Asteroids

[Pinball Wizard]

At my local arcade they have 2 Asteroids in it. I looked down at one (that is a little more clean) and it has "Asteroids By Atari" where the copyright is on it. The other says "1979 Atari Inc". Any pictures on the web and in mame it says "1979 Atari Inc". Is the one that says "Asteroids By Atari" a unique one, maybe revisioned different than most? Any clues into the darkness I found earlier today?

[CheffoJeffo]

Just two different ROMsets.

The Rev.1 version had an invulnerability glitch, which allowed players to hide in the upper corners of the screen (in the score) and be invulnerable to collisions. Also, players could make their ship fly backwards by thrusting in one direction until reaching full speed, and then quickly turn around 180 degrees and continue thrusting.

The Rev.2 version says '1979 Atari' at the bottom of the title screen, instead of the 'Asteroids by Atari' that was displayed in Rev.1. Also, the invulnerability glitch of Rev.1 is corrected.

http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=asteroids&page=detail&id=126

[Pinball Wizard]

Hmm.... i heard about it I just never knew that the copyright was changed.