Blasteroids

Blasteroids is an action arcade shooter set in a 2D representation of space. Players rotate their ship and use thrust to build momentum, carefully countering that momentum when they need to slow down or stop.

The ship’s limited Energy powers both thrust and Shields. Energy is depleted by these systems, and when it runs out, the ship is destroyed. Players can fire on asteroids and enemy ships while changing between three ship forms:

• Speeder: the fastest version.
• Fighter: the version with the most firepower.
• Warrior: the version with extra armour.

Originally released in 1986, Blasteroids was published by Atari Games and Image Works across arcade and home computer platforms.