Asteroids & Asteroids Deluxe (Xbox Live Arcade)

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I’m always amazed at what gets repacked in a shiny, high-definition sheen for Xbox Live Arcade. Recently it happened to be the 28-year old Atari classic Asteroids. While including the original game for arcade purists, Atari also saw fit to include an “evolved” version of Asteroids with bright sparkling colors and large explosions. Including online leaderboards, this title sells for 400 marketplace points a.k.a. $5.00.

For those crazy kids too young to be familiar with Asteroids, it was released in 1979 and based on a game called Space Wars that was released two years prior. It’s often referred to with the same reverence as early golden age video games like Space Invaders and Frogger. Essentially, the player controls a tiny ship at the center of the screen and shoots the incoming asteroids and occasional alien flying saucer. The player has control over the ships boosting function and can... [Read the entire review]

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I’m always amazed at what gets repacked in a shiny, high-definition sheen for Xbox Live Arcade. Recently it happened to be the 28-year old Atari classic Asteroids. While including the original game for arcade purists, Atari also saw fit to include an “evolved” version of Asteroids with bright sparkling colors and large explosions. Including online leaderboards, this title sells for 400 marketplace points a.k.a. $5.00.

For those crazy kids too young to be familiar with Asteroids, it was released in 1979 and based on a game called Space Wars that was released two years prior. It’s often referred to with the same reverence as early golden age video games like Space Invaders and Frogger. Essentially, the player controls a tiny ship at the center of the screen and shoots the incoming asteroids and occasional alien flying saucer. The player has control over the ships boosting function and can... [Read the entire review]