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Shoot Em Up

River Raid on Atari 2600

written by retrogamer71

You view this from a top-down perspective, the player flies a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines.

The player’s jet can only move left and right, it cannot move up and down the screen but it can accelerate and decelerate. The player’s jet will crash if it collides with the riverbank or an enemy craft, or if the jet runs out of fuel.

If you can keep your fuel replenished, and if the player evades damage, gameplay is essentially unlimited.

The player scores points as follows

enemy tankers (30 points)
helicopters (60 points)
fuel depots (80 points)
jets (100 points)
bridges (500 points).

The jet refuels when it flies over a fuel depot. A bridge marks the end of a game level.

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Some gameplay

February 6, 2023 0 comment

Barnyard Blaster on the Atari 7800

written by retrogamer71

The goal of this game is to rid the farm of vermin by successfully hitting targets using the light gun in each of the game’s three areas. These areas include, the barn, cornfield, and barnyard. The player must take out all enemies on screen by using less than 40 bullets. This forces the player to improve accuracy each round. If the player runs out of bullets before eliminating all critters, the game ends.

There is a fourth bonus area called “Gramp’s bonus screen.” This area allows players a chance to improve their shooting skill and earn extra points. This area is unlocked each time the player completes the other three areas successfully.

Players are assigned a rank based on how many screens were completed before the game ends. The rank ranges from “total dud” when zero screens are completed to “blaster” when a minimum of 33 screens are completed.

This game can be played either with 1 or 2 players

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May 11, 2021 0 comment

Atari Lynx Shoot Em Up

Battlezone 2000 on the Atari Lynx

written by retrogamer71

Battlezone 2000 for the Atari Lynx was released in 1995

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Play a 3D version of the game

Press Option 1 at the tank customization screen. Hold option 1 and press pause. A 3D version of the game with 2000 levels can now be played

May 9, 2021 0 comment

Atari Lynx Shoot Em Up

BattleWheels on the Atari lynx

written by retrogamer71

BattleWheels is a first-person vehicular combat game similar to Interstate ’76 and Twisted Metal where players assume the role of warriors taking the wheel of heavily-armored automobiles in an attempt to kill other opponents at the titular sport to emerge as a winning victor of the match.

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic dystopia on the year 2019, where the world has been reduced to a Mad Max-inspired setting and humanity has now turned towards more violent sports for entertainment as a result of both technological advancements and nationwide reorganization of the political structure that led to the creation of new kinds of sports, with the titular BattleWheels being the most popular of all.

This arena-based combat sport pits up to six warriors dueling each other and driving heavily-armored vehicles named Hi-Tech in order to kill the other opponents to emerge victorious.

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Unlockables

Infinite Ammo

Select the male driver with blonde hair and pick the tan car, but keep the highlight box around the car. Then hold OPTION 1 and press button A, and your car will become red with a black hood. Now the car will have infinite ammo and rapid fire on all weapons during gameplay.

Invisible Car

Select the female driver with short blonde hair and pick the green car, but keep the highlight box around the car.Then hold OPTION 1 and press Button A, and your car will become black. Now your car will be invisible during gameplay.

May 9, 2021 0 comment

Atari 7800 Shoot Em Up

Ikari Warriors on the Atari 7800

written by retrogamer71

The player takes the role of commandos named Colonel Ralf Jones (red) and Second Lieutenant Clark Still (blue), who must try to reach the village of Ikari.

Enemies attempt to kill the player these include tanks, enemy soldiers and helicopters.

A number of power-ups along the way help the player achieve victory.

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May 6, 2021 0 comment

Atari 2600 Shoot Em Up

Planet Patrol on Atari 2600

written by retrogamer71

Your ship automatically flies left, while you control the up and down motion.

At first, you must shoot the larger, red ships but avoid the smaller, blue missiles. Do not shoot the black ship, you need to dock with it so you can land and refuel later.

When you reach the three enemy fuel depots, shoot each one to destroy it then make your way through a mine field to continue. If you come to the landing strip, align your ship with and a truck refuel you.

In the dark you cannot see the enemy ships. You can fire shots which create light.

An interesting shoot em up – especially when the screen would darken and the baddies would disappear

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Sample gameplay

May 5, 2021 0 comment

Atari 2600 Shoot Em Up

Beamrider on Atari 2600

written by retrogamer71

An entertaining shoot em up on the Atari 2600 – still actually plays a good game

Beamrider takes place above Earth’s atmosphere, where a large alien shield called the Restrictor Shield surrounds the Earth. The player’s objective is to clear the Shield’s 99 sectors of alien craft while piloting the Beamrider ship. The Beamrider is equipped with a short-range laser lariat and a limited supply of torpedoes. The player is given three at the start of each sector.

To clear a sector, fifteen enemy ships must be destroyed. A “Sentinel ship” will then appear, which can be destroyed using a torpedo for bonus points. Some enemy ships can only be destroyed with torpedoes, and some must simply be dodged. Occasionally during a sector, “Yellow Rejuvenators” (extra lives) appear. They can be picked up for an extra ship, but if they are shot they will transform into ship-damaging debris.

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Gameplay

May 5, 2021 0 comment

Atari 7800 Shoot Em Up

Galaga on the Atari 7800

written by retrogamer71

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Description

Galaga is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. It is the sequel to Galaxian.

Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles.

The player mans a lone starfighter at the bottom of the screen.

The objective of each stage is to defeat all of the Galaga aliens, which will fly into formation from the top and sides of the screen.

Similar to Galaxian, aliens will dive towards the player while shooting down projectiles; colliding with either projectiles or aliens will result in a life being lost.

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May 5, 2021 0 comment