ASTEROIDS DELUXE

Atari tried to improve on the original Asteroids game introducing Asteroids Deluxe in 1980. This version of the game offered animated graphics, better sound, and more in-depth gameplay. It also included a color backdrop to make the game more interesting to play.Also in 1980, Atari released Space Duel which included multi-player capability, complex physics, improved sound effects, and, most importantly, color vector graphics. Unfortunately, Space Duel was never as popular or as well known as the original primarily due to the strangeness of the objects being blasted. No longer was the player fighting an endless armada of asteroids and UFOs, but a strange assortment of geometric shapes. People used to rock-blasting didn't know what to make of the new game.Atari's most recent Asteroidsrevision came in 1987 from Atari Games. Blasteroids did away with the vector screens in favor of more modern raster images. Blasteroids added morphing ships, power-ups, and highly detailed images.Then there is Space Fury, Sega's answer to Asteroids. This game took all of the familiar concepts and melted them together into a very unique action game. Unlike the slow, methodical pace of Asteroids, Space Fury is a pure action game. Your adversary is a one-eyed alien taunting you at every step. Who could forget his condescending statement he makes when you plunk your quarters into the machine: "So, a creature for MY amusement!"