Space Duel - Atari 7800

Asteroids for the 7800 was a fantastic port in my opinion. I thought it looked and played great, but the teleport was pure bull. Space duel removes the asteroids in favor of colorful shapes and gives you a shield, which is 10,000 times better than the original warp. For that alone it's worth buying for fans of Asteroids.
The game looks and feels fantastic, and there's enough modes and options to keep you and your asteroid loving friends busy for a while. While ultimately I think this is probably better than the original 7800 Asteroids, I can't help but to prefer that games look. Maybe it's nostalgia.
Overall if you liked Asteroids but wished you had a shield and some more variety, then Space Duel is going to be right up your alley. If you didn't much care for Asteroids then I doubt you'll change your mind after playing this one. But if you didn't like Asteroids then your probably not a Atari fan anyway, so if your reading this then buy it already! Oh get the box too, it looks nice :D.

This a really solid port of the Atari game that I loved a lot in the arcades. But I was really bummed that we lost tethered play, which is one of the defining features of the original gameplay. Still super fun, but I miss that.

I love the arcade game and played it a lot BITD. This is a fantastic translation for the 7800. Make sure you pick up a Starplex controller so you can play it properly.

People love this game. but I don't get it. I may be in the vast minority, but I think the original Atari Asteroids for the 7800 is better than the updated variations.

Space Duel is another extensive hack of the Atari 7800 version of Asteroids, re-creating the not-really-a-sequel third arcade game in the Asteroids series. Space Duel\'s gameplay is basically the same as Asteroids - fly around space, shooting apart various objects and the occasional flying saucer. But now the graphics are in full color, there are more different types of objects to shoot, and bonus rounds have been added. Space Duel\'s biggest change though, was the addition of several two-player simultaneous game play modes.In the arcade version, you could opt to play either as separate ships, or as two ships tethered together. You could also choose to play as a single player, using both ships tethered together. Unfortunately, the tethered modes have been completely left out of the 7800 version of Space Duel, which really diminishes the uniqueness of it. All that distinguishes it from the Asteroids Deluxe hack is the variety of objects to blast and the bonus rounds. All of the objects are rendered very well however, nicely capturing the "pinwheels and polygons" look of the arcade game. It\'s a little disappointing though that both player ships use the same "ketchup bottle" shape, rather than each looking unique, as in the arcade version.Space Duel retains all of the great game play of Asteroids-style games, but unless you\'re a die-hard Space Duel fan, you can get your space-rock blasting kicks with Asteroids Deluxe just as well. Even if you are a die-hard Space Duel fan, the odds are that you\'ll miss the tethered modes. Without all of the features that made Space Duel unique, and with the two-player modes available in Asteroids Deluxe, there\'s little reason to buy both. Perhaps combining Space Duel and Asteroids Deluxe on the same cart would have made for a better value.