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Mission Asteroid (shown as Mission: Asteroid in the manual and on the title screen)[3] is a graphic adventure game for the Apple II written by Ken and Roberta Williams and released in 1980 by On-Line Systems.[2] It was later ported to the Atari 8-bit family[3] and Commodore 64.

Mission Asteroid
Re-release cover art[1]
Developer(s)On-Line Systems
Publisher(s)On-Line Systems
Designer(s)Roberta Williams[2]
Programmer(s)Ken Williams[2]
SeriesHi-Res Adventures
EngineADL
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1980: Apple
1982: Atari[3]
1983: C64
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

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


Advertisement from the June 1981 issue of The On-Line Letter for some of On-Line Systems' Hi-Res Adventure games, including Mission Asteroid.
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


  1. "Mission Asteroid - Boxed Release (Commodore 64)". Vintage-Sierra.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  3. "Mission: Asteroid". Atari Mania.
  4. "On-Line Systems Catalog" (PDF). 1981.
  5. Marlow, Mark (January–February 1982). "Micro - Reviews". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 2. pp. 31–32.



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Mission Asteroid — компьютерная графическая приключенческая игра, выпущенная в 1980 году. Разработана и издана компанией On-Line Systems для компьютеров Apple II и Atari 8-bit в Северной Америке. Впоследствии портирована на FM-7, PC-88 и PC-98, и выпущена в Японии. В 1984 году издана для компьютеров Commodore 64 в Европе.


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