Asteroids

[Chroelle]

Well this game was also listed in an article about the top 10 freeware games online I read today, so I decided to throw this one up in here so you could all judge it.

Description and background story:
Asteroids is a 3D game by Michael Davies, based on the old arcade classic in which you must destroy asteroids by breaking them up into smaller pieces.

It was developed in Visual C++ 6.0 with DirectX 8.1 over a period of approximately two months. It will run under any Windows system with DirectX 8.1+ and a 3D accelerator card

Story

At 0400 hours, we received confirmation from NASA that an asteroid field larger than any recorded in the history of civilization is headed for a direct collision course with Earth. If just one of these asteroids were to hit Earth’s surface, the impact would measure at approximately 50 megatons - 4,000 times the explosive power of the fission bomb used on Hiroshima.

Our entire military fleet is currently at war with the Martians and, as fate would have it, the asteroid field is too far away from Mars to reassign a Commander. You are the only armed ship within reach of the field.

Your mission is simple: Eliminate all asteroids. Our information sources believe gravitational forces have banded the asteroid field into eight waves. This will provide time between each wave to repair your ship.

Scientific analysis has shown the asteroids’ outer shells are coated in almandine carconite, a rare, highly explosive mineral which is normally only safe at extremely low temperatures. This means a single shot from a laser turret will suffice to blow the asteroid into pieces, but be warned! The explosion will be so large that you are advised to stay well back. A severe explosion could interfere with your guidance systems, or ultimately obliterate your ship.

The entire fate of the world rests in your hands. Good luck.

Developer: Michael Davies

Developers site:
http://asteroids3d.sourceforge.net/

Download from CWF: http://www.curlysworldoffreeware.com/games/view/524

Year: 2002
License: License in gamefolder (freeware)

[Chroelle]

Killing of the fighters were impossible, but the gameplay was kept intense due to them. Shooting asteroids were fun for exactly 3 levels, and then the martians attacked alongside them, and made the game interesting again, just as it was getting a bit on the repititive side.

[Drasir-Vel]

I think the only way i managed to beat one of the fighters was to turn round and round until i collided with him

[Pater Alf]

The game is very hard, even on the "very easy level" and it is nearly impossible to shoot down the martians. But 3D-space-games are always fun and the controls of this one work very well.

Might get a little repetitive after a while and I would've liked it better if the shields of the ship would restore themselves after a while, but it's still a pretty good game.

[Chroelle]

Watch out - Asteroids are downloadable from CWF.
http://www.curlysworldoffreeware.com/games/view/524