by
Todd B. Crowe

ASTEROID is a Presentation Manager implementation of the original Asteroids(TM) game. Currently the only major shortcoming of ASTEROID is the lack of sound (a feature which is not likely to change).

Many new features have been added to ASTEROID 2.0. Superficially, ASTEROID now closely resembles the arcade game; scoring (including a high score table), 2 player mode, and a new font have been added to make ASTEROID look more "authentic." High scores, window size and position information, and frame control status are now saved in a profile. The player's ship now randomly blows up on reentry from hyperspace and the enemy space ship now shoots at the player (as opposed to random firing). Other less noticeable improvement have been also been added to make ASTEROID look more like the original arcade game.