Asteroids Arcade Cabinet - RTO

 Home > Browse Our Collection > XX - REMOVED FROM COL ... DLING COLLECTION - XX > Asteroids Arcade Cabinet - RTO
 

Lyle Rains, Ed Logg and Dominic Walsh, the cabs were brought to the Japanese market by Taito, and the rest of the world by Atari.

This is a table top version of the arcade machine, very popular in bars and clubs, as drinks could be stood on them as the players enjoyed the game.

Asteroids is one of the early games in arcades that along with Pac-Man and Space Invaders helped spread the popularity of the games industry.

The player controls a space ship, that can be turned to fire at asteroids and enemy ships, the rocks are different sizes, and if large, shooting them causes them to split into smaller ones, that need shooting again to blast off the screen.

If the player is touched by a rock or shot by a ship, his craft will explode. if three lives are lost it is game over.

Manufacturer: Atari
Date: 1979



Comment on This Page

Other Systems Related To Asteroids Arcade Cabinet - RTO:

Item Manufacturer Date
Atari 800 with Programmer Kit Atari Inc 1st January 1979
Atari 400 with Aftermarket Keyboard Atari November 1979
Atari 800 Atari November 1979
Atari 400 Atari November 1979
Centipede Arcade Cabinet Atari 1980
Atari 1200XL Atari 1982
Atari 800XL Atari 1983
Atari 600XL Atari June 1983
Atari 520 STFM Atari 1985
Atari 65XE Atari 1985
Atari 520ST (boxed) + External hard drive + software Atari 1985
Atari 520 STM Atari 1st January 1985
Atari 1040 STE Atari 1986
Atari 520 STM Atari 12th September 1986
Atari Mega ST 2 Atari 1987
Atari ST Mega 1040 Tower Power Atari 1988
Atari 1040STFM Atari 1989
Atari 1040STFM (David Arnold) Atari 1989
Atari 520 STE Atari 1989
Atari 1040STF Atari 1989
Atari Portfolio Atari 1989
Atari Stacy 2 Atari 9th December 1989
Atari Mega 4 Atari 1990
Atari TT030 Atari 1990
Atari Falcon Atari 1990
Atari Mega/STE Atari 1991

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH62819. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

Asteroids Arcade Cabinet - RTO


Click on the Image(s) For Detail


Articles

Help support the museum by buying from the museum shop

View all items

Founding Sponsors
redgate Google ARM Real VNC Microsoft Research
Heritage Lottery Funded
Heritage Lottery Fund
Accredited Museum