''Mission Asteroid'' (shown as ''Mission: Asteroid'' in the manual and on the title screen) is a

graphic adventure An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based m ...

game for the

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written by Ken and Roberta Williams and released in 1980 by

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. It was later ported to the

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and

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

. The game was released as

Hi-Res Adventures ''Hi-Res Adventures'' is a series of graphic adventure games developed by On-Line Systems (later Sierra Entertainment). It includes all seven graphic adventure games released by the company prior to the release of the company's landmark ''King's ...

#0, despite being released after ''

Mystery House ''Mystery House'' is an adventure game released by On-Line Systems in 1980. It was designed, written and illustrated by Roberta Williams, and programmed by Ken Williams for the Apple II. ''Mystery House'' is the first graphical adventure gam ...

'' and ''

Wizard and the Princess ''Wizard and the Princess'' (also ''The Wizard and the Princess'', with a leading article) is a graphic adventure game written for the Apple II and published in 1980 by On-Line Systems. It was the second title released in the '' Hi-Res Adventure ...

''. It was meant as an introduction to the adventure game genre so it was made easier than the rest of ''Hi-Res Adventures'' games.

Reception

On-Line Systems - Hi-Res Adventure - June 1981 The On-Line Letter advert

Mark Marlow reviewed ''Mission: Asteroid'', ''Mystery House'', and ''The Wizard and the Princess'' for ''

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through ...

'', and stated that "''Mission: Asteroid'' is the simplest of the group and only requires a few hours to solve."

References

External links

Apple II manual
at archive.org

at Atari Mania
''Mission Asteroid''
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