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Asteroids (Atari 7800)

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A beefed-up version of an old arcade classic.

To do:

  • There's a hidden dev credit accessed by pressing Fire, Up + Pause, Down + Pause, Left + Pause, and Right + Pause on the title screen, but the code doesn't seem to work.
  • The 3D Asteroids prototype has a different developer credit and the full version of the below message: "IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU'RE TOO CLOSE.GCC(C)1984".

Developer Message#

At 0x3FEC is this rather ominous message:

TOO CLOSE.GCC(C)1984

The full version of this message can be found in the prototype's data.

(Source: Digital Press (Ward Shrake))

References#

  1. GCC - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 5, Number 4, July 1986↩︎
  3. NEWS: SON OF VCS - Computer + Video Games, Issue 94, September 1989↩︎

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