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Asteroid
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Name: Asteroid Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Co. Year: 1973 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Asteroid DescriptionAsteroid was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1973. Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co.
during the time period Asteroid was produced include Winner II, Winner IV, Duck Hunt, Goal Tender, Leader, Golf Champ, Flash Baseball, Haunted House, Table Tennis, and Dune Buggy. Asteroid - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.63 (1 vote)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionThis game features rocket-shaped players that race upward toward the top of the screen while avoiding the asteroids flying from the left. The player to make the most trips before the timer runs out wins. When a player is struck, his spaceship appears down at the bottom of the screen again.Game PlayThe length of play is regulated by a timer that starts when the start button is pushed. Players fly up towards the top of the screen, and can control their speed upwards. Asteroids (a one scan line high blob) fly from left to right, and the players try to avoid them. Whenever a player is hit, he starts again at the bottom of the screen. When a player reaches the top of the screen, he gains a point. The winner is the person with the most points.MiscellaneousCOPY OF: Space RaceVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Asteroid CensusThere are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,567 machines (6,538 unique titles).Uncommon - There are 19 known instances of this machine owned by Asteroid collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and one is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with Asteroid machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Asteroid circuit board for sale. Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Asteroid. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Asteroid Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Midway Manufacturing Co. . Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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