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Blasteroids

Blasteroids

Credits
Released: 1989 (37 years ago)
Publisher: Image Works
Re-releaser: Kixx
Copyright: Atari Games
Tengen
Developer: Teque Software
Coder: B. Pollock
Graphics: Dave Colledge
Musician: Ben DaglishInterview
Box Art: Marc William Ericksen (US release)
Paul Kidby (European release)
Information
Main Control:Joystick (Port 2)
Players:1 or 2, Simultaneous (Co-op)
Language:English
Retail Price:Tape – £9.99 GBP
Disk – £14.99 GBP
Tape Loader
Gremlin Type 4 Tape Entry
Used in MCM Software spanish release
Procass Tape Entry
Used in Kixx re-release (1991)
Categorization
Genre:Shoot'em Up, Miscellaneous
Tags:ActionCoin-opLicensedSci-fi/futuristicShooterTop-down
Tie-In Licenses
Blasteroids · KLOV
Arcade coin-op · Tengen Inc (US), Atari Games Ltd (US)
Inspiration
Asteroids · KLOV · Wikipedia
Arcade coin-op · Atari Games Ltd (US)
Magazine Reviews
Commodore Force No. 7 (jul 93), p17
Image Works full-price release
64%
Datormagazin No. 9 (jun 89), p9SE
Review by Magnus Reitberger. Image Works full-price release
2/10
Games Machine No. 18 (may 89), p55
Image Works full-price release
65%
Zzap!64 No. 48 (apr 89), p14
Review by Gordon Houghton, Kati Hamza & Matthew Evans. Image Works full-price release
83%
Average magazine rating:
Based on 4 magazine reviews
58%
YouTube Links
Blasteroids - C64 Review video 07:49
Gansteeth on Jun 5, 2016
Blasteroids Longplay (C64) [50 FPS] Longplay video (50 FPS) 14:02
AL82 Retrogaming Longplays on Jul 4, 2013
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Added by Kim Lemon, Nov 16, 2001.
Last updated Sep 25, 2026.
Game ID: 296 · Viewed 18,881 times.

Rating

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Reviews

Read review by Northlander
Graphics: 6 ‧ Music: 3 ‧ Playability: 5 ‧ Overall: 5

13 Comments

DannieGeekoDannieGeeko 2025-12-30
Not so good then, judging by the last few reviews. Enough to give you blasted hemorrhoids.
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KalsolarKalsolar 2025-12-305/10 (5/10)
A good game badly executed. Graphically it looks horrible, really, really horrible and the sluggish gameplay does it no favours. Nope, won't be going back to it anytime soon.
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Pavle MajonezPavle Majonez 2024-06-035/10 (5/10)
Another average arcade conversion here, the graphics are okay, the music is annoying and the controls seem functional.
It replicates the arcade gameplay, but the movement of the asteroids and your ship feels slippery.
Everything about the gameplay can be said the same for all the computer conversions of this game is that they get boring after a couple of minutes, but they all have interesting power-ups and retain the feel of the arcade original.
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NaypheeNayphee 2023-10-236/10 (6/10)
Although the FPS on this game is poor, this is actually a close conversion of the arcade game it's based on. That is to say, it's just as brutally difficult to beat just as the original coin guzzler is.
The asteroids and ships are too big for the play area, so hitting the asteroids is near unavoidable. Your ship can change shape, but it either becomes too sluggish to avoid getting hit, or too vulnerable to withstand many a cheap shot the game throws at you. Mastering when to use these transformations is key to winning however. On top of that, your energy drains, so you can't even try to play it safe by taking your time. You have to rush through each stage.
When an arcade game feels unfair and out to drain your money (even if the difficulty is just brutal), you just give up. In the C64's case, there's not really much to play for once you defeat Mukor for the first time - which won't take long. Atari got it just right with the original Asteroids and it's deluxe variant, as playing it requires skill and feels fair. Blasteroids might actually be fair, but never feels like it is and is worse for it.
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Sternhammer 2022-04-166/10 (6/10)
A decent arcade conversion but Zzap were quite generous to it with 83%. Mid to low sixties seems more appropriate as it gets boring very quickly.
Worth the few I paid for it on the Kixx label I suppose and its worth a load on an emulator these days for a quick blast.
Just don't expect to spend much time with it.
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chalky1975 2017-11-066/10 (6/10)
An interesting little asteroids clone. Unfortunately the music is as repetitive as the gameplay and starts again for every screen, so you constantly hear the same thing. Shame, as some great music could have helped this. Fun for 30 seconds or with a friend.
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zharicant 2009-04-067/10 (7/10)
The original arcade game was awesome. It's amazing that they fit it on a C64, but it's really just not as fun here.
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Richard of TNDRichard of TND 2009-02-075/10 (5/10)
I own the Kixx version of the game, and sadly after defeating the Mukor, the game crashed! It was a good game what I played of it.
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riviero2riviero2 2008-10-196/10 (6/10)
A decent, playable game between Asteroids and Peng!, playable tho' a bit repetitive and not that good graphically. Interesting the music in-game, let's go, destroy that ass-faced Mukor!!! ("Asteroids on steroids".. LOL genius!)
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Megagun 2003-08-22
Nice little asteroids clone...
Maff Rignall 2003-03-21
Cool little game - this version feels a little 'stiff' compared to the arcade and Amiga versions, but it's a fun little blaster nonetheless. Zero lastability, but it's still probably the best Asteroids variant on the C64.
Evilkingus 2002-08-03
Hyped at the time. Now time seems to have forgotten it. Was a cool Asteroids clone with better graphics etc.
Oldskool 2002-01-31
Asteroids on steroids.

Personal

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Music

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Scans

  • Blasteroids Front Cover scan
    Front Cover ‧ Disk ‧ 300 DPI
  • Blasteroids Front Cover scan
    Front Cover ‧ Tape
  • Blasteroids Front Cover scan
    Front Cover ‧ Kixx re-release ‧ Tape ‧ 300 DPI
  • Blasteroids Magazine scan
    Magazine ‧ Zzap64! ‧ 150 DPI

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