Asteroid
Asteroid was originally developed by Atari for Midway in fulfillment of a contract to supply one video game and one pinball machine. Atari had initially offered Pong during its development to fulfill the…
1 December 1973
Asteroid is a video game developed by Atari, released 1 December 1973 on Arcade.
What Asteroid is
Asteroid was developed by Atari and released in 1973. It was published by Midway Manufacturing. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Asteroid was originally developed by Atari for Midway in fulfillment of a contract to supply one video game and one pinball machine. Atari had initially offered Pong during its development to fulfill the contract, but had been rejected. After finishing Asteroid Atari developed a near identical version of the game and released it themselves under the title "Space Race".
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When did Asteroid come out?
Asteroid was released on 1 December 1973 for Arcade.