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Anybody remember Asteroids? From Atari?

 

I play it all the time on a really old computer. I think that the highest score I ever got was around 80,000.

 

What was your highest score? What comments do you have on Asteroids?

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Anybody remember Asteroids? From Atari?

 

I play it all the time on a really old computer. I think that the highest score I ever got was around 80,000.

 

What was your highest score? What comments do you have on Asteroids?

 

I haven't played it recently so I don't remember my high score. But it is an awesome game and it never gets old. :D

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Anybody remember Asteroids? From Atari?

 

I play it all the time on a really old computer. I think that the highest score I ever got was around 80,000.

 

What was your highest score? What comments do you have on Asteroids?

 

I haven't played it recently so I don't remember my high score. But it is an awesome game and it never gets old. :D

 

Yes, NEVER gets old. :)

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I have an issue of Retro Gamer at my office which details the record score in Asteroids. The guy spent an entire weekend at a store playing it. (Arranged it with the store owners.) Photos and such were taken and he signed the machine.

 

A big gaming expo tried to track him down recently without avail to hand him some sort of lifetime achievement award. They could not find him and began putting out wanted ads. The record holders friend contacted them and sadly informed them that the Asteroids champ had died a few years ago trying to rescue his cat off a neighbours third story balcony!!

 

The award was given to his family instead.

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The poor bloke died while trying to rescue an ungrateful cat? Dang...I sure don't want to go out like that.

 

When the Atari 2600 first came out, I got Asteroids and played it a LOT. I can't remember how long I played (on a single game) but I think I started on a Friday night, went the entire night, on thru Saturday morning and had so many lives racked up that I was able to take a break and leave the game running to take a shower and eat, then still play the game some more until my hands were too sore and wore out to play any more. Yes, it required mastery of playing either hand. I was so proud of the score that I wrote it down on a piece of paper with a marker. Had some other high score written down too.

 

It must have been about 25 years ago...wow...When I moved into my current home 2 years ago, I stumbled upon that high-score paper but I don't remember the number but I know it's still here somewhere. ;)

 

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I have an issue of Retro Gamer at my office which details the record score in Asteroids. The guy spent an entire weekend at a store playing it. (Arranged it with the store owners.) Photos and such were taken and he signed the machine.

 

A big gaming expo tried to track him down recently without avail to hand him some sort of lifetime achievement award. They could not find him and began putting out wanted ads. The record holders friend contacted them and sadly informed them that the Asteroids champ had died a few years ago trying to rescue his cat off a neighbours third story balcony!!

 

The award was given to his family instead.

Should've spent more time training up on Donkey Kong, I imagine.

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