Why Blasteroids Is the Best Asteroids Game You’ve Never Played
0🕹 Game Name: Blasteroids
📛 Alternate Names: None
📅 Release Date: December 1987
🔫 Genre: Multidirectional Shooter
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Atari Games
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Atari Games
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Blasteroids is the third and final installment in Atari’s classic Asteroids series. It brings evolved graphics, power-ups, and co-op blasting to the space-rocking formula that started it all.
🕹 Game Description:
In Blasteroids, you pilot a morphing spacecraft through galaxies infested with hostile asteroids and enemies. It builds on the original’s legacy by adding missions, bosses, and a sense of progression. A true upgrade from its vector-born ancestors.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Navigate 360° in open-space arenas, destroying asteroids and enemy ships
👉 🏻 Morph between three ship types: Speeder, Fighter, and Warrior
👉 🏻 Collect power cells for health, energy, and weapon upgrades
👉 🏻 Battle bosses like the evil Mylon at the end of galaxy zones
👉 🏻 Use co-op to revive or rescue each other mid-game
👉 🏻 Complete all 50 sectors to defeat Mylon and save the universe
📕 Background & History:
Blasteroids followed Asteroids Deluxe and brought the franchise into the late '80s with full-color raster graphics and cooperative gameplay. It marked one of Atari’s final great contributions to the golden age of arcades before the shift to consoles.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Shoot hidden space junk repeatedly for secret bonuses
👉 🏻 Morphing rapidly during enemy swarms can prevent damage
👉 🏻 Some asteroids spawn bonus tokens if left untouched for several seconds
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 MAME hacks include unlimited energy and maxed ship morphs
👉 🏻 Difficulty mods allow players to remove boss timers
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Blasteroids was the first in the Asteroids series to include a final boss
👉 🏻 Ships morph into three distinct modes, inspired by Transformers
👉 🏻 The game had limited arcade cabinet distribution compared to its predecessors
👉 🏻 Its color raster graphics marked a major visual departure from earlier vector titles
👓 Lonster's Review:
Blasteroids is an absolute blast! It’s like Atari said, “Let’s take Asteroids and go full arcade chaos.” Between the morphing ships, wild enemy designs, and co-op thrills, this one’s got deep space swagger. Retro done right.
🌟 Legacy:
Blasteroids closed the trilogy with style. While not as widely remembered as its forerunners, it’s respected in retro circles for pushing boundaries. Many credit it with helping transition early shooters into more modern arcade formats.
✨ Cultural Impact:
While it didn’t achieve the pop-icon status of Asteroids, Blasteroids carved out a legacy among hardcore fans. Its influence shows in later twin-stick and asteroid-blasting games that mixed arcade mechanics with evolving player roles.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
Blasteroids is arcade evolution at its finest. It took a legendary formula and upgraded everything—more action, more choices, and more chaos. If you’re only playing Asteroids, you’re missing the bigger bang.
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