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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Asteroids - The Vector-based Classic

Today’s game is the popular vector-based graphic classic – Asteroids. Originally released by Atari in 1979, it became one of the most popular and influential games of the “Golden Age of Arcade Games.”

The game was created by Lyle Rains and programmed and designed by Ed Logg is actually inspired by Spacewar!, the first computer based computer game. Asteroids is basically a one-player version of Spacewar!, featuring the wedge shaped space ship with the asteroids as the main opponent. One feature of the game was the ability for players to record their initials with their high score, an innovation which has become an industry standard in arcade games to this day.

In 1982, Buckner & Garcia recorded a song titled “Hyperspace,” using sound effects from the game and released it on the album Pac-Man Fever.

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