Mission Asteroid
{{Short description|1980 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Mission Asteroid
|image = On-Line-Systems-00-Mission-Asteroid.jpg
|caption = Re-release cover art{{cite web |title=Mission Asteroid - Boxed Release (Commodore 64) |url=http://vintage-sierra.net/hires/mav3.php |website=Vintage-Sierra.net |access-date=9 March 2019}}
|developer = On-Line Systems
|publisher = On-Line Systems
|designer = Roberta Williams
|programmer = Ken Williams
|series = Hi-Res Adventures
|engine = ADL
|released = December 1980: Apple II{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n04dec1980/page/24/mode/2up?q=asteroid |title=Softalk V1n04 Dec 1980 |date=December 1980 |access-date=2024-11-10}}
1982: Atari
1983: C64
|genre = Graphic adventure
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
}}
Mission Asteroid (shown as Mission: Asteroid in the manual and on the title screen) is a graphic adventure game for the Apple II written by Ken and Roberta Williams and released in 1980 by On-Line Systems.
Release
The game was released as Hi-Res Adventures #0, despite being released after Mystery House and Wizard and the Princess. It was meant as an introduction to the adventure game genre so it was made easier than the rest of Hi-Res Adventures games.{{cite web | title=On-Line Systems Catalog | url=https://www.sierragamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Catalog_1981_On_Line_Systems.pdf | date=1981}}
It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64.
Reception
File:On-Line Systems - Hi-Res Adventure - June 1981 The On-Line Letter advert.jpg
Mark Marlow reviewed Mission: Asteroid, Mystery House, and The Wizard and the Princess for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Mission: Asteroid is the simplest of the group and only requires a few hours to solve".{{cite magazine | last=Marlow | first=Mark | title=Micro - Reviews | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=January–February 1982 | volume=1 | issue=2 | pages=31–32}}
References
External links
- {{MobyGames|/15282/hi-res-adventure-0-mission-asteroid/}}
- [https://archive.org/details/Mission_Asteroid_Hi-Res_Adventure_0 Apple II manual] at archive.org
- {{atarimania|id=2465}}
- [http://gamebase64.com/game.php?id=4899&d=18&h=0 Mission Asteroid] at Gamebase 64
{{Sierra Adventure Games|Hi-Res}}
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Fiction about near-Earth asteroids
Category:ScummVM-supported games
Category:Sierra Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games designed by Roberta Williams
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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