Software:Air Raid (1978 video game)

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Air Raid
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Title screen
Publisher(s)Small System Software[1]
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release1978[2]
Genre(s)Fixed shooter

Air Raid is a fixed shooter video game published by Small System Software for the TRS-80 Level I or II in 1978. It is an adaptation of the game TARGET,[3] developed for the Sol-20 by Steve Dompier.[4]

Gameplay

The ASCII display of Air Raid.

The player uses a five direction missile launcher to destroy a random sequence of small quickly moving and large slowly moving aircraft (represented by ASCII characters) crossing the screen at seven altitudes. Collisions between two aircraft destroy both and produce a higher scoring parachute target, while aircraft destroyed by missiles explode, producing a cloud of debris capable of destroying aircraft below.[5][6]

Reception

Joseph T. Suchar reviewed Air Raid in The Space Gamer No. 30.[7] Suchar commented that "Air Raid is the best arcade-type game I have played. As an arcade game it is unsurpassed and I recommend it."[7]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Wayne, ed (February 1980). "TRS-80 Products". 80 Microcomputing (2): 92. https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-02/page/n91. 
  2. ↑ Green, Wayne, ed (October 1978). "TRS-80 Machine Language Software". Kilobaud (22): 101. https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1978-10/page/n102. 
  3. ↑ Battle, Jim (2011). "Retreads for TRS-80". http://www.sol20.org/programs.html. 
  4. ↑ Younger, J. Kelley, ed (January 1986). "Brave New Reality". PC World (PC World Communications) 4 (1): 45. ISSN 0737-8939. https://books.google.com/books?id=fPoaAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45. 
  5. ↑ Small System Software (1979). "Air Raid: A Real-Time Shooting Gallery". TRS-80 Software Catalog (New City, NY: H & E Computronics) (3): 27. https://archive.org/details/h-and-e-computronics-software-catalog-no-3-19xx/page/n27. 
  6. ↑ Blank, George, ed (May 1979). "TSE Market Basket Catalog". SoftSide (Milford, NH: SoftSide Publications): 66. https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-08/page/n65. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Suchar, Joseph T. (August 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (30): 28. 

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