Star Raiders
Star Raiders is a first-person space combat simulator for the Atari 8-bit family of computers. It was written by Doug Neubauer, an Atari employee, and released as a cartridge by Atari in 1979. The game is…
Star Raiders is a shooter developed by Atari, released 1 March 1980 on Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST/STE.
What Star Raiders is
Star Raiders is a shooter game developed by Atari and released in 1980. It is available on Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST/STE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Earth Federation starbases are under attack by the Zylons. Use your Star Raider fighter craft to warp through space to where the Zylon fleets are and attack them before they get too close to a starbase to destroy it. Be careful when you get hit, because your various systems (shields, computer, laser, visuals) can be damaged, and if you lose too much energy, your ship will blow up. Make sure you get your ship repaired and fully functional so you can get back into the action with the Zylons.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Star Raiders holds a critic score of 28 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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