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Description
As the pilot of an interstellar starship, your mission is to destroy all enemy spacecraft on the galactic chart and prevent them from destroying your starbases. There are three different types of fighters roaming throughout the galaxy; cruisers, fighters, and basestars. With the help of your galactic map, you can find the sectors of the galaxy where these fighters are located and then warp there to destroy them. When all of the fighters in a sector are destroyed, you can warp to a new location for the next battle. Be sure to keep an eye on your starship's energy level; warping to new locations, being hit by enemy fire, or colliding with an asteroid will drain your energy. If you completely run out of energy, your starship will be destroyed, however you can warp back to a starbase to refuel at any time. Returning to a starbase will also repair other types of damage your starship can receive, such as faulty engines, loss of your shields, and faulty photon torpedoes. When all of the enemy ships have been destroyed, you win the game and receive a rank.Screenshots
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Alternate Titles
- "ST Star Raiders" -- Atari ST Title
Part of the Following Groups
- Games made into comics
- Gaming Service: Game Room
- Genre: Simulation - Space combat
- Star Raiders series
User Reviews
Original pseudo-3D space shooter | Atari 8-bit | JSV (22) |
Visually dull, but fantastic and challenging gameplay | Atari 5200 | Servo (57355) |
Quite simply, The best first-person space combat game of it's time. | Atari 5200 | Brian Pendell (18) |
Mindblowing for its time! | Atari 8-bit | TroyW (21) |
Critic Reviews
The Atari Times | Atari 8-bit | Mar 30, 2009 | 100 out of 100 | 100 |
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games | Atari 8-bit | Dec, 1982 | 4 out of 4 | 100 |
The Atari Times | Atari ST | Feb 22, 2005 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Atari 8-bit | Feb, 1983 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Tilt | Atari ST | Apr, 1987 | 16 out of 20 | 80 |
JoyStik | Atari 2600 | Dec, 1982 | 7.7 out of 10 | 77 |
The Video Game Critic | Atari 5200 | Dec 31, 2002 | C+ | 58 |
ST Action | Atari ST | Aug, 1988 | 53 out of 100 | 53 |
The Video Game Critic | Atari 2600 | Aug 24, 2003 | C | 50 |
neXGam | Atari 2600 | Jun 27, 2013 | 4.7 out of 10 | 47 |
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Trivia
Development
Star Raiders was one of the absolutely first titles for Atari's 400/800 line of computer. It was in fact programmed by one of the chip designers as a side project, and he never received any royalties for his work.Extras
The Atari 2600 version of Star Raiders was packaged with the Atari Video Touch Pad. Here is a picture of the Video Touch Pad at AtariAge.com. It also came with a comic book of Atari Force #3. Here is that comic at AtariAge.com.Information also contributed by Игги Друге