Into the Vertical Blank - Generation Atari: Season 1, Episode 5. All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2 )
This is the second episode where we will be covering the game Asteroids in story and discussion form. We have a story from 8bitjeff, and also very nice contributions Shinto, and Jim Fullerton.
The discussion dives into versions of Asteroids (and clones) after the arcade 2600, 5200 and Vectrex. These the Atari 7800, ST, Lynx, and various versions released for more modern hardware.
All music, sound FX and production on the Episode By Jeff and Steve Fulton.
Links:
Download an EXE file of Jeff’s Retro Evolved Asteroids game, Retro Blaster.
If you have the Flash Plug-in, you can play the browser version of Retro Blaster here.
8bitrocket.com Blog Posts on of the Essential Guide to Flash Games Book By Steve and Jeff Fulton
The Essential Guide to Flash Games Infomercial
The Essential Guide to Flash Games Book Preview Video Podcast
If you have the Flash Plug-In, you can play the Book Asteroids game called Blaster Mines
Buy the Essential Guide to Flash Games on Amazon.
8bitrocket.com Blog Posts on The HTML5 Canvas Book By Steve and Jeff Fulton
The HTML5 Canvas Asteroids Game, Geo Blaster Basic
8bitrocket.com 5 HTML5 IOS and Android Demo Games including Retro Blaster Touch
Buy the HTM 5 Canvas by Jeff and Steve Fulton on Amazon
Shinto’s Jaguar Game by Game Podcast
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