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Shoot the Rocks

Anyone who has ever been into arcade, computer, or video games will have heard of Atari's 1980 arcade classic Asteroids. Dozens of versions and tributes to the game, both official and unofficial, have been…

1 January 2017

Shoot the Rocks is an arcade developed by arcade.ly, released 1 January 2017 on Android, iOS and Web browser.

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What Shoot the Rocks is

Shoot the Rocks is an arcade game developed by arcade.ly and released in 2017. It is available on Android, iOS and Web browser. It runs on Custom HTML5, JavaScript, CSS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The original Asteroids sees your lone spaceship pitted against endless waves of incoming asteroids and hostile flying saucers determined to blow you into smithereens. Shoot The Rocks is no different, although it does combine elements of the original Asteroids with its successor, Asteroids Deluxe. The name of the game here is survival: how long will you last, and how many points can you score before you succumb? This is a game that rewards an attentive eye and quick reactions.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Shoot the Rocks launched on 1 January 2017, within three weeks of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and Gravity Rush 2.

Released around the same time: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, Gravity Rush 2.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Shoot the Rocks come out?
Shoot the Rocks was released on 1 January 2017 for Android, iOS and Web browser.

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