Pilot an aircraft and destroy strategic targets as you fly over the enemy territory. The targets include oil fields, electrical towers, bridges and enemy aircraft, which look like commercial airliners. The object is to hit as many targets as possible within the time allowed.
Sky Raider was produced by Atari in 1978.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Sky Raider was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Catch, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Orbit, Fire Truck, Skydiver, Avalanche, and Smokey Joe
Name | Sky Raider |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1978 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9573 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Scrolling Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Atari BW Raster |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 1 |
Game Play | Single |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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The enemy does not fire at you. The steering controls the speed of your aircraft as well as the crosshairs you use to target the enemy. Rack as as many points as possible to get extended play. The game is timed. Each target is worth a different amount of points with the enemy plane worth the most due to the difficulty in destroying it since it is moving toward you and under your aircraft.
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Some of the Atari games made around 1977-1978 used similar cabinets and steering yoke, but steering movement, cabinet colors were different. Example would be Starship I. These cabinets were unique due to the entire marquee, plexiglass, speakers were all together on one huge plastic frame that connected on to the top of the game and also the control panel went in the middle of it towards the bottom, which fastened the frame to the bottom. Speakers are on each side, facing you and about neck level which made the sound great.
There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Sky Raider collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Sky Raider machine for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Sky Raider.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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