Because I know TNL is overflowing with Asteroids fans. ;)
My pick is Asteroids Deluxe. It's like the original but with a touch more variety to it. Blasteroids is cool but I think it lacks the charm of the older games.
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Because I know TNL is overflowing with Asteroids fans. ;)
My pick is Asteroids Deluxe. It's like the original but with a touch more variety to it. Blasteroids is cool but I think it lacks the charm of the older games.
Spheres of Chaos- http://www.chaotica.u-net.com/ :)
James
Always loved Deluxe, even if those little homing things are bastards. And the translucent screen with the 3D background was too cool.
Asteroids Deluxe blew me away, when I first saw it. Put in a quarter and the game blew me away quite literally, as I did'nt last past the second wave. I played it here and there, but I think I had more fun playing the original and when I play the Atari Classics, I always go to Asteroids first.
Slightly off topic... but the Macintosh Asteroids clone/update "Maelstrom" ruled.
Still does...
That is all.
Blasteroids "lacks charm"? How can you say that?
Cool powerups, three selectable ship sizes, and a giant green planet-sized monster boss = charming.
Deluxe all the way.
My personal relationship with it was when I attended UIC/Chicago, they were gracious enough to have a cabinet of it. Of course, I had to plug it in a few times, but that's OK. I think I topped out at 100K for scores.
The Gameworks at Schaumburg has a replica of the original, and I just don't find it as engaging as Deluxe.
Asteroids Deluxe by a mile.
shield > hyperspace teleport move.
Deluxe, but probably because it's the only one I've played in an arcade.
This is very true. I love that game, and I could play it on a Mac LC, too.Quote:
Originally posted by 88mph
Slightly off topic... but the Macintosh Asteroids clone/update "Maelstrom" ruled.
Still does...
That is all.
*goes looking to DL for notebook*
Sleeve, I still definitely like Blasteroids but I think the vector graphics and simpler play mechanics of the old games work better. Even the maker of Blasteroids wasn't quite satisfied with it.
Trivia time: Blasteroids wasn't made by original Asteroids creator Ed Logg but by Ed Rotberg(creator of Battlezone and STUN Runner) after returning to Atari from Sente.
They have Asteroids at my arcade, I'm wondering why the shots are so bright looking?
Hey Neozeed, why not whip up a thread about Sente history and games. If anyone here can do it, its you ;)Quote:
Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Trivia time: Blasteroids wasn't made by original Asteroids creator Ed Logg but by Ed Rotberg(creator of Battlezone and STUN Runner) after returning to Atari from Sente.
Anyways, I still enjoy the original Asteroids the best. However, The ultimate precursors to Asteroids, Computer Space and Space War, have a charm all of their own. They were even a bit more complex than Asteroids and later games...
That's just how vector looks.Quote:
Originally posted by Valgar
They have Asteroids at my arcade, I'm wondering why the shots are so bright looking?
Zerodash, here's a quick Sente history:
After dissatisfaction at having to convert his game Battlezone into a military version for army consultants, Atari employee Ed Rotberg and a few others left the company in 1981 to form their own one called Videa.
Videa created a game called Gridlee in 1983 but their publisher Gottlieb decided against releasing it.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...G/zGridlee.png
Videa soon became part of Nolan Bushnell's new company Sente. Bushnell had been prohibited to compete with his former company Atari for ten years due to termination contract. Those ten years were up and Bushnell was hoping Sente would become a major gaming force. It wasn't long before Sente was bought up by Bally's Midway. Most games were released under the name Bally Sente.
Gimme A Break(1985)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...me_A_Break.png
Mini Golf(1985)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...xMini_Golf.png
Chicken Shift(1984) - A game where chickens are laying eggs and you have to make sure the eggs get to the bottom of the contraption safely by moving the pipes.
Goalie Ghost(1984)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...alie_Ghost.png
Name That Tune(1986) - They made some other trivia games too.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/..._That_Tune.png
Spiker(1986)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/.../S/wSpiker.png
Snake Pit(1984) - Whip snakes.
Stompin'(1986) - Crush ants.
Snacks 'n Jaxson(1984) - This is weird shit. You have eat flying pieces of food by extending your neck while preventing a bouncing ball(your nose) from breaking the window behind you. I like it.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...9;n_Jaxson.png
Resue Raider(1987) - A neat shooter. The movement and turret aiming were controlled separately.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...cue_Raider.png
Street Football(1985)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...t_Football.png
Toggle(1985)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/.../T/xToggle.png
Stocker was a series of racing games. It started out with an overhead 2d game but Night Stocker(1986) was a 3d game.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...ht_Stocker.png
Their most famous game was the excellent one-on-one hockey game Hat Trick(1984) which had home ports on computers and the 7800.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...wHat_Trick.png
Sente also brought over V-System's shooter Rabio Lepus(1987) to the West as Rabbit Punch.
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/...bbit_Punch.png
I really liked the PC Engine version Rabio Lepus Special.
Midway ended up merging with Williams to become WMS which I believe stands for Williams/Midway/Sente.
Ed Rotberg returned to Atari to make games like Blasteroids, S.T.U.N. Runner and Shuuz. He also worked with Asteroids creator Ed Logg on Steel Talons. Ed Logg had an impressive history at Atari creating games like Centipede, Gauntlet, Xybots and the Tengen NES version of Tetris.
Thanks, Neozeed. You're the best :D
Exactly, Sleeveboy. Switching ships on the fly, analog rotation, and being able to cut loose with the Ripstar kick ass.Quote:
Originally posted by sleeveboy
Blasteroids "lacks charm"? How can you say that?
Cool powerups, three selectable ship sizes, and a giant green planet-sized monster boss = charming.
By the way, Space Duel ought to be in this poll. :)
NZE- good Sente history there. Rescue Raider looks a bit like Jackal, IMO.
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Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Ed Rotberg returned to Atari to make games like Blasteroids, S.T.U.N. Runner and Shuuz. He also worked with Asteroids creator Ed Logg on Steel Talons. Ed Logg had an impressive history at Atari creating games like Centipede, Gauntlet, Xybots and the Tengen NES version of Tetris.
I thought Centipede was created by a woman?
Centipede was done by Ed Logg and Donna Bailey. Donna often gets more credit because she's a woman but Ed did the bulk of the game.
Deluxe, just because I owned the cocktail cab.
I wish I had a cocktail cab... they're so cool.
It was nice to set my beer on. Plus I made it so my friends had to pay 50 cents to play. That kind of fun isn't cheap you know.
Deluxe, just because I the own cabinet... well parts of it to be more specific. Me and two of my buddies found the machine at the side of the road on garbage day and took it home. After plugging it in and seeing that it didn't work we weren’t sure what to do with it. It was then that my (ex) best friend Scott came up with a brilliant idea! While the rest of us weren't around he smashed up the cabinet with a Sledge Hammer to see if he could figure out what was wrong with it. In the end he took off with bin that held all the quarters, my other friend took the ROM chips and I got the panel with all the buttons on it (as well as a lot of fire wood).
this poll makes me sad
It has been too long since I last stood at an Asteroids cabinet, and laid my fingers across all those buttons
:(
:lol:Quote:
Originally posted by Spanky McGee
I made it so my friends had to pay 50 cents to play.
I'd do the same.