Asteroids & Deluxe

 Xbox 360
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    40
    Old, tired and uninspired. [Jan 2008, p.99]
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  2. X-ONE Magazine UK
    40
    [An] abomination. [Issue#29, p.117]
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  3. Video Game Talk
    30
    There are two huge flaws in the release of Asteroids for Xbox Live arcade; the fun factor and the price.

Awards & Rankings

95
#95 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2007

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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. RonnieBarzel
    Dec 11, 2016
    3
    I don't normally get so pissed at a product that I have to vent, but how do you screw up "Asteroids" so badly? "Asteroids Deluxe" is screwedI don't normally get so pissed at a product that I have to vent, but how do you screw up "Asteroids" so badly? "Asteroids Deluxe" is screwed up as well — missing the background image that the graphics were layered over to distract you from the fact it's basically the same game — but few really played/remember that game. That's like screwing up "Joust 2" or "Mappyland."

    "Asteroids," though, is iconic, and part of that iconography is the "Duh....DUH...duh...DUH..." music/heartbeat. To release what is supposedly an accurate port of that game without that music is unforgivable.

    (Sorry for reviewing a 9-year-old port of two 35+-year-old games, but I just bought this on a whim last night.)    … Full Review »
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