Which Happened First?

Release of Asteroids

Release of Asteroids
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Asteroids is a 1979 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was released by Taito and Sega in Japan. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Release of Asteroids (this page)November 1979
  2. Release of Adventure1980
  3. Release of Missile Command1980
  4. Release of Mystery HouseMay 5, 1980
  5. Release of Rogue1980
  6. Release of Castle WolfensteinSeptember 1981

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