Summary[Xbox Live Arcade] Two of the all-time classic arcade games come to Xbox LIVE Arcade in Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, a combo of intense action where players must save earth from a deadly bombardment of asteroids. The full historic game is available in its original form, along with a completely re-stylized version featuring evolved graphics. Relea...
Rated Efor Everyone
Developer:Stainless Games
Asteroids & Deluxe
Released On:
Nov 28, 2007
Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.7
My Score
Game Stats for Asteroids & Deluxe Xbox 360
Metascore
Mixed or Average
55
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
30% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
78
The graphics in the updated versions do look rather good, but the game is just too frustrating to play for long periods of time.
70
You can also play with the old graphics and relive that '80s charm. [Oct 2007, p.74]
60
Not shat or shovel, Asteroids Deluxe is one of the very, very few early eighties games that still play well. [Feb 2008, p.94]
50
The Asteroids Deluxe package is another classic game that feels like its achievement points are worth more than the purchase itself.
50
It's simple, accessible and briefly entertaining.
40
Old, tired and uninspired. [Jan 2008, p.99]
30
There are two huge flaws in the release of Asteroids for Xbox Live arcade; the fun factor and the price.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.7
0% Positive
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
50% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Dec 11, 2016
3
I don't normally get so pissed at a product that I have to vent, but how do you screw up "Asteroids" so badly? "Asteroids Deluxe" is screwed up as well — missing the background image that the graphics were layered over to distract you from the fact it's basically the same game — but few really played/remember that game. That's like screwing up "Joust 2" or "Mappyland." "Asteroids," though, is iconic, and part of that iconography is the "****..." music/heartbeat. To release what is supposedly an accurate port of that game without that music is unforgivable. (Sorry for reviewing a 9-year-old port of two 35+-year-old games, but I just bought this on a whim last night.)
Xbox 360 Report
