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River Raid (Activision)
Shortly before the video game crash of 1983, a little company by the name of Activision, formed to give programmers credit for their properties and hard work, released a game called River Raid on the Atari VCS/2600. Released in 1982, this game was a basic scrolling vertical shmup where you control a little plane and blast enemies that appear. Your plane remains at the bottom of the screen, but you can increase the scrolling (plane) speed and move left and right. I know that seems like a basic version of most shmups we’ve seen this month, but when you consider it was an early 80s home video game – on Atari’s limited space, no less – River Raid is an achievement.
Gaming History 101 