Hi everyone! I’ve released Asteroids Belt, a retro arcade shooter for Mac inspired by S. Robert Speel’s BASIC game for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum. I wanted to take that simple idea of steering a ship through incoming rocks and turn it into a short arcade run with a finish line.

Pick one of five pixel-art ships and fly through six sectors, each with a different asteroid pattern. You start with five lives, and red hearts can restore a lost one. In the final sector, Meteor Rain, you have 30 seconds to navigate shifting gaps between rows of meteors. Use the arrow keys to steer, Space to fire, and Esc to pause.

The game costs €5.00, requires macOS 13 or later, and comes with an illustrated PDF manual. Get Asteroids Belt on itch.io.

If you give it a try, I’d love to hear which ship you picked and how far you got on your first run.