Asteroids
A port of the 1998 PlayStation 3D remake, Asteroids on the Game Boy Color is a 2D version that comes much closer to the original title.
Asteroids is an arcade developed by Syrox Developments, released 31 December 1999 on Game Boy Color.
What Asteroids is
Asteroids is an arcade game developed by Syrox Developments and released in 1999. It was published by Activision. It is available on Game Boy Color only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are an employee of the Astro-Mining Corporation. Your mission is to simply go to an assigned area of space and clear the area of asteroids and the occassional debris. The game consists of five zones, each with a different background and some with special features. Each zone has 15 levels. In addition to the standard asteroids, there are also mined asteroids that explode; indestructible asteroids that are, well, indestructible; fireball comets; crystal asteroids that regenerate; alien egg asteroids containing deadly baby space worms; and ancient energy asteroids that shoot back! And there's plenty of enemies in addition to the asteroids, such as Standard and Super Saucers, Asteroids…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Asteroids launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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