Asteroids resurrected in IE9 trial

The test drive pages for the current (functionality-limited) IE9 preview contain a little gem for those of us of a certain age who recall a simpler kind of computer game.

Friday/Saturday-night pub crawls in the late '70s were, for me and my band of pals, peppered with games of Defender, Galaxian (my personal favourite), Tank Commander and Asteroids. Here's what the original Asteroids looked like:

The IE9 test drive pages contain an SVG version called SVG-oids:

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Graphics/35SVG--oids/Default.xhtml

Have fun and (for those of us of a certain age) relive the golden age of video games!

You can tell from my score (below) that I'm a bit rusty at this:

And for a more authentic experience, have a go at this version:

http://www.play.vg/games/4-Asteroids.html