Comet Busters!
Encyclopedia
Comet Busters! is an improved version of Asteroids
created by Steven E. Hugg for Windows
3.1
/95
. It was originally released in 1991 with a registration cost of $9. A shareware
version was also distributed and has since become free to download. The latest (and probably last) version is 1.4, which works well in Windows XP
, Windows Vista
and Windows 7, and supports multiplayer with up to 4 players on the same PC or 2 players online, and includes a variety of modes and settings. It is very much like asteroids. Flying saucers, and little happy faces are out to destroy you. If you shoot a rock, it turns into two. shoot one of these two, and they turn into another two. Finally, these are destroyed when you shoot them.
Asteroids (computer game)
Asteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses a vector display and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid...
created by Steven E. Hugg for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
3.1
Windows 3.1x
Windows 3.1x is a series of 16-bit operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was first sold during March 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0...
/95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
. It was originally released in 1991 with a registration cost of $9. A shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
version was also distributed and has since become free to download. The latest (and probably last) version is 1.4, which works well in Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
, Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
and Windows 7, and supports multiplayer with up to 4 players on the same PC or 2 players online, and includes a variety of modes and settings. It is very much like asteroids. Flying saucers, and little happy faces are out to destroy you. If you shoot a rock, it turns into two. shoot one of these two, and they turn into another two. Finally, these are destroyed when you shoot them.