| River Raid |
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| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £7.99 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Screen Movements | Vertical Scrolling |
| Other Platforms | Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 62.80% (5 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 77.9% (59 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Firebird Software Ltd (UK) | (1984) | ||
| * Release price: £1.99 | |||
| #2 - Proein Soft Line (Spain) | (1985) | ||
| * Release price: 2325.00 Ptas |
Authors/Contributors
| Software Conversions Ltd (UK) | - ? | ||
| Carol Shaw | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| James Gurney | - Inlay/Poster Art | ||
| David John Rowe (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Compilations
| Full version in | Lenguaje Maquina - Spectrum #10 | by Magazine Lenguaje Maquina - Spectrum - covertape from issue #10 | - titled "Ataque a Trípoli" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| RiverRaid.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| RiverRaid.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| RiverRaid.gif | 2,705 | Original | Running screen | |||
| RiverRaid.jpg | 542,241 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| RiverRaid.txt | 1,771 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| RiverRaid(EN).pdf | 364,244 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| RiverRaid.png | 221,255 | Original | Game map | |||
| RiverRaid.jpg | 190,794 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| RiverRaid.rzx.zip | 202,566 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) - [denied] | ||
| River Raid (1984)(Activision Inc).pok | 60 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| RiverRaid(FirebirdSoftware).jpg | 367,308 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| RiverRaid(FirebirdSoftware)_Back.jpg | 287,569 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
| RiverRaid(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 140,720 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| Big K | issue #10-1985/Jan | page 18 | - Review: 3/3 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov | page 93 | - Review: 74% | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #86-1984/Oct/30 special "week#5" | page 29 | - Review | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #87-1984/Nov/17 | page 49 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #42-1984/Oct/18 special "week#3" | page 24 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Answers | issue #2-1985/Jan | page 28 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 86 | - Review: 3/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #22-1987/Oct | page 75 | - Review: 4/10 | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #9-1984/Nov | page 62 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #30-1987/Jul/31 special "week#5" | page 45 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Big K | issue #7-1984/Oct | page 9 | - Full-page ad | |
| Big K | issue #10-1985/Jan | page 31 | - Advert | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #36-1984/Oct | page 44 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #38-1984/Dec | page 162 | - Advert | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #39-1985/Jan | page 128 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #10-1984/Nov | page 111 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #11-1984/Dec | page 61 | - Advert | |
| Games Computing | issue 1985/Jan | page 9 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #11-1984/Oct | page 128 | - Full-page ad | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #13-1984/Dec | page 113 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #14-1985/Jan | page 103 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #31-1984/Oct | page 60 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 49 | - Advert | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #11-1984/Nov | page 102 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Computer | issue v.5 #1-1985/Jan | page 56 | - Advert | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #11-1985/Feb | page 80 | - Advert |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
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| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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