RiverRaider

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River Raider is a fresh remake of an old action game that brought you much pleasure a long time ago. Time-tested game play takes on special features making your playing even more exciting than ever. The models of real planes and helicopters with you piloting bombing F-15 make you feel yourself involved into true air attack. River Raider stereo sound effects create an ultimately realistic surrounding. In River Raider you withstand lots of enemies that chase after you in the air, laying an ambush to come out on your way, waiting on the banks of the river or drifting on the waves.

This game is remake of old and very popular game – River Raid. Staggering gameplay, 50 level – from very simple to complicated, a lot of enemys with different types and behaviour, wide variety of special effects and stereo sound – guarantee of 100% joy and satisfaction.

Your task is guide your fighter near above river's bed and terminate as more enemys as you can. Fuel tanks at your aircraft is not fathomless so you need to refuel time to time. Enemy's forces will try to prevent you with your mission and you need to be careful. Beware of antiaircraft defence units!

What makes “River Raid” so addictive? Even today, as video games take on the ultimate in 3D realism, and can often have a multimillion dollar production cost, classic games like River Raid are enjoyed by a new generation of video game enthusiasts. Are there any modern games out there that capture the essence of River Raid?

River Raid is one of the all time classics published by Activision in the early 1980's during the peak of the video game revolution. It was created by Carol Shaw, the first female video game programmer. The objective of the game was to navigate a river without crashing into the canyon walls, while shooting and avoiding enemies, and refueling your plane by flying over fuel tanks. The landscape was the same every game, and so was the placement of the enemies. There was some variety in the timing of the enemies, which would make the game unpredicatble to some degree. What made the game so challenging was the intensity brought forth by enemies constantly approaching from the left, right, or in front of the player. There were only two choices: either shoot the enemy vessels, or try to avoid them. To add to the intensity, you also had to refuel occasionally to keep from falling into the river.

So is there a modern version of this game out there? The answer is yes, there are several games that used River Raid as inspiration. One such game is River Raider, which has all the elements of River Raid. Like River Raid, River Raider has enemies approaching from all directions, and requires the player to refuel periodically. The maze like navigation of River Raid is also apperent in River Raider. River Raider manages to duplicate the feel of “River Raid”, but with the addition of some nice graphics, and a 3D enviroment. Many games try to emulate a classic 2D game in 3D and fail because along the way the game makers forget what made the original game great. I can assure you, this did not happen with River Raider.

From the screen shots, you may notice that the game resembles River Raid.

Another game that has some resemblence to River Raid is River Raider II. Detailed 3D landscape, 3 units to fly by and many other options makes this game very addictive and bring real enjoy of River Raid.

Though River Raid is one of the true classics, you may find that River Raider and River Raider II will conjure all memories of River Raid, and create some new ones that can only be realized with the blazing speed of modern microprocessors.