Commando Raid
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Your city is under attack by commando raiders, and it's your job to defend it! You control a large gun at the bottom of the screen. Choppers will be flying in paratroopers, both of which need to be destroyed. If a paratrooper makes it past your fire and lands, it will damage and eventually destroy one of the buildings in the city. After a building is destroyed, the paratroopers will then begin tunneling towards your gun in an effort to destroy it. Occasionally an airplane will fly by and drop a large bomb. The bomb needs to be shot before it lands, or it can destroy the entire city! The game ends when your gun is destroyed by a bomb or a paratrooper.
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Average score: 62% (based on 4 ratings)
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Average score: 3.0 out of 5 (based on 6 ratings with 1 reviews)
Exciting shooter with planes and helicopters and parachutes
The Good
This is a Wickstead Design of NJ game programmed about 1984-1985. It has good graphics and interesting if limited gameplay. Helicopters and planes bomb and drop parachutists onto buildings and you play the gun shooting up at them. It works well and has great sound for the 2600.
The Bad
no scrolling
The Bottom Line
A great historical game programmed by Wes Trager later of Acclaim, and Todd Marshall later of CTW/Sesame Street. One of the first with great gameplay and sound, limited if interesting war-time graphics, and good difficulty levelling. Collectors item for sure.
Atari 2600 · by Todd Marshall (7) · 2003
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Game added by Servo.
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Game added April 24, 2003. Last modified August 17, 2023.