Asteroids question

[Rocko]

How many of you guys (or gals) play asteroids without moving, and only turning your ship and shooting?

[SS]

I'll move around sometimes when I really need to but generally I like to try and stay in the middle of the screen and rotate to fire at the rocks.

[Vic George 2K3]

I do it most of the time I play Asteroids, but sometimes I have to thrust to avoid oncoming rocks.

[sku_u]

I thrust when I have to, but try to remain centered as much as possible. When the ships come around, it's better to move to avoid being shot. I never use hyperspace because you never know where you'll end up when you reappear.

[Happy_Dude]

2600 Asteroids = Stay still. You don't have enough manouverability to dodge the asteroids

Arcade = Zooooooom

[Room 34]

My goal in Asteroids is always to avoid moving... and if I DO have to move, my goal is to come to a stop again as soon as possible.

 

Except when I was a kid and I could spend 3 hours at a time playing. Then inevitably I'd eventually just thrust full speed and see how long I could fly around the screen before I hit something!

[Rocko]

2600 Asteroids = Stay still. You don't have enough manouverability to dodge the asteroids

Arcade = Zooooooom

 

Thats what I do........ and a zooooooom in the 7800 version too

[Scooterb23]

2600 Asteroids = Stay still. You don't have enough manouverability to dodge the asteroids

Arcade = Zooooooom

 

Yeah, what he said...

 

I actually spend a lot of time playing with Hyperspace...and then thrust like a mother to get out of the way!!

[gamerz]

On the 2600 I try not to move at all.

[Ze_ro]

I play Minestorm more often than Asteroids, but even there, I usually stay put while firing. The later missions with homing meteors can get pretty hard like that though.

 

--Zero

[Atariman]

I used to stay in one place and just shoot at the asteroids that threatened to smash me to bits, but after buying Blasteroids and playing that for awhile, I find it more fun to move around. It just took me awhile to get used to using a joystick for the game instead of Blasteroids' rotary controllers. (if only I had the hacked version of Asteroids that uses the driving controllers... I guess I'll have to save up for that )

[hex65000]

I too just sit in the middle on the 2600 version. It was just too easy. But in the arcade I eventually realized that the 2600 ver was not a direct translation. Typically I'd hit (slam) Hyperspace like some kind of desparation move. Usually I didn't last long after I got my bearings again.

 

Hex.

[ "Ki- Ki- Ki- Ki- Ki-!" -- Metabee; just before he loses his temper again ]

[PickAxePete]

The 2600 version, I stay in the middle and hyperspace when I'm in danger. Then, when I reappear, I thrust back to the middle again.

 

There's no ufo ship so you can play from the middle virtually the entire time.

[NE146]

There's no ufo ship so you can play from the middle virtually the entire time.

 

If you didn't know already, if you set the difficulty switch to A, then you'll have UFO's. I couldn't imagine playing Asteroids without them! I'd also recommend playing the even numbered variations of the game for more varied Asteroid movement.

 

How do I play Asteroids?

 

2600: It depends! Sometimes On the shields variation, I'd just stay in the middle and use shields whenever an asteroid comes close. I got good enough at the game that when bored, I'd thrust around

 

Arcade: Here's the clincher.. I SUCK at the arcade version. I used to stay in the middle, but I'd never get anywhere (could never even score 10,000). Then I saw some master players play, and they'd thrust around all over the place hunting for UFO's. One guy just thrust up constantly when there were few asteroids. But I tried this.. I CAN'T do it! I either crash or the ufo shoots me anyway

[sku_u]

Arcade: Here's the clincher.. I SUCK at the arcade version. I used to stay in the middle, but I'd never get anywhere (could never even score 10,000). Then I saw some master players play, and they'd thrust around all over the place hunting for UFO's. One guy just thrust up constantly when there were few asteroids. But I tried this.. I CAN'T do it! I either crash or the ufo shoots me anyway

 

There's a cool glitch on early Asteroids arcade games: If you keep your ship where the high score is you will never die. You're invincible. This was fixed on the later versions of the Arcade classic.

[Shannon]

I was always a sit still and thrust when necessary kinda guy..

[chairmonkey4406]

Haha sitting in the middle of Asteroids shooting-the first form of camping!

[NovaXpress]

Try setting both switches to "A" if you want the real game. It will be a lot tougher to just sit in the middle at the higher levels.