Raid Over Moscow (Commodore 64)

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Description

The USSR has launched a huge attack on the USA, and the only hope for the free world is for you (as leader of a US Squadron of fighters) to destroy their defense bases. This is done in a multi-stage action game with some similarities to the same developer's Beach Head. All the mini-games must be completed before the time limit on the bomb is expired.

The first thing you will see is a missile being launched; the game then takes you to your hangar, from which you must quickly launch as many ships as possible, a task made difficult by the limited gravity. You must then fly it into Soviet airspace in a side-view shoot 'em up section, in which staying low keeps you safe from radars, and quick reactions see you shoot enemy fighters and avoid trees.

The next scene takes place on a single-screen view, with five windows to shoot through, and enemies aiming at you to be avoided. You then reach the base, and must shoot out approaching enemies. Finally, you must use discs onto a wall, such that they rebound to hit maintenance robots, with the ultimate goal of causing the base to overheat, the Soviet attack to be thwarted, and the US to be saved.

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Alternate Titles

• "Raid!!!" -- French Amstrad CPC title
• "Raid!" -- UK reissue title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Setting: City - Moscow
• World War III games

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Critic Reviews

Tilt	Jan, 1985		100
Your Commodore	Mar, 1985		100
Info	Sep, 1984		90
The Video Game Critic	Sep 27, 2013	B+	83
Personal Computer Games	Feb, 1985	7 out of 10	70
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Oct 26, 2007	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Amiga version

Rob Brooks and Adrian Cummings of Mutation Software started work on an Amiga port of Raid Over Moscow, but like so many other projects, it was eventually canceled. The remains can be seen at AGTW.

Awards

• Zzap!
  • May 1985 (Issue 1) - #19 'It's the Zzap! 64 Top 64!'