Atari Coin Connection

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2
MARCH 1981
ATARI Introduces
Asteroids Deluxe™ . ..
The Challenge Continues
ere it is - the Asteroids™
challenge is extended
once again. New Aster-
oids Deluxe upholds the As-
teroids standard of exciting
game play that continually
challenges the player. But with
Asteroids Deluxe, some new
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twists have been added, so your
good Asteroids players will have to
change .their strategy a bit in order to
achieve the same high scores they
had previously attained on regular
Asteroids .
Some of the new features included
in the Asteroids Deluxe challenge
are: a new "Shield" control which
allows the player to temporarily pro-
tect himself from asteroids and
enemy saucer fire; "smart" saucers
which fire not only at the spacecraft
but also at asteroids, thereby preven-
ting the player from using the aster-
oids as a block against the saucer-
fire; and the spectacular "Killer
Satellite" which, when hit, breaks in-
to three pieces that pursue the
player's spacecraft. As each indi-
vidual piece of the Sate!lite is hit, it
then breaks into two even smal ler
pieces which rapidly chase the
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player's ship.
Along with these three new fea-
tures, Asteroids Deluxe has new
audio excitement, "tumbling" rocks,
ATARI'S exclusive OuadraScan™
video graphics which appear to float
over a three-dimensional, full color
playfieid, a six-digit score counter , a
high score table which retains the
three top scores even when power is
off, and four operator-adjustable
bonus levels.
New Asteroids Deluxe is available
in the standard upright, ATARI'S Cab-
aret™ or cocktai l cabinet models.
ATAR I plans to introduce th is big
new game with a major press con-
ference, scheduled to be held on
March 23 in New York City.
ATAR I will also be sending a spe-
c ial "Astrodata" promotional kit to op-
erators on request. The kit wil l include
sample radio scripts with instructions
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