Raid over Moscow is a shooter developed by Access Software, released 13 March 1984 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and BBC Microcomputer System.
What Raid over Moscow is
Raid over Moscow is a shooter game developed by Access Software and released in 1984. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Released during the Cold War era, Raid Over Moscow is an action game in which the player (an American space pilot) has to stop three Soviet nuclear attacks on North America, then fight his way into and destroy a nuclear facility located in Moscow's Kremlin. According to the game's storyline, the United States is unable to respond to the attack directly due to the dismantlement of its nuclear arsenal.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Raid over Moscow holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 23 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Raid over Moscow launched on 13 March 1984, within three weeks of H.E.R.O. and Boulder Dash. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: H.E.R.O., Boulder Dash.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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