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Air Raid

Air Raid is considered to be the rarest game released for the Atari 2600.

Year
1982
Developer
Men-A-Vision
Publisher
Men-A-Vision
Orientation
Vertical

SCREENSHOTS

PHYSICAL

HISTORY

Air Raid is a fixed shooter video game published by Small System Software for the TRS-80 Level I or II in 1978. It is an adaptation of the game TARGET, developed for the Sol-20 by Steve Dompier.

Gameplay

The player uses a five direction missile launcher to destroy a random sequence of small quickly moving and large slowly moving aircraft (represented by ASCII characters) crossing the screen at seven altitudes. Collisions between two aircraft destroy both and produce a higher scoring parachute target, while aircraft destroyed by missiles explode, producing a cloud of debris capable of destroying aircraft below.

Reception

Joseph T. Suchar reviewed Air Raid in The Space Gamer No. 30. Suchar commented that "Air Raid is the best arcade-type game I have played. As an arcade game it is unsurpassed and I recommend it."

ACHIEVEMENTS 1 set

Tracked by RetroAchievements and earned in an emulator that reports to it. A game tracked on more than one machine gets a set for each, because they are different lists earned on different hardware.

Atari 2600 36 achievements, 440 pts
  1. First Contact 5
    Score 2,500 points in Mode 1.
  2. Sky Patrol 10
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 1.
  3. Air Raid Ace 25
    Score 25,000 points in Mode 1.
  4. Rookie Raider 5
    Score 1,000 in Mode 2.
  5. Target Tracker 10
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 2.
  6. Master of the Skies 25
    Score 20,000 points in Mode 2.
  7. Skyline Scraper 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 3.
  8. Raid Resistor 10
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 3.
  9. No Gaps 25
    Score 20,000 points in Mode 3.
  10. Light Contact 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 4.
  11. Holding Pattern 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 4.
  12. Clean Sweep 25
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 4.
  13. Cap Attack 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 5.
  14. Mid Range 10
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 5.
  15. Commit 25
    Score 20,000 points in Mode 5.
  16. Entrenched 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 6.
  17. Effective Range 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 6.
  18. Full Coverage 25
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 6.
  19. Low Return 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 7.
  20. Active Defense 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 7.
  21. Splash 7 25
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 7.
  22. Short Cycle 5
    Score 1,000 points in Mode 8.
  23. Solid Coverage 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 8.
  24. Picture Clean 25
    Score 10,000 points in Mode 8.
  25. Regen 10
    Possess six lives at once in Modes 1 or 2.
  26. Ragin' 10
    Possess six lives in Modes 3-8.
  27. Ooda Loop 10
    Score 2,500 points without stopping.
  28. Sole Survivor 10
    Score 10,000 points without dying.
  29. Time Bomb 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 1 in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
  30. Quick Draw 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 2 in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
  31. Three-Peat 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 3 in less than 2 minutes.
  32. Quadrakill 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 4 in less than 2 minutes.
  33. Five Alive 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 5 in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
  34. Six Shooter 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 6 in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
  35. Seventh Heaven 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 7 in less than 2 minutes.
  36. Great Eight 10
    Score 5,000 points in Mode 8 in less than 2 minutes.

Achievement names, descriptions and badges are the work of the RetroAchievements community. View this set on RetroAchievements

RELEASES 1 system

System
Platform
Year
Notes
A2600
Atari 2600
1982
Original release

PHYSICAL RELEASES 1 box

Air Raid box art, Atari 2600
A2600 Atari 2600

GAME DATA

Orientation
Vertical

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