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Playing this flash-based game reminded me of the oversaturated Quake deathmatch servers back in the late 90s. Directional keys control your ship, spacebar to fire. Powerups like shields (circle icon) and twin cannons (green icons) increase your chances of surviving longer than the average 4-seconds I saw. And I still don’t know what the red crosses do for you. Unlike the Multiplayer Pong I posted about a while ago, Asteroids Multiplayer requires more bandwidth, as I was getting lag stutters when tested over a weak 802.11b wireless connection.

The Asteroids servers been screaming ever since the post on Kotaku, but recently I’ve been able to log-in fine.

Thanks to chef for alerting me to yet another addictive online game.

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