Air Raid (video game)
Encyclopedia
Air Raid, not to be confused with Air Raiders
or River Raid
, is considered to be the rarest game released for the Atari 2600
. Its cartridge is a blue T-handle design with a picture of flying saucers attacking a futuristic city. It was the only game released by Men-A-Vision and had an extremely limited distribution, making it highly sought after by video game collectors
. It is not uncommon for the game to sell in the thousands of dollars when listed on eBay
. On April 10th 2010 the only complete game (cartridge and box) known to still exist sold for $31,600. The next known copy to surface on the internet was on October 22nd, 2011. The eBay auction offered an incomplete version of the game (cart only). Air raid still sold for an impressive amount of $3,575 US. The transaction was completed, having both parties exchange positive feedback making this the second highest confirmed price paid for the game. Near the end of 2010, the AtariAge website made a cartridge with a new label as a magnet
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Air Raiders
Air Raiders is an action game released for the Atari 2600 by Mattel in 1982.. It received mixed reviews from critics....
or River Raid
River Raid
River Raid is a scrolling shooter videogame and was released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, C64, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum, and MSX...
, is considered to be the rarest game released for the Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
. Its cartridge is a blue T-handle design with a picture of flying saucers attacking a futuristic city. It was the only game released by Men-A-Vision and had an extremely limited distribution, making it highly sought after by video game collectors
Video game collecting
Video game collecting is the hobby of collecting video games and related memorabilia. Collectors may focus on a particular area of interest, such as retro consoles like the Atari 2600 and NES. There may also be some overlap with animation, anime, manga, comic books, or other media...
. It is not uncommon for the game to sell in the thousands of dollars when listed on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
. On April 10th 2010 the only complete game (cartridge and box) known to still exist sold for $31,600. The next known copy to surface on the internet was on October 22nd, 2011. The eBay auction offered an incomplete version of the game (cart only). Air raid still sold for an impressive amount of $3,575 US. The transaction was completed, having both parties exchange positive feedback making this the second highest confirmed price paid for the game. Near the end of 2010, the AtariAge website made a cartridge with a new label as a magnet
Magnet
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, and attracts or repels other magnets.A permanent magnet is an object...
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Sources
- Air Raid at AtariAge