| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:video_game 
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                                | gptkbp:arcadeSystem | Atari Vector Hardware 
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                                | gptkbp:awarded | included in several 'greatest games' lists 
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                                | gptkbp:cabinetType | gptkb:cocktail upright
 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:Atari_games arcade video games
 1979 video games
 
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                                | gptkbp:controlScheme | buttons for rotate, thrust, fire, hyperspace 
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                                | gptkbp:designer | gptkb:Ed_Logg gptkb:Lyle_Rains
 
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                                | gptkbp:developer | gptkb:Atari,_Inc. 
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                                | gptkbp:game | multiplayer single-player
 
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                                | gptkbp:gameplayFeature | spaceship controlled by player shooting asteroids and flying saucers
 hyperspace function
 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | multidirectional shooter 
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                                | gptkbp:hasPort | gptkb:Atari_8-bit_family gptkb:Atari_ST
 gptkb:PlayStation
 gptkb:Commodore_64
 gptkb:Microsoft_Windows
 gptkb:Xbox
 gptkb:Game_Boy_Color
 gptkb:Atari_2600
 gptkb:Atari_7800
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Geometry_Wars gptkb:Gravitar
 gptkb:Asteroids_Deluxe
 
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                                | gptkbp:inPopularCulture | referenced in films and TV shows 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | considered a classic arcade game inspired many clones and remakes
 
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                                | gptkbp:musicBy | no background music, only sound effects 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | high sales in arcade cabinets pioneering vector graphics in arcade games
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfRooms | over 70,000 arcade cabinets 
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                                | gptkbp:platform | gptkb:arcade 
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                                | gptkbp:pointsSystem | points for destroying asteroids and saucers 
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                                | gptkbp:publisher | gptkb:Atari,_Inc. 
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                                | gptkbp:releaseYear | 1979 
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                                | gptkbp:remakeOf | Asteroids (1998) Asteroids Recharged
 
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                                | gptkbp:sequel | gptkb:Asteroids_Deluxe 
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                                | gptkbp:style | black-and-white vector graphics 
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                                | gptkbp:technology | vector graphics 
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                                | gptkbp:testLocation | gptkb:Sunnyvale,_California 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Lunar_Lander_(Atari,_1979) 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Asteroids (Atari, 1979) 
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