If the game variation you're playing includes satellites and UFOs, use your Joystick to aim and press the fire button to shoot torpedoes at them just as you would for the asteroid boulders.
When hit, small asteroids disintegrate, medium asteroids split into two asteroids, and large asteroids break into two medium asteroids. You have more than enough photon power to destroy all of the asteroids, but you can fire only four shots into the asteroid field at a time.
Asteroids come at your ship in waves from all corners of the screen. Once you empty the screen of asteroids, a new wave begins, and each wave you face is more difficult to destroy than the last. In some game variations, you’ll face enemy UFOs, which fire photon lasers back at you. Both small and large UFOs explode when hit.
A reserve fleet of the ships stands ready in hyperspace. Each time an asteroid hits you, destroying your ship, a reserve ship appears in the starting position in the center of the screen. This continues until all of your ships are destroyed.
The high score of the game appears at the end of the game and is updated as higher scores are tallied in later games. The high score remains on the screen until you turn off your Atari®Flashback 2(TM) Classic Game Console.
Game Variations
Standard Play
This variation is for one player, or two players alternating.
Competition Asteroids
Two players appear on screen at the same time. Your ship is vulnerable to shots fired by the other player. You benefit by helping the other player stay alive.
Team Asteroids
Two players appear on screen at the same time and share reserve ships.Your photon torpedoes pass through the other player’s ships without disabling them.
Special Features
Depending on the game variation you choose, you may be able to save your spacecraft from destruction by using one of your ship’s special features.
Hyperspace
Hyperspace makes your spaceship disappear in space and reappear at some other location on the screen. This feature is helpful as a quick getaway, but it may also be a hindrance if your ship reappears in the path of an oncoming asteroid.
Shields
Shields protect your spacecraft from oncoming boulders and enemies. Don’t use shields for more than two seconds though, or your ship will blow up!
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