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ZX Asteroids

ZX Asteroids is based on the arcade game where you are a craft sitting in the middle of the screen surrounded by large asteroids moving about the screen. You have to blast all the asteroids, and when one is…

31 December 1982

ZX Asteroids is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What ZX Asteroids is

ZX Asteroids was released in 1982. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

ZX Asteroids is based on the arcade game where you are a craft sitting in the middle of the screen surrounded by large asteroids moving about the screen. You have to blast all the asteroids, and when one is shot then it splits into smaller asteroids and keeps repeating the process until the asteroid has gone. You can turn your craft left or right 360 degrees but you can also move forwards. Occasionally an alien craft will appear and when shot gives you bonus points. If you are hit by an asteroid or the alien craft then you lose one of three lives. Two players can play and each player takes it in turns when the other player loses a life and there are five levels of play (1-5) with one being…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

ZX Asteroids launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did ZX Asteroids come out?
ZX Asteroids was released on 31 December 1982 for Sinclair ZX81.

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