African Raiders-01

Amiga Computing (79 out of 100)

African Raiders is not a difficult game, but it is best played by two - one to steer, one to navigate and shout instructions. Playing on your own you will have to pause frequently to consult the map. Unless you stick to the track. In which case you will miss seeing the camels and oil rigs and skeletons and wrecked cars. Instead you will have to deal with tight bends and oil drums and wandering nomads who get very annoyed when you run them over. Either way, it is a lot of fun.

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (8.2 out of 12)

Besonders TOMAHAWKS PC-, aber auch das AMIGA-,,Paris-Dakar“ kann den Erwartungen der User nicht so recht standhalten. AFRICAN RAIDERS bietet freilich auf allen Systemen das gleiche Erscheinungsbild, leider jedoch, und das fällt am deutlichsten bei der PC-Version ins Gewicht, nur die äußere Form dessen. Während man auf den ST klare Konturen und eindrucksvolle Landschaltszüge vorfindet, verschwimmt solches schon ein wenig auf dem Amiga, unterstützt durch ein nicht unerhebliches Ruckeln. Dennoch muß man dieser Fassung zugutehalten, daß zumindest der nette Sound und die der sonnigen, sandig-staubigen Gegend angemessenen Farben beibehalten wurden.

Amiga Format (68 out of 100)

The perspective used is good, the game overall is very fast and it boasts good gameplay: but it is not the most exciting of race games and offers little new apart from the map-reading aspect and a couple of new hazards. Still, it is well worth a look.

The Games Machine (UK) (53 out of 100)

The manual suggests that a friend should keep an eye on the map and the heading, acting as a navigator, but knowing where you're going doesn't help the cliched racing. If you've a sand fetish by all means take a look, but others are most likely to find it mildly more interesting than counting grains of the stuff.

Commodore User (51 out of 100)

African Raiders has nice graphics, average sound effects and dispenses with all those fiddly bits other games are obsessed with. Sadly, repeats of Howard's Way are more interesting.