ASTEROIDS AND ASTEROIDS DELUXE  ARCADE VIDEO GAME

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Asteroids is an arcade video game introduced in 1979 by Atari. It has been one of the most popular games of its time, and is still played widely today. Most recently, Asteroids was released as part of Atari Greatest Hits for iPhone on June 2011.
The Asteroids game has a two-dimensional vector display with a view that wraps around in both screen axes. The Asteroids arcade machine is a vector game. This means that the game graphics are composed entirely of lines, which are drawn on a vector monitor.
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME:
The player controls a spaceship in a field of asteroids, which also contains flying saucers. The object of the game is to destroy asteroids and saucers, while making sure not to collide with either of them, and at the same time, make sure not to get hit by the saucer’s counter-fire. The player controls a spaceship in a field of asteroids, which also contains flying saucers.
The objective of Asteroids is to score as many points as possible by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a ship that looks like a “triangle” and can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. The ship eventually will stop when not thrusting. The ship can also be thrust into hyperspace. This will allow the ship to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen. Going into hyperspace will risk the ship to self-destruct or appear on top of an asteroid.
During each stage, a few asteroids will be hovering in different directions on the screen. Objects can wrap around the edges of the screen. For example, if an asteroid drifts off the top edge of the screen, it will reappear at the bottom and will continue moving in the same direction.
When the asteroids take a hit, they will break into smaller asteroids. The smaller asteroids tend to move a lot faster and are more difficult to hit. Hitting smaller asteroids will increase your score because they score higher points. Occasionally, a flying saucer will appear on one side of the screen. It will move across the screen to the other side before it disappears again. There are two (2) kinds of flying saucers. The Bigger saucers fire in random directions. The smaller flying saucers fire at the Player’s ship.
When the screen becomes clear of all asteroids and flying saucers, a new set of large asteroids appear. At the end of each round, the number of asteroids increases up to a maximum of 12. The game is over when the player has lost all of his/her lives.
Due to the original game's success, a sequel followed in 1980 called Asteroids Deluxe. It is similar to the original game, except the onscreen objects were tinted blue and a shield that depleted with use replaced the hyperspace feature. In addition, the asteroids rotated, and a new enemy dubbed a killer satellite was added to the game, and would break apart into two smaller ships that homed on the player's position if shot. Also included was a "3-D" monitor surround that glowed in the white-UV light. The ship and asteroids appeared to "float" over this cardboard backdrop.