Asteroids
E486600
Asteroids is a classic 1979 arcade space shooter game by Atari in which players control a spaceship to destroy drifting asteroids and enemy saucers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asteroids canonical | 5 |
| Asteroids Deluxe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5015297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asteroids Context triple: [Atari, Inc., notableGame, Asteroids]
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A.
Astra Planeta
Astra Planeta are the personified star and planet deities of ancient Greek mythology, often depicted as radiant celestial gods associated with the night sky.
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B.
Comets
The Comets are the athletic teams representing Capital University in intercollegiate sports.
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C.
asteroid Šteins
Asteroid Šteins is a small, diamond-shaped main-belt asteroid that was closely studied during a 2008 flyby by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft.
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D.
Superasterids
Superasterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes diverse orders such as Caryophyllales, Asterales, and Lamiales, encompassing many ecologically and economically important species.
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E.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asteroids Target entity description: Asteroids is a classic 1979 arcade space shooter game by Atari in which players control a spaceship to destroy drifting asteroids and enemy saucers.
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A.
Astra Planeta
Astra Planeta are the personified star and planet deities of ancient Greek mythology, often depicted as radiant celestial gods associated with the night sky.
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B.
Comets
The Comets are the athletic teams representing Capital University in intercollegiate sports.
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C.
asteroid Šteins
Asteroid Šteins is a small, diamond-shaped main-belt asteroid that was closely studied during a 2008 flyby by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft.
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D.
Superasterids
Superasterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes diverse orders such as Caryophyllales, Asterales, and Lamiales, encompassing many ecologically and economically important species.
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E.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arcade video game
ⓘ
multidirectional shooter ⓘ |
| cabinetType |
cocktail arcade cabinet
ⓘ
upright arcade cabinet ⓘ |
| controlInput |
fire
ⓘ
hyperspace ⓘ rotate left ⓘ rotate right ⓘ thrust ⓘ |
| controlScheme | five-button control panel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer |
Ed Logg
ⓘ
Lyle Rains ⓘ |
| developer | Atari, Inc. ⓘ |
| displayColor | monochrome ⓘ |
| enemyType |
large saucer
ⓘ
small saucer ⓘ |
| extraLifeCondition | awarded at certain score thresholds ⓘ |
| feature | wraparound screen playfield ⓘ |
| firstReleaseRegion | North America ⓘ |
| gameMode |
single-player
ⓘ
two-player alternating ⓘ |
| gameplayPerspective | top-down ⓘ |
| genre | space shooter ⓘ |
| hasPlayerCharacter | triangular spaceship ⓘ |
| inspirationFor |
Asteroids Deluxe
ⓘ
linked to:
Asteroids
Blasteroids ⓘ numerous later space shooter games ⓘ |
| livesSystem | limited number of ships ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Atari, Inc. ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly influential arcade design
ⓘ
simple yet challenging gameplay ⓘ use of vector display technology ⓘ |
| objective | destroy asteroids and flying saucers ⓘ |
| obstacleType |
large asteroid
ⓘ
medium asteroid ⓘ small asteroid ⓘ |
| originalHardware | Atari vector arcade system ⓘ |
| physicsFeature | inertia-based ship movement ⓘ |
| platform | arcade ⓘ |
| programmer | Ed Logg ⓘ |
| publisher | Atari, Inc. ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| scoringMechanic | points for destroying asteroids and saucers ⓘ |
| setting | outer space ⓘ |
| soundType | simple synthesized sound effects ⓘ |
| status | classic arcade game ⓘ |
| usesGraphicsType | vector graphics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Asteroids Description of subject: Asteroids is a classic 1979 arcade space shooter game by Atari in which players control a spaceship to destroy drifting asteroids and enemy saucers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asteroids