River Raid 3D
Pilot a jet fighter behind enemy lines over the 'River of No Return' swarming with enemy ships, choppers and fighter jets in this 3D recreation of the classic River Raid video game originally developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari 2600 game console and released in 1982 by Activision.
The goal is to collect as many points as possible by destroying enemy jets, tankers, choppers, fuel depots and bridges before your jets crash or run out of fuel. You can replenish your fuel by flying over a fuel depot.
You lose one of your jets if you collide with the river bank or enemy objects. When you lose a jet the game restarts play at the start of the current section of the river. You must destroy the bridge at the end of each section to advance to the next section of the river.
- Plays and sounds like the original game
- Saves high scores
- Bonus missions and challenges
- Rotate 3D scene using the mouse
- Adjust 3D camera angle
- Alternate color palettes
- Gamepad support
| Function | Keyboard | Gamepad | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Menu | Escape | Tab | Backspace | Select | Start | During gameplay pauses game and opens the game menu. Use the same to hide the game menu and resume gameplay. Note: In fullscreen mode use the Backspace or Tab key since the Escape key will exit fullscreen :( |
| Action | Enter | Space | Control | Any button | During gameplay fires missiles. In game menus selects menu item. |
| Movement | WASD | Arrows | D‑Pad | Thumb Stick | Control jet fighter or navigate menus. |
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Beautuful work! Feels just like the original. Well done.
Thanks! I'm working on a full version that will play even more like the original 🙂
nice game!
Thanks for playing!
This is so cool! Maybe add some rotation to the fighter as it banks left or right but otherwise it plays beautifully. Oh and can you map the pause and restart to the game pad please?
Thanks for the suggestions. The fighter now rotates as it banks right and left. And I just released another prototype with the Pause and Restart buttons mapped to the gamepad, so this latest build of River Raid has it now too. Use the Select button on your gamepad to pause and the Start button to restart the game. Future updates will have a setup screen to reassign keyboard and gamepad mappings :)
Love it!
Thanks!
Beautiful! I love the art style and it plays great. Great job as usual.
Thanks for playing!