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Asteroids (Atari 2600)

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Title Screen

Asteroids

Also known as: Asteroid (Shouyuusei) (JP), Asteróides (BR)
Developer: Atari, Inc.
Publishers: Atari, Inc.[1][2][3][4] (US/EU/JP), Polyvox[5][6] (BR)
Platform: Atari 2600
Released in JP: May 10, 1983[3][4]
Released in US: August 1981[1]
Released in EU: August 1981[2]
Released in BR: September 1983[5][6]

CodeIcon.png This game has unused code.

Shooting a bunch of pixellated asteroids is fun.

Alternate Lives Counter

Asteroids2600 unusedshipicon.png

At offset 0x4AB in the ROM, change A900 to A5BC to see the number of lives be represented by ships, similar to the arcade version. In the game, this is instead represented by a number. This was likely changed because only 6 ships can be displayed at a time.

(Source: Digital Press)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Video Connection ad - Courier News, August 1, 1981
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Magazine cover - Ingersoll's Atari Owners Club Bulletin, Number 17, September 1981
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Part 2: TV Game Graffiti [~1984 Japan Edition] | Video Game First Generation - Cominy / Blog
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Atari to start Japan sales - Associated Press, April 12, 1983
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 O Atari da Polyvox já está pronto "Polyvox's Atari is now ready" - Folha de S.Paulo, September 7, 1983
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Atari 2600 VCS catlog - Polyvox - 1983 - Portuguese
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