 200 points

[mb013962]

this game was on everybody hates chris

[bazfanv2]

You can dis Atari. You can love Atari. You can sell Atari. Atari is Atari and Atari is Awsome.

[Skymouth]

What is the end music used? Freakin' awesome!

[stevethefishdotnet]

This was such an incredibly awesome port of Asteroids. It was often referred to as Asteroids Deluxe, but I've played a port of the arcade Asteroids Deluxe and I must say that this 7800 version is way better. The rendered animation on the asteroids, the colorful graphics, and the killer ambient space sounds in the background!

[glsjunior]

I remember this was called Asteroids 3 D

[bluelink9]

was there asteroids on the 5200- er I mean 2500? er I mean- ah forget it!

[nilocke]

The vector graphics of the arcade boxes (and MAME) are so simple and elegant, that for me, they really enhance the controls and the "purist" gameplay experience of Asteroids. I don't like the bitmap graphics or gameplay of the console ports but the arcade version is one of my all-time favs.

[daafies2]

great game. still like ufo on the magnavox odessey2 better

[gamesDAMNED]

2-player mode really makes this game. Asteroids deathmatch yeeehh!!

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Was a great game

[Luigi84289]

Best version of Asteroids ever.

[danzax1]

My favorite game ever.

[lordbemylight]

I like all versions except the 2600's, which looks like it was designed overnight. This one looks like the most graphically advanced, even more advanced than the original arcade.

[blackmagetricky]

For me 7800 is 64-bit and 2600 is 32-bit,

I don't know why!

[TreyRust]

wow... just wow...

[kappappa]

You should mention the 2-player mode on the 7800 version. This and Centipede had awesome 2-player simultaneous modes which was what really put them miles ahead of the 2600 version.

[lsdbrownies]

ill shit in ur ass

[Tryzon]

What the hell is that sweet music that kicks in at about 2:50?

[TheCastellan]

What song's playing at the end? I like it. :)

[Bittergamer1886]

It is out there because the pilot got stuck in an Asteroid Belt while returning home.

[liyu2]

Oh yeah, nostalgic!

[DeltaPhi79]

This is really really good but none compare to the PS1 version.

[DeltaPhi79]

Oh sorry about people not liking my comment. Just remember that the game's purpose is clearly explained in that version, you get more ships, can cheat (lol), it looks better, and there are special shots.

[bonnes876]

it actually looks like astroids, unlike the 2600, but the 2600 version is still good

[Ch33s3k4k3]

I love living in Europe, this awesome game is built into our PAL systems and it starts up right after turning on my beloved 7800 :)

[alex77724]

what good is it to live in europe

[Ch33s3k4k3]

You don't have to buy the Asteroids cartridge for instance :D

[jotceka77]

I loved this Game. I remember, had to go to Bed @23h and I was sitting there till 3 or 4h in the morning. And the next Day @ school i was sleepy. LOL

Yeah, yeah, the good old Times.....

[dreamcastII]

should have had said you were 'ill' the next day then ...

[aylesburyapeboy]

This is built into my 7800, is that not the case for all of them? I notice you see a box in this video.

[digdug3520]

This game apears in Atari greatest hits from the SNES

[stevebo666]

that game was AWESOME!

[Nazrat84]

PRETTY GRAPHICS!

[moniman1996]

OMG its in space!!!!! :O

[Tryzon]

Yes that music is indeed epic.

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[darkshinmoteuchi]

There is an A-Wing on the box... Look!

[Indead]

I've always been horrible at Asteroids, and I've never really liked it.

Although, I did like a Asteroids clone I had once called Comet Busters. This has special abilities such as Hyperspace, shield, and an Asteroid like magnet shield thing, which would pull or repel Asteroids, as well as a disruptor. It was a 4 player PC game, really sweet actually. The "Asteroids" were also differently shaped, my favorite was the 4th level, the Asteroids were billiard balls.

[Leoooonard]

Sounds awsome :D

[PandaGirl1907]

@Indead Thanks to your comment my brother and I were able to find Comet Busters, which we had forgotten the name of but have been trying to find for the past few years. Thanks so much!

[Indead]

@PandaGirl1907 You're welcome, have some fun! =P

[Squizzirrel]

This game is garbage on anything but the classic arcade machines with the very BRIGHT vector graphics. Beauty.

[TenguGuy]

Its pretty hard to control not using an arcade joystick. Although there is a good version of it somewhere online.

[r0g3r]

The arcade version of this didn't use a joystick. It was all buttons. Two rotation buttons, thrust, fire, and hyperspace.

Arcade buttons do allow for much faster firing though.

[Mortaro117]

Thats awsome music!! what song is that?

[mgabrysSF]

You are aware that if you select a different "skill" on asteroids for the 2600 they won't go vertical all the time. A/B switches remember?

[TheDiabloKnight]

yea when u hit the game select button about 11 times the asteroids move like crazy. all i know is its one of the games where you use the shield

[DracIsBack]

Heh. the programmers jokingly called this "Meatballs in Space"

[ludicer]

damn the grapics are so good

[luscaslayer]

Looks worlds better than the old seizure-inducing vector graphics of the earlier versions. I never liked Asteroids much anyway - same goes for Pac-Man actually - both have shallow, repetitive, depressing gameplay. In both cases you're trapped in a small dark space from which you can never leave, forever fighting a foe that will never be beaten, who will only come back faster, stronger and more numerous if you're somehow able to achieve short-lived victory. It's kinda like being in Hell! :D

[you256666]

COOL

[gdement]

This game is actually built in to the bootROM on European 7800's. It starts automatically if you turn on the machine without a game in it.

So you have to push the 2nd button to use the warp? They should have also let you push down like on the 2600 version, that way you could use a 1-button controller.

[ScrewAttackEurope]

When that music came up at the end and watching the footage I just had an image of Tempest 2000 for the Atari Jaguar.

Did Tempest come out on any other Atari console out of coursity?

[InecomCompany]

It's funny you should mention that, we just posted our Tempest 2000 review from the year 2000. CGRHD

[1234Mindgames]

@InecomCompany Mark I just wanted to say your awesome.

[MrSaturn33]

@ScrewAttackEurope There are prototypes for classic systems, like I know there's one out there for the Atari 2600 (I've played it.) I think there was even a 5200 version planned too, but again, cancelled. (Probably due to the 1983 Video game Crash)

[theatarian]

Nice review although you forgot to mention the best thing about the 7800 version - the co-op and deathmatch modes. I didn't care much for the deatchmatch mode but the co-op mode (which 7800 Centipede also had) was a lot of fun and made things more exciting.

[notyoursavior78]

heh I had Asteriods for the 2600 and this one looks much better. I liked Asteriods, though I wasn't a huge fan of it anyway.

[shalui636]

DAHHHHH I CANT KEEP UP WITH ALL THESE NEW EPISODES!!! Nice review as always.

[sinistermoon]

Yeah I never cared for that game really either. But still cool video.

[DirtyDees1123]

i love this game its was so much fun 5 star

[tr1umph]

Asteroids is my favourite classic arcade game. Although I prefer one of the remakes on the PC, can't remember the name since I haven't played it in a while. It was released in mid-90s and had SVGA graphics.

[AcousticDave94]

god i hate asterroids ): (

good review though