Asterock
![Asterock - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji]()
Description
Your spacecraft is dangerously situated among fast moving asteroids in an asteroid belt that can destroy your ship on contact. Armed with a front mounted weapon and the ability to hyperspace, you fly through the debris, destroying each rock one piece at a time. Alien saucers visit the playfield from time to time with an eye towards destroying your ship!
Asterock was produced by Zaccaria/Sidam in 1980.
Zaccaria/Sidam released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Zaccaria/Sidam was based in United States.
Specs
| Name | Asterock |
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| Developer | Zaccaria/Sidam (United States) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 6937 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Space |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
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| Control Panel | Asterock Control Panel Image |
Game Introduction
This is an obvious bootleg of Atari's Asteroids.
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Cabinet Information
The game's cabinet is a copy of Atari's Asteroids. The marquee and sideart are ripped off from the Atari designs. The Sidam version features a steep backwards-sloping control panel which doubles as a full width ashtray, cigarette holders are included on the lip of the panel!.
Miscellaneous
COPY OF: Asteroids
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Asterock Census
There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Asterock collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Asterock machine for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
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