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Namtir Raiders

Namtir Raiders is a fixed screen shoot 'em up. The objective is simply to shoot down as many enemy raiders as possible and save the earth. There are four waves of enemies and each wave has a different kind of…

31 December 1982

Namtir Raiders is an arcade developed by Artic Computing, released 31 December 1982 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What Namtir Raiders is

Namtir Raiders is an arcade game developed by Artic Computing and released in 1982. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Namtir Raiders is a fixed screen shoot 'em up. The objective is simply to shoot down as many enemy raiders as possible and save the earth. There are four waves of enemies and each wave has a different kind of enemy. The movement of the ship is a bit different from other shoot 'em ups. Rather than having keys for up, down, left and right, they here lead to diagonal moves (for example up and left, down and right). The player has five lives and earns more when all four waves have been completed. Once they have the game starts over with the first wave. A difficulty level between one and three can be chosen before the game begins. The higher levels run at a higher pace.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Namtir Raiders launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Namtir Raiders come out?
Namtir Raiders was released on 31 December 1982 for Sinclair ZX81.

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