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Basteroids

Requires Java which comes with most web browsers. If the game does not load, you may need to install Java (see your web browser's website for upgrades). If you experience problems while playing, try the no sound option which may be more stable for some platforms or older browsers. If the game is too choppy, close other applications (especially graphics or sound programs). If you have other problems with any (recent) browser or platform, let me know.

Anyone can play and post their name and score, however if you enter a registered member name, you must also enter a password. See the members list to avoid name conflicts. If you enter no name, you can still post your score anonymously.

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Today's Top 10

 
Rank 
Player
Score
 Level
 
 
 

This Month's High Scores


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July

 
Rank 
Player
Score
   Level
Date 
1
kooolchick 
196900
11 
2008-07-01
2
kooolchick 
165200
12 
2008-07-03
3
kooolchick 
159100
12 
2008-07-01
4
koolchick 
103850

2008-07-04
 

Hall of Fame

 
(top 3 entries per player)

Rank 
Player
Score
   Level
Date 
1
Bob_Abooey 
776950
28 
2005-01-03
2
magnus 
752650
27 
2002-05-13
3
Bob_Abooey 
709450
27 
2005-01-06
4
Bob_Abooey 
682250
25 
2004-01-16
5
magnus 
656700
26 
2002-11-05
6
magnus 
595250
23 
2002-11-11
7
daveo 
568750
23 
2003-12-19
8
daveo 
564850
24 
2004-12-15
9
daveo 
562900
24 
2004-12-03
10
jc4cb 
530250
23 
2004-08-22
11
John 
467500
19 
2002-03-04
12
batbone 
466300
20 
2003-07-01
13
batbone 
449600
19 
2003-09-15
14
jc4cb 
445550
19 
2004-10-03
15
jc4cb 
434750
20 
2004-09-15
16
batbone 
433550
20 
2003-08-04
17
John 
414800
20 
2002-04-26
18
wiz 
392450
18 
2001-12-13
19
Haylon 
388700
18 
2004-11-18
20
John 
382500
17 
2002-05-17
21
russwood 
377800
18 
2004-04-19
22
Anonymous 
376250
15 
2002-05-29
23
wiz 
367750
18 
2001-12-13
24
russwood 
367550
17 
2004-10-01
25
holmes 
358600
17 
2001-09-22
26
Aneurin 
357000
16 
2003-09-13
27
Link 
353600
16 
2002-12-08
28
sponkly 
352650
17 
2005-03-01
29
russwood 
343950
17 
2004-02-08
30
wiz 
343650
17 
2001-12-13
31
Aneurin 
341900
16 
2003-09-26
32
Aneurin 
336700
18 
2003-09-06
33
sponkly 
335850
17 
2005-02-19
34
larus 
332950
18 
2004-07-26
35
magnus_is_going_down 
330350
17 
2002-10-31
36
Sylvester_Q_McNamera 
330250
17 
2002-10-27
37
Anonymous 
318900
17 
2002-08-14
38
Haylon 
318500
16 
2004-08-25
39
Link 
313850
15 
2003-04-11
40
Taekwondo_Kid 
312800
18 
2004-04-20
41
Haylon 
306050
16 
2004-11-19
42
koolchick 
305800
16 
2004-02-29
43
Link 
305350
15 
2002-07-26
44
Vermin 
298800
16 
2001-11-16
45
Taekwondo_Kid 
294850
15 
2004-04-10
46
larus 
293300
16 
2004-06-11
47
koolchick 
292950
15 
2007-06-01
48
Treebeard 
291150
15 
2004-02-08
49
Bob_Abooeyua 
290800
16 
2002-06-16
50
andyf 
289050
15 
2002-05-16
 
 

Additional Info


Bonus ships awarded every 10,000 points for the first 100,000 points, then every 20,000 for scores up to 200,000, then every 30,000 points for scores up to 300,000, and so on.

Be sure to collect the powerups that appear when you blast the rocks. Powerups will either give you bonus points, weapon powerups or shields. Weapon and shield bonuses last for 10 seconds. If you acquire another powerup before the previous one of the same type runs out, the 10 seconds is added to the total powerup time. Powerups persist from one level to the next.

Performance/graphics tuning: If you are using an older computer or graphics card, you may notice a performance improvement by setting your display color depth to 16bpp (a.k.a. 'high color' or 'thousands of colors'). You can get a larger (but blockier) image by lowering your desktop resolution (640x480 will make the game fill most of the screen). It would be best to close other applications first, then re-set the desktop resolution/color depth, then spawn the game. After you finish playing and close the game window, re-set the display.

Note to dialup internet users: If you don't want to tie up the phone line while playing, you can disconnect after you've played 1 game (all the gameplay data should be downloaded by then). If you still want to post high scores, play until you get a score you want to post, then reconnect to the internet while the 'Submit score [y/n]' prompt is up. Once you are reconnected, click the applet and then type 'y' to submit that score.