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Blasteroids: Measurement, Overview & Gameplay

Blasteroids is a 1988 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. It is the third main entry in the Asteroids series, following 1981's Asteroids Deluxe. Unlike the previous games, Blasteroids uses raster graphics instead of vector graphics, and has power-ups and a boss.

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Blasteroids topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Overview and Gameplay as prominent areas in the source structure around Blasteroids.

Related topics
24
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
27
Extracted relationships
22
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
27

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Gameplay · 5 topics
Reception · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Multidirectional shooter
Artist
Sam Comstock
Composer
Brad Fuller
Designer
Ed Rotberg
Developer
Atari Games
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Gameplay

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Blasteroids connects Entity context

The extracted context around Blasteroids shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Blasteroids → Computer, In, VG Hit, Video Games Another extracted example is Blasteroids → EU: 1989, NA: December 1989, NA: February 1988. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Blasteroids

Top relations

related to Reception · 4
Blasteroids → Computer, In, VG Hit, Video Games
Release · 3
Blasteroids → EU: 1989, NA: December 1989, NA: February 1988
related to External links · 3
Blasteroids → Arcade History, Killer List, VideogamesBlasteroids
is a · 2
Blasteroids → 1988 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades, unlockable mini-game in Lego Dimensions
Artist · 1
Blasteroids → Sam Comstock
Composer · 1
Blasteroids → Brad Fuller
Designer · 1
Blasteroids → Ed Rotberg
Developer · 1
Blasteroids → Atari Games
Genre · 1
Blasteroids → Multidirectional shooter
Modes · 1
Blasteroids → Single-player, multiplayer

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

asteroids ship player games atari sector amiga msx ms-dos destroyed ships shot mukor game home power-ups boss 1988 multidirectional shooter

Blasteroids relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 22 structured relationships around Blasteroids. Examples in this analysis include Blasteroids → Artist → Sam Comstock and Blasteroids → Composer → Brad Fuller. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BlasteroidsArtistSam Comstock1.00infobox
BlasteroidsComposerBrad Fuller1.00infobox
BlasteroidsDesignerEd Rotberg1.00infobox
BlasteroidsDeveloperAtari Games1.00infobox
BlasteroidsGenreMultidirectional shooter1.00infobox
BlasteroidsModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
BlasteroidsPlatformsArcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum1.00infobox
BlasteroidsProgrammersEd Rotberg Peter Lipson1.00infobox
BlasteroidsPublishersAtari Games Ports Image Works1.00infobox
BlasteroidsReleaseNA: February 19881.00infobox
BlasteroidsReleaseNA: December 19891.00infobox
BlasteroidsReleaseEU: 19891.00infobox
BlasteroidsSeriesAsteroids1.00infobox
Blasteroidsis a1988 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades0.90text
Blasteroidsis aunlockable mini-game in Lego Dimensions0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Blasteroids bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Games, Video and Game. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • atari games
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
    • Msx
    • Multidirectional
    • Shooter
    • Spectrum
    • St
    • Works
  • asteroids
    • Series
    • Ship
    • Home
    • Shot
    • Sector
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Boss
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
  • asteroids deluxe
    • Series
    • Ship
    • Home
    • Shot
    • Sector
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Boss
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
  • computer and video games
    • Games
    • Multidirectional
    • Shooter
    • Video
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Blasteroids
    • Commodore
    • Computer
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
  • atari st
    • Ms-dos
    • Msx
    • Spectrum
    • Works
    • Zx
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Multidirectional
    • Shooter
  • zx spectrum
    • Amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
    • Msx
    • Spectrum
    • St
    • Works
    • Zx
    • Atari
  • amiga
    • Amstrad
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
    • Msx
    • Spectrum
    • St
    • Works
    • Zx
    • Atari
    • Computer
  • amstrad cpc
    • Commodore
    • Cpc
    • Image
    • Ms-dos
    • Msx
    • Spectrum
    • St
    • Works
    • Zx
    • Atari
    • Computer
    • Multidirectional

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Blasteroids, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Blasteroids with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Blasteroids — Overview · splits 9 ⟂ 19
Blasteroids — Gameplay · splits 22 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Blasteroids

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples22
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Blasteroids to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Overview & Gameplay, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Blasteroids · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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