Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling · 1987
River Rescue
Published by Alternative Software · Developed by [n/a]
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
- Language
- Machine Language
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (alt.)
- Programmer(s)
- Buckner, Kevin
- Graphic Artist(s)
- [n/a]
- Sound
- [n/a]
- Cover Artist(s)
- [unknown]
- Year
- 1987
- Publisher
- Alternative Software
- Developer
- [n/a]
- Country
- United Kingdom
- License
- Commercial
- Medium
- Tape
- Rarity
- 6
- Serial
- AS152
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.1/10 · Votes: 38 · Downloads: 1,314 · Hits: 7,533
Screenshots (4)
Cover Art (2)
Comments (5)
the big m — 18 Apr 2026
No Speed is not controllable. Not really a shooter but more of a rescue game. The more people you attempt to rescue at a time, the higher the score. Pick up people at the North grandstand. I enjoyed it.
calfranklin0598 — 22 Feb 2026
Just tried this game on my Atari XEGS using A8Pico Cart and it plays really fast. Is there any way to slow it down?
tkarner — 13 Jul 2016
It's like River Raid meets Choplifter. What's not to like?
Anna Tariuser — 28 May 2007
Not the most graphically outstanding game I've ever seen for the Atari, but that doesn't matter- it's fun and addictive. Though even as a kid I realised that shooting alligators/crocodiles (gorily illustrated on Alternative's reissue) was an environmentally dubious aspect of the game :-/
BW — 2 Jul 2006
unless you don't like shooters or driving games, you will love this game!