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Top 10 Atari Arcade Games

In this week's TIME Magazine, we write about a group of 10 original Atari programmers who are banding together to form a new casual gaming company. Here's a look at some of the old company's best coin-op titles.

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Asteroids

By Feb. 01, 2012

Goal of Game: Using your tiny, triangle-shaped spaceship, shoot asteroids large and small and the occasional flying saucer. Don’t get hit by any debris or saucer lasers.

History: A massive game, simply put. It was Atari’s most successful coin-op title of all time.

Sequels: Asteroids Deluxe

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