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About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit
After the breakout success of Space Invaders in 1978, Atari was no longer the hot game maker.
After the breakout success of Space Invaders in 1978, Atari was no longer the hot game maker. Unlike Space Invaders, where you just had to move left and right and shoot upwards while dodging missiles from the aliens, Asteroids was much more complex. At least they didn’t shoot back, but for added difficulty, asteroids broke into more and smaller pieces (that moved more quickly) as they were shot.
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