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Category: Games
Sub-Category: Action
Platform: Atari 2600
License: Proprietary
Interface: GUI
Wikipedia: Air_Raid_(1982_video_game)
First release: 1982
Air Raid – a video game produced for the Atari 2600 by Men-A-Vision, marking the only game developed by the company.
It is considered one of the rarest games for the system, as it was released in small quantities and had limited distribution. The cartridge was blue and featured a T-shaped design; the label depicted a futuristic city under attack by flying saucers. It is not uncommon for the game to sell for several hundred dollars when a copy appears on eBay.
The gameplay of “Air Raid” is quite unusual; despite the right-to-left scrolling (which is actually just the same screen looping), the ship moves horizontally along the bottom of the screen, much like in “Space Invaders”. The objective is to destroy enemy helicopters and ships before they reach the buildings you are tasked with protecting.
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