Pilot a spaceship equipped with shields and auto-fire as you blast through level after level of rotating asteroids. UFOs and multi-segmented Killer Satellites take chase, searching for an opportunity to destroy your ship.
Asteroids Deluxe was produced by Atari in 1980.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Asteroids Deluxe was produced include: Atari Soccer, Hercules, Superman, Atari Baseball, Asteroids, Red Baron, Missile Command, Turtleroids, Battlezone, and Monte Carlo
Name | Asteroids Deluxe |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1980 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 6940 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Space |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Asteroids Deluxe Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Asteroids Deluxe Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Asteroids Deluxe Side Art Image |
Asteroids Deluxe features modified gameplay intentionally designed to challenge players who had mastered the original Asteroids. Hyperspace was replaced with a new option called "shields", which creates a protective barrier around the players' ship. This barrier is only effective when the button is depressed and held unlike hyperspace, and depletes with use also unlike hyperspace. The players' ship was redesigned to include two side fins and a narrower body, keeping the overall ship dimensions identical to the original game. The ship has the same maximum velocity as in Asteroids, but can accelerate twice as fast. Firing is automatic, holding down the fire button will release a maximum of four shots on screen at a time. The asteroids themselves rotate as they travel about the screen. Firing accuracy of the two saucers was improved, and the saucers shoot both "wrap-around" shots and shoot immediately upon entering the screen both features designed to discourage UFO hunting. Atari added extra challenge to the game by introducing the "Killer Satellite" or "Hexagon", a snowflake-like object which breaks into three ship-chasing "Diamonds" once hit. Each diamond in turn can break into two "Sharks" or "Wedges" they resemble the dorsal fin of a shark which also pursue the players' ship. Overall a much more difficult game than the original Asteroids.
Overall Like |
4.24 |
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Fun (Social) | 3.58 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.28 |
Collector Desire | 3.84 |
Gameplay | 4.44 |
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Graphics | 4.36 |
Originality | 3.36 |
Sound/Music | 3.72 |
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Although the attract screen claims a 1980 copyright, the game was officially introduced in March of 1981. The front glass on the upright was originaly square with the cabinet. This produced a glare on the screen. Atari later released a "glare reduction kit" which retro fit an angled glass into the cabinet that reduced glare. Once applied, the kit enclosed the speaker which resulted in deeper base tones.
There are two versions of the software. The original release proved to be so difficult that Atari released a revised version that had easier game play. This new version was originally introduced in Europe and is often referred to as the "European Version". Determining which version you are playing can be discerned by noting when the first appearance of a Killer Satellite occurs - in the original version this is near the end of the second wave, in the revised version it will appear near the end of the first wave and moves much more slowly. Dave Sheppard was the designer.
There are 15,220 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,649 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,619 machines (6,982 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 826 known instances of this machine owned by Asteroids Deluxe collectors who are active members. Of these, 787 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 36 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 38 active VAPS members with a Asteroids Deluxe machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Asteroids Deluxe circuit board for sale.
Wanted - Very Popular - There are 27 active VAPS members currently looking for Asteroids Deluxe.
This game ranks a 91 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 50 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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The wiring harness for this game is very similar to that of the original Asteroids machine. Converting from one board to the other is a matter of swapping three pairs of pins 12 and N 13 and P 15 and S.
Our members have reported that Asteroids Deluxe is playable at 1 locations:
Name | Location | State | Country | Details | Check-ins |
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District 82 Pinball Arcade | 800 O Keefe Road, De Pere | Wisconsin | United States | Arcade | 0 |
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Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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2016 | 4 | 172.50 | 215.63 |
2017 | 3 | 826.00 | 792.83 |
2018 | 9 | 531.00 | 532.89 |
2019 | 4 | 826.00 | 722.75 |
2020 | 3 | 575.00 | 585.00 |
2021 | 9 | 1,150.00 | 1,539.50 |
2022 | 5 | 575.00 | 713.00 |
All Years | 37 | 690.00 | 813.61 |