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Official Asteroids Ultimate Strategy Guide

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This is a hits, tips, and strategy guide to the 1998 space combat, action game "Asteriods" for the Personal Cpmputer {PC}, and PlayStation {PS, PSOne, PSX, PS1}. There are color screenshots, descriptions of various poewer-ups, and enemies. There are general tips to the games 75 levels, as well as tips on the origial 1979 game. There is a history of the original games release, along with interviews of the new games creators, as they mention their first contact with the original game. The book originally cost $12.99 in the USA, and £9.99 in the UK.

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Sybex Inc.
Language
English
Pages
70

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Official Asteroids Ultimate Strategy Guide
November 1998, Sybex Inc.
Paperback in English

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Alameda, CA

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Astro-Mining Corporation Pilot's Manual. 2
Spacecraft Controls. 2
Playstation Controls. 3
Windows 95/98 Controls. 3
Difficulty Settings. 4
Selecting a Spacecraft. 4
Dagger. 4
Longsword. 5
Rapier. 5
Excalibur. 6
Spacecraft Features. 7
Rotation. 7
Thrust. 7
Shields. 8
Laser. 8
Flip. 9
Hyperspace. 9
Wildcard Weapons. 10
Chapter 2: Power-Up, Weapon. and Enemy Tactics. 12
Power-Ups. 13
Shield Recharge. 13
Free Ship. 13
Bonus Points. 13
Wildcard Weapons. 14
Gun Satellites. 14
Mines. 15
Armageddon. 15
Plasma Sword. 16
Homing Missiles. 17
Plasma Drill. 17
Trigger Bombs. 17
Ramming Shield. 18
Smartbomb. 19
Laser. 19
Wideshot. 19
Robo Wall. 20
Missile Armageddon. 20
Enemies. 21
Standard Saucer. 21
Super Saucer. 21
Asteroid Tug. 22
Hex. 22
Nuke Driver. 23
Vulturoid. 23
Kamikaze. 24
Fuel Transport. 24
Repulser Beam. 25
Living Turret Cruiser. 25
Regenerator. 26
Crystal Ice Ship. 26
Crystal Boss. 27
Chapter 3: Single-Player Zone Strategies. 28
General Strategies. 28
Playing Center Field. 29
Don't Overstay Your Welcome. 29
Snag the Prizes!. 29
Play the Angles. 30
Edges and Corners. 30
Scoring. 30
Sigma Delta Zone. 31
Growing Crystals: Not Cool. 31
The Mined Asteroid. 32
Fun with Weapons. 32
Black Hole Zone. 32
Black Holes Suck!. 32
The Asteroid That Won't Budge. 33
Fun with Weapons. 33
Sun Zone. 33
The Ring of Fire. 34
Ancient Energy Asteroids. 34
Uninvited Fireball Comets. 34
Fun with Weapons. 35
Worm Zone. 35
The Angry Alien Queen. 35
Eradicating Space Worms. 36
Fun with Weapons. 36
Save the Earth. 36
Ignore the Bottom. 36
Out of My Way, Satellite!. 37
Avoid Crystallization. 37
The Crystal Boss. 38
Chapter 4: Multiplayer Strategies. 40
Multiplayer Briefing. 40
Getting Tricky. 41
Rubble Trouble. 41
Be Greedy. 41
Power Hungry. 41
Forget the Old Asteroids. 42
Move the Debris. 42
Zone Strategies. 42
Sigma Delta Zone. 42
Black Hole Zone. 42
Sun Zone. 42
Worm Zone. 43
Point Values. 43
Chapter 5: Cheat Codes, Easter Eggs. and Classic Asteroids. 44
Cheat Codes. 44
Playstation Cheat Codes. 44
Windows 95/98 Cheat Codes. 46
Easter Eggs. 47
Uncovering Classic Asteroids. 47
Playing Classic Asteroids. 47
Scoring. 48
Controls. 48
Strategies. 49
Classic Asteroids Cheat Codes. 50
Chapter 6: A Brief History of Asteroids. 52
The Dawn of Asteroids. 52
The Creation of Atari. 53
Pong Paves the Way. 53
The Asteroids Revolution. 54
Ideas. 54
Asteroids Debuts. 55
The Aftermath. 56
Asteroids Remembered. 57
George Broussard. 57
John Cutter. 58
Willem Knibbe. 59
Bill Roper. 60
Phil Steinmeyer. 61
Chris Taylor. 61
Asteroids Factoids. 62
Appendix: Internet Resources. 64
Getting on the Web. 64
Asteroids. 65
Activision's Asteroids Page. 65
Game Archive's Atari Arcade Game Page. 65
Killer List of Video Games. 65
Atari. 66
Atari Gaming Headquarters. 66
History of Atari. 67
Atari Timeline. 67
Classic Video Games. 67
Videotopia's Culturally Significant Video Games. 67
I.C. When's History of Video Games. 68

Edition Notes

Series
Official Ultimate Strategy Guide
Other Titles
Asteroids: Official Ultimate Strategy Guide {On spine.}
Copyright Date
1998

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
70
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 x 0.6 centimeters
Weight
9.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL11008057M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780782125047
ISBN 10
0782125042
ISBN 13
9780782125047
OCLC/WorldCat
41488451
Goodreads
1153890

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