In my younger years I was something of an arcade junkie. Being, as I was, at the bleeding edge of home computer technology (my borther bought a Sinclair ZX81 when they were released), games were pretty thin, and usually low quality.

Arcade games however, were cool, in colour, with comparatively high resolution graphics. Probably the most exciting moment of my childhood was going to the Computer and Video Game show in London with a group of friends.

Now Asteroids was one of the games I played. It was highly addictive, and yet comparatively simplistic.