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Game ID: 9356
Console / System: ColecoVision
Title: River Raid
Scarcity (loose): 3
Value in USD (loose): 10
Scarcity (complete): 0
Value in USD (complete): 0
Publisher: Activision
Section: 1
Developer: Sydney Developments
Description: Original game designed by Carole Shaw.
Country / region: USA
Part #: VS-002
System exclusive: 0
Santulli Slant: Activision could have really scored in the arcades if they put out high-end versions of games like River Raid. It is quite possibly the first vertical shooter with true interactive backgrounds. Look at more recent vertical shooters like Raiden, then look at River Raid, and I think you’ll find.... that they’re completely different and that River Raid sucks by comparison. I may be nostalgic, but I’m not stupid. [Gr: 8, So: 8, Ga: 8, Ov: 8]
Periodical's review: Named by Electronic Fun Magazine as one of the "50 Best Games" in March 1984.
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