Beamrider
Sep 1, 1983
Main game
2.92 average rating based on 13 ratings
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A web of iridescent blue beams engulfs Earth-Space. You stand watching. Mesmerized at first, you now realize the beams support weapons, frightening creations in different forms. Will you just watch or will you take action? Action??!! Then roll up your sleeves, mount these beams and... ride! Animated graphics create a 3D perspective that virtually pulls you into the screen. Pulsating sound effects intensify the action as a dizzying array of objects zips from beam to beam.
- Developers
- Cheshire Engineering
- Publishers
- Activision, Digiplay, Polyvox
- Platforms
- Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Intellivision, MSX, ZX Spectrum
- Genres
- Arcade, Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
Release Dates
Sep 1983 Full Release (North_America)
Intellivision
Mar 1984 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 2600
May 1984 Full Release (North_America)
ColecoVision
Jun 1984 Full Release (North_America)
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Aug 1984 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 8-bit
Sep 1984 Full Release (Europe)
MSX
Oct 1984 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 5200
Oct 1984 Full Release (Europe)
ZX Spectrum
Nov 1984 Full Release (Brazil)
Intellivision
1984 Full Release (Brazil)
Atari 2600
User Stats
42
In Collection
3
Wish Listed
1
Playing
16
Backlogged
How Long Is Beamrider?
Main story: 0.5 hours
Total completions: 1
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GigaDeathNullGolem
gave
Apr 17, 2022
Very Tough Fixed Shooter
This review is for the Atari 2600 version
Always curious about this game from the cool cover art of it. It's a simple field shooter with several lanes you can flip your ship into to fire at ships coming towards you. The game looks nice due to a perspective trick while it's really just a flat 2D field. Between the lane switching, incoming obstacles, extra life collection and boss ship at the end of each wave it's a solid shooting game that looks and sounds nice.
Too bad it's impossible to 'win'!