QS Asteroids
QS Asteroids is a fairly basic conversion of the original arcade game. The action starts immediately after loading (no title or options screens here) and players finds themselves in a space ship in the middle…
31 December 1981
QS Asteroids is an arcade developed by Quicksilva, released 31 December 1981 on Sinclair ZX81.
What QS Asteroids is
QS Asteroids is an arcade game developed by Quicksilva and released in 1981. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
QS Asteroids is a fairly basic conversion of the original arcade game. The action starts immediately after loading (no title or options screens here) and players finds themselves in a space ship in the middle of the screen with numerous asteroids passing by. To control the ship, two keys are used for rotating it, one for shooting and another for thrusting it forward. Shooting can be done in eight directions. On an unmodified ZX81, the ship is represented by a number which changes with rotation (For example 0 means it's pointing up, while 4 is down) and the asteroids are o's, while users with a QS CHRS board get graphics more similar to the arcade original. The player starts with three ships…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
QS Asteroids launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
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Quick answers
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When did QS Asteroids come out?
QS Asteroids was released on 31 December 1981 for Sinclair ZX81.
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