Asteroids/Gameplay

You pilot the spaceship that starts out in the middle of the screen. You must destroy each asteroid by shooting them into smaller pieces until they disappear. Besides firing, your ship can turn, thrust, and hyperspace.

Upon destroying every asteroid, you advance to the next stage. Saucers occasionally appear and fire bullets at your ship and at the asteroids. You must avoid contact with every asteroid, saucer, or bullet.

Controls

 * Rotation Buttons (Left and Right): As indicated, these buttons will turn the nozzle of your Ship left or right. These are important buttons to master in assuring accuracy of your Missile file. On home conversion, this is typically assigned to left and right on a joystick.
 * Thrust: This button will move your Ship forward in the direction that your nozzle is pointing. It is important to understand intuitively how Thrust will affect your movement. On home conversions, this is typically assigned to up on a joystick.
 * Fire Button: You can shoot up to four stray Missiles before you run out of fire. When one of those Missiles hits an object or clears the screen, you get additional fire-power. As a general strategy, never be without fire-power. Have a maximum of three Missiles in space at a time. On home conversions, this is typically assigned to a joystick's fire button.
 * Hyperspace: This will enable your Ship to disappear and reappear instantly somewhere else on the screen. One problem: you never know where you'll end up. You may find yourself in a more dangerous situation than you left. Think of Hyperspace in emergency terms only. On home conversions, this is typically assigned to down on a joystick.
 * 1 or 2 Players: Push these buttons to begin a one or two player game.

Scoring

 * Large Asteroids: 20
 * Medium Asteroids: 50
 * Small Asteroids: 100
 * Large Saucer: 200
 * Small Saucer: 1000