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Atari [USA] - Asteroids (Black)

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TV format		Rarity	Cart	CiB	Last changed n/a
Gametitle	Asteroids	Class	Official release
Company	Atari [USA]	Genre	Shoot'em Up
Series	Black	Max. player	2
Cartridge shell	Standard	Controller	Joystick
Serial number	CX2649	Programmer	Stewart, Brad
UPC code		Manual
Year	1981	Screenshot
Country	- USA	md5 Hash / Size	/

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Not even two years after Atari presented the extremely successful arcade machine, the version for the Atari VCS was released. Probably also a reason why the game sold about 3.8 million copies, making it the third best-selling game for this system. One year after the Space Invaders Championship, Atari held the international Asteroids Tournament in many countries around the world in autumn 1981. Game No.6 was played and the national winners were invited to the final on November 14, 1981 in Washington D.C. The winner was 16-year-old Andrew Breyer, who received 5,000 dollars and an Asteroids Deluxe as a prize. This game was built as a newly programmed version into the PAL version of the Atari 7800 and is played automatically when the console is turned on without an inserted cartridge.

Company Information

Atari Inc.- the company all began with- started to release their first VCS titles in the U.S. in spetember 1977 . The official release in Europe followed in 1980. The german company Unimex in Wiesbaden was the first distributor for Atari games in 1980-1983 under the Time Warner era in Europe.

Relationship Information

Original Version	16 known copies	Output
Atari [USA] Asteroids	Asteroids [Atari [NZL] / Monaco] Asteroids [Atari [USA]] Asteroids [Atari [USA]] Asteroids [Atari [USA]] Asteroids [Atari [USA]] アステロイド（小遊星） (Asteroids) [Atari [USA]] Asteroids [Digivision] Asteroides [Dynacom [Brazil]] Asteroides [EDU Games] Asteroids [Hin Seng Planetary Headquaters (Atari)] Asteroids [Key Vision] Meteorlar Geliyor [Me-Ta Elektronik Endüstri (Atari)] Asteroids (Asteróides) [Polyvox] Asteroids [Sears] Asteroids [Sears] Asteroids [Sears]	Click here for an enlarged overview of all Copies

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Landscape manual ?

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C016943-49 Rev.1

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