Game Room - Asteroids Deluxe

Retro fun

Asteroids Deluxe is another tie-in game between the WP and XBLA's Game Room. It's actually a pretty good version of the game, and plays much the same as the original arcade game from the '80s. The only problem is that it can be very tough to play on the WP, due to the controls and small screen.

The achievements are similar to the other Game Room tie-in games; mostly earning Gold Medals in 3 different categories, and a few mobile related ones for driving a certain distance/speed while playing the game. They are relatively easy, other than the survival one which I just couldn't do on the WP. Thankfully, if you have the game in your XBLA Game Room, you can play it there and all of the medals count for both platforms. While still challenging, it makes most of the tie-in games much easier to complete in this way.

Graphics are good, sound is good, gameplay is solid. Overall, a pretty good throwback to the original.
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