ALSTEROIDS
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | RI Productions | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
If you are feeling nostalgic for old school, coin-op like, blasting action then Alsteroids should give your trigger finger a work out!
HOW TO PLAY:
This is an endless shooter. Your objective is simple - stay alive as long as possible by shooting and avoiding wave after wave of asteroids ... your reward: a high score and bragging rights on the Game Centre leader boards.
Your ship can be rotated through 360 degrees and can fire photon torpedoes (up to four on screen at a time). Large asteroids can be broken into two medium size ones, which in turn can be shot into two smaller ones. A wave is over when all asteroids have been cleared.
Beware of the saucers! The large type are easy to hit and fire inaccurately, the smaller saucers are a different story... they move faster, are harder to hit and also become devastatingly accurate as the game progresses.
You can use your ships thrusters to move out of the way of an incoming asteroid. Be careful of thrusting too much as there is no inertia in space and you will have to correct your trajectory to stop!
If you find yourself in a no-win situation, you can hit Hyperspace - this will transport your ship to a random position on screen. Hyperspace is a dangerous option as your ship can transported into an asteroid. Also the drive fitted to your ship is a prototype - it has an annoying tendency to randomly blow up.
FEATURES:
• Designed for tablets and phones!
• Vector Graphics (HD) option: This method of drawing the screen is more accurate and closer to the original coin-op. It is the recommended option for tablets and phones with High Definition screens.
• Raster / Bitmap Graphics (SD) option: This method of drawing is faster and also looks better on non-retina. It should be used if the frame rate is dropping below 60 fps on your device
• Multiple Control Layouts : Gesture, Button, Joystick and Tilt.
• Ion Icade Compatible
• Parallax Background : On or off.
• Game Centre Leader boards
• No coins needed!
Reviews
ASTROIDS!
CDR_Xavier
Ahhh... It just can’t be more classic. (Beside the alien ship’s sprite) I almost is going to DONATE some money, but I am short on dollars in my account. Erm...just have a better UI for game pad selection. That bit look so...unpolished. You sure about the size of ship & asteroids related to the screen? They appear a bit too small... A scale x1.5 will make things easier to see. * Well, on a iPad screen things now scale properly. Oh phones....might not be the best. * But phones are not for playing serious games. Also had computers. Never felt this good blasting rocks! Think dad will like it.
Thank you!
RaoulRadio
OMG. I've been looking for something like this for years. This works exactly like the original from the 1980's. Even the feel of it. 2018 update...this app is glitchy. After a few uses, it starts to malfunction. Eventually I have to reload the app, which causes my high scores to disappear. Today, once I cleared the level one asteroid field, it never reloaded. Then locked up.
I need a Bluetooth joystick but besides that....
gregmark
Amazing gameplay. And I’m not being bilked like other retro game fremium-mongers.
Holeeeee COW
101billy
Works great. Super fun. Never thought id play this again. Glad you made it. Thanks Tim G
Good game but needs work
Usma92
Love the game but the sound effects won’t go off even after you turn them off in settings. Also the rotation of the ship should be up, down and side to side to make it more appropriate for a touch screen.
Doesn’t Remember controller setting
kng_
i Play this with the gamevice controller and this does not remember my joystick selection from one game to the next
