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    Asteroids

    Game » consists of 23 releases. Released November 1979

    Atari's bestselling game of all time, Asteroids was one of the most influential releases of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. One of the first space shooters, it was the inspiration for many of the dual stick shooter games of the modern era, Geometry Wars chief among them.

    Universal Making a Movie Out of Atari's Asteroids Game

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    #2  Edited By VWGTI

    Wait for it..............................



    FAIL

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    #3  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    I won't immediately dismiss the movie. Asteroids lack of storyline leaves plenty room for artistic license, and who knows, the movie could be good. However, the concept itself is dumb. They might as well make a movie about shooting asteroids that isn't based on the game. It would be no different.

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    #4  Edited By penguindust

    There was a damned good movie made years ago called Outland starring Sean Connery which took place on an asteroid, and there is an anime called Mighty Space Miners with a similar setting so films about asteroids are not unheard of.  Plus, there are all the Armageddon and Deep Impact disaster movies.  I think someone could make a movie about mining asteroids in space by blasting them into smaller pieces and hauling off the chunks for processing.  Toss in a few pissed off saucer-aliens and Megan Fox and you've got a summer hit.

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    #5  Edited By gingertastic_10

    Will Smith should be in it.

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    #6  Edited By Hector

    Director Micheal Bay....hahahaha!

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    #7  Edited By mordukai
    @Hector said:
    " Director Micheal Bay....hahahaha! "
    I see Atari going with Uwe Boll. Bay will be just do damn expansive for them.
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    #8  Edited By Linkyshinks

    Lame, Space Invaders is far more worthy.

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    #9  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Sweet, more fuel for the non-stop TANG train!

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