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River Patrol

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River Patrol

Dec 31, 1981

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3.00 average rating based on 4 ratings

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As the captain of a boat the player has to rescue as many drowning people in one of the nine rivers as possible while at the same time dodging obstacles like other boats, TNT, the shore, dirftwood etc. There is a time limit to the task since your boat is leaking and will eventually sink. Hitting obstacles like alligators and whirlpools increases the amount of water the boat takes in.
Developers
Orca
Publishers
Tigervision
Platforms
Arcade, Atari 2600
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action
Release Dates
1981 Full Release (Worldwide)
Arcade
1984 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 2600
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scoopings gave Feb 5, 2022
scoopings gave Feb 5, 2022
A Fun, Addictive Action Arcade Game

Look: 8/10 I love the colors and the sort of console-esque graphics to this, reminding me of some NES games I'd play at my grandma's (particularly the Town & Country surfing/skateboarding game).

Sound: 8/10 Like I've mentioned with a couple other arcade games, I'm starting to hear more and more the NES/SNES/console-era sounds that I love so much. Playful, cute, effective. Zelda always comes to mind with these early ones.

Play: 7/10 I kept replaying it till I got a hang of it, technically solid controls once get used to it. Nevertheless, controls are kinda funky... I suppose thats part of the game heh. I have no clue how it determines whether you run over and kill the drowning people, or save them lol. But it's fun ramming into them. Anyway, another game that reminds me how bad I am at gaming, though I love it nonetheless.

Feel: 8/10 So addictive! It was so hard to stop trying, but I eventually had to give up cuz I suck at videogames heh. Still, had a lot of fun playing it!

Attachment: 7/10 I love that this is such a clear predecessor to so many of the NES games I used to …

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Look: 8/10 I love the colors and the sort of console-esque graphics to this, reminding me of some NES games I'd play at my grandma's (particularly the Town & Country surfing/skateboarding game).

Sound: 8/10 Like I've mentioned with a couple other arcade games, I'm starting to hear more and more the NES/SNES/console-era sounds that I love so much. Playful, cute, effective. Zelda always comes to mind with these early ones.

Play: 7/10 I kept replaying it till I got a hang of it, technically solid controls once get used to it. Nevertheless, controls are kinda funky... I suppose thats part of the game heh. I have no clue how it determines whether you run over and kill the drowning people, or save them lol. But it's fun ramming into them. Anyway, another game that reminds me how bad I am at gaming, though I love it nonetheless.

Feel: 8/10 So addictive! It was so hard to stop trying, but I eventually had to give up cuz I suck at videogames heh. Still, had a lot of fun playing it!

Attachment: 7/10 I love that this is such a clear predecessor to so many of the NES games I used to play at my grandma's, again such as the Town & Country surfing game.

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