Asteroids Geneology
1979 - Asteroids - Blast your way through an asteroid field to stay
alive!
1981 - Asteroids Deluxe - Homing "killer satellites" tell players they better not get too
comfortable staying in the middle of the screen.
1982 - Space Duel - Have the pilots of all those ships trapped in the asteroid field
been taking drugs? That might explain all the stars, diamonds, pinwheels, and
other odd shapes now threatening to destroy them.
1987 - Blasteroids - Digitized pictures add extra realism to the big rocks floating
through space. New enemies, power-ups, and a quest also add to the
festivities.
1998 - Asteroids - Activision first hopped on the 3D remake gravy train with this
update to Atari's original. PC and PlayStation owners got to ride
along.
1999 - Asteroids Hyper 64 - Another 3D-ified update, this one for the Nintendo 64, though here
the changes aren't so dramatic. Four-player competitions help make this one
stand out.