gbAsteroids

The objective of the gbAsteroids game is to destroy the asteroids before they destroy your five ships! The ships can be moved about and has a forward pointing phaser with which to destroy the asteroids.

Download (v1.0, 37K)

Feature List

Game-Based or Continuous Play Options
3 Levels of Difficulty
Moving Background Image (Multiple Images)
Keyboard and Mouse Play Options
Play/Pause
Sound Mute
Save Session on Close

Playing gbAsteroids

The goal of gbAsteroids is to destory the asteroids before they destory your ships. One ship is active at a time and there are 4 replacements. When all ships are destroyed, you lose! gbAsteroids may be played with either the mouse or keyboard.

Mouse Commands

Wheel Forward - Rotate ship counter-clockwise
Wheel Reverse - Rotate ship clockwise
Wheel - rotates the ship.
Left Button Click - Fire the Phaser
Right Button Click - Click for rocket burst. Hold for continuous rocket.

Keyboard Commands

Left-Right Arrows - rotate the ship
Up Arrow - Move the Ship (Hold for continuous thrust)
Down Arrow - Reverse Ship Direction
SpaceBar - Fire the Phaser (Hold for continous fire)
Ctrl-C - Same As Center Button
ESC - Same As Pause Button

There are 3 levels of difficulty - 10 asteroid, 25 asteroids and 25 faster asteroids.

Toolbar

All gbAsteroidsfeatures and settings are accessed through the toolbar buttons.

Play - Play the game
Pause - Temporarily pause the game
New - New Game
Center - Move the ship to the center of the screen
Mute - Silence all game sound
Settings - Changes the background. The Settings button also has a dropdown menu with various settings (see below)
Help - Local Help

Dropdown Menu

The Settings dropdown menu provides the following options.

Change Background - Cycles through a series of 6 background images
AutoRun on Start - Games automatically begins then gbAsteroids is started
Continus Play - Provides endless supply of ships
Scroll Background - Allows the background to scroll right-to-left
Display Reserver Ships - Displays the remaining ships in the upper left of the screen
Save Session on Close - Saves game status when the app is closed.
Level1: 10 Slower Asteroids - Easiest level of play
Level1: 25 Slower Asteroids - Medium level of play
Level1: 25 Faster Asteroids - Hardest level of play

Comments

Application settings are kept in an INI file, located in the folder where gbAsteroidsis installed.

Comments and suggestions are welcome!