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Game #3001
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  River Raid Remake   (a.k.a. River Raid 2)  View all Top Dogs in this genreCollection: Fanmade Remakes
Action   Vertical shooter

Rating: 8.66 (192 votes)

River Raid Remake box cover

River Raid Remake screenshot
This is an obscure but excellent PC remake of Atari 2600 classic River Raid and a game that proves once and for all that female designers can design great action games as well as men. If you haven't been gaming long enough to know what an Atari 2600 is, here's the scoop: the objective of River Raid is to score as many points as possible by blowing up tankers, boats, planes, jets, and helicopters. Don't go wild though, because if you destroy everything you won't be able to refuel at the large "fuel" barges. As you destroy different enemies, you will receive different amounts of points. 30 for tankers, 60 for helicopters, 80 for fuel depots (but why should you?), 100 for jets, and a big 500 for bridges, which typically mark the end of the stage. You get three planes to begin with, and another one if you reach a certain number of points (10,000 I believe).

This PC version recreates the River Raid experience very faithfully – down to the primitive-looking plane and graphics. Both the interface and graphics are very smooth, and the game remains as addictive and fun as it was nearly two decades ago. The game is in Polish, but you don't really need to read anything ;) Highly recommended, especially for anyone who misses the good old days of gaming (and don't we all?), as well as anyone who is curious to know how one could fit an innovative shoot em-up with strategic elements inside the mere 4KB (yes, that's kilobytes) of memory in one 2600 cartridge.

The game is actually titled "River Raid 2", but I don't want it confused with the awful River Raid 2 that was designed after Carol Shaw left Activision, so this name will have to do ;)

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Carol Shaw
Developer: Activision
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 1997
Software Copyright: Unknown
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Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
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If you like this game, try: Silpheed, Traffic Department 2192, Bruce Lee (Remake)

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