History VideoGame / Asteroids

* AsteroidsMonster: The TropeNamer. The asteroids will split in two twice, before breaking into fragments small enough to be destroyed with one shot.
* DeflectorShields: The follow-up game ''Asteroids Deluxe'' replaced Hyperspace with Shields.

* FollowTheLeader:
** ''Meteors'', a shameless near-exact copy for the Acorn Archimedes 7000.
** Also, ''VideoGame/{{Astrosmash}}'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} started out as a clone of Asteroids called Meteor[[ExcitedShowTitle !]] (and the original version can still be found [[EasterEgg hidden within the final version of the game]]).
** ''VideoGame/CometBusters'', a Windows 3.1 clone that added simultaneous multiplayer, which ended up being its most popular trait. The clone status was lampshaded in its help file, describing the game as "based upon the popular game A*teroids" and opening the rules section with "Rules!?!? Don't tell me you haven't seen this game before...!"

* NoPlotNoProblem: Here's a spaceship. Now shoot some rocks and flying saucers in space. Nothing more is needed for this game.

** ''Comet Busters!'', a Windows 3.1 clone that added simultaneous multiplayer, which ended up being its most popular trait. The clone status was lampshaded in its help file, describing the game as "based upon the popular game A*teroids" and opening the rules section with "Rules!?!? Don't tell me you haven't seen this game before...!"

* FollowTheLeader (among others, ''Meteors'', a shameless near-exact copy for the Acorn Archimedes 7000)

%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* NoPlotNoProblem: Here's a spaceship. Now shoot some rocks. Nothing more is needed for this game.

%%* AsteroidsMonster (TropeNamer)
%%* AsteroidThicket

%%* EndlessGame
%%* EveryTenThousandPoints

%%* NintendoHard
%%* NoPlotNoProblem

%%* ShootEmUp

%%* VectorGame

* AsteroidsMonster (TropeNamer)
* AsteroidThicket

* EndlessGame
* EveryTenThousandPoints

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* NintendoHard
* NoPlotNoProblem / ExcusePlot

* ShootEmUp

* VectorGame

** Also, Astrosmash for the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} started out as a clone of Asteroids called Meteor[[ExcitedShowTitle !]] (and the original version can still be found [[EasterEgg hidden within the final version of the game]]).

* SplashOfColor: Achieved in ''Deluxe'' by translucent colored overlays.

* RandomTransportation: Used as an emergency escape, sometimes dropping you right in front of another asteroid.

** Even your own technology (see RandomTeleportation below). In the 2600 version, you can choose to play with DeflectorShields instead of hyperspace (similar to Asteroids Deluxe), but using the shields for more than two seconds blows up your ship.

* RandomTeleportation: Used as an emergency escape, sometimes dropping you right in front of another asteroid.

* AtariTwentySixHundred: One of its most popular games, even when stripped down to the memory, graphics, and control restraints of the system.

One of the most popular games of TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames. Debuting in 1979, it first appeared in the arcade, but was quickly ported to the AtariTwentySixHundred, and has made its way onto most platforms since.

** Also, Astrosmash for the {{Intellivision}} started out as a clone of Asteroids called Meteor[[ExcitedShowTitle !]] (and the original version can still be found [[EasterEgg hidden within the final version of the game]]).

* AtariTwentySixHundred

** Even your own technology (see RandomTeleportation below). In the 2600 version, you can choose to play with shields instead of hyperspace (similar to Asteroids Deluxe), but using the shields for more than two seconds blows up your ship.

** Also Astrosmash for the {{Intellivision}} started out as a clone of Asteroids called Meteor[[ExcitedShowTitle !]] (and the original version can still be found [[EasterEgg hidden within the final version of the game]]).

* NoPlotNoProblem \ ExcusePlot

You control a ''VideoGame/{{Spacewar}}''-style ship in the middle of an [[TheAsteroidThicket asteroid field]]. All around you, asteroids are floating around. You get points for shooting them; the smaller the asteroid, the more points you get. But each time you shoot any but the smallest, they split in two, and the trajectory is different for both. Oh, and you have to avoid [[EverythingTryingToKillYou getting hit by an asteroid.]] Or shot by an enemy ship that wanders by. In a pinch, you can press the panic button and travel through {{hyperspace}} to a random location... which may not be any better. (In the sequel, ''Asteroids Deluxe'', you get deflector shields instead.)

One of the most popular games of TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames. Debuting in 1979, it first appeared in the arcade. But was quickly ported to the AtariTwentySixHundred, and has made its way onto most platforms since.

You control a ''SpaceWar''-style ship in the middle of an [[TheAsteroidThicket asteroid field]]. All around you, asteroids are floating around. You get points for shooting them; the smaller the asteroid, the more points you get. But each time you shoot any but the smallest, they split in two, and the trajectory is different for both. Oh, and you have to avoid [[EverythingTryingToKillYou getting hit by an asteroid.]] Or shot by an enemy ship that wanders by. In a pinch, you can press the panic button and travel through {{hyperspace}} to a random location... which may not be any better. (In the sequel, ''Asteroids Deluxe'', you get deflector shields instead.)

Tropes:

* RandomTeleportation: Used as an emergency escape, sometimes dropping you right in front of another asteroid.

* RandomTeleportation: Used as an emergency escape, sometimes dropping you in front of a path of another asteroid.

If you were looking for a page about ''actual'' asteroids, see TheAsteroidThicket.