Mission Asteroid
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Developer(s) | On-Line Systems |
Publisher(s) | On-Line Systems |
Designer(s) | Roberta Williams[3] |
Programmer(s) | Ken Williams[3] |
Series | Hi-Res Adventures |
Engine | ADL |
Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 |
Release | 1980: Apple 1982: Atari[1] 1983: C64 |
Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mission Asteroid (shown as Mission: Asteroid in the manual and on the title screen)[1] is a graphic adventure game for the Apple II written by Ken and Roberta Williams and released in 1980 by On-Line Systems.[3] It was later ported to the Atari 8-bit family[1] and Commodore 64.
The game was released as Hi-Res Adventures #0, despite being released after Mystery House and Wizard and the Princess. It was meant as an introduction to the adventure game genre so it was made easier than the rest of Hi-Res Adventures games.[4]
Reception[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/On-Line_Systems_-_Hi-Res_Adventure_-_June_1981_The_On-Line_Letter_advert.jpg/220px-On-Line_Systems_-_Hi-Res_Adventure_-_June_1981_The_On-Line_Letter_advert.jpg)
Advertisement from the June 1981 issue of The On-Line Letter for some of On-Line Systems' Hi-Res Adventure games, including Mission Asteroid.
Mark Marlow reviewed Mission: Asteroid, Mystery House, and The Wizard and the Princess for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Mission: Asteroid is the simplest of the group and only requires a few hours to solve."[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Mission: Asteroid". Atari Mania.
- ^ "Mission Asteroid - Boxed Release (Commodore 64)". Vintage-Sierra.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ "On-Line Systems Catalog" (PDF). 1981.
- ^ Marlow, Mark (January–February 1982). "Micro - Reviews". Computer Gaming World. 1 (2): 31–32.
External links[]
- Apple II manual at archive.org
- Mission Asteroid at Atari Mania
- Mission Asteroid at Gamebase 64
Categories:
- 1980 video games
- Adventure games
- Apple II games
- Atari 8-bit family games
- Commodore 64 games
- FM-7 games
- NEC PC-8801 games
- NEC PC-9801 games
- ScummVM-supported games
- Sierra Entertainment games
- Video games developed in the United States
- Vivendi Games stubs
- Adventure game stubs