11 Jan
2004
11 Jan
'04
1 a.m.
Got this from a chap the other day:
"When we had a Commodore 64 some time ago there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
I remember the darn game - one of my friends had a C64 and I used to
spend hours round there playing it. The graphics blew those of the
speccy I had at the time away :-)
I just can't remember the name! I seem to remember flying left to right
and dropping bombs on buildings, whilst shooting down enemy planes
flying in from the right. I assume this is the game the guy's talking
about...
Anyone recall the name for me?
cheers
Jules
11 Jan
11 Jan
12:40 a.m.
At 11:49 11/01/2004 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
Got this from a chap the other day:
"When we had a Commodore 64 some time ago there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
I remember the darn game - one of my friends had a C64 and I used to
spend hours round there playing it. The graphics blew those of the
speccy I had at the time away :-)
I just can't remember the name! I seem to remember flying left to right
and dropping bombs on buildings, whilst shooting down enemy planes
flying in from the right. I assume this is the game the guy's talking
about...
Anyone recall the name for me?
cheers
Jules
I remember a similar game going under various names, on various platforms,
from the TRS-80 upwards.
I even wrote a simple version (just bomb buildings as you fly lower so you
don't crash) that worked on the character vdu's on the DG Nova mini at my
dad's college that he took me in and let me play on occasionally. Also did
the same on the VAX when I started work. There is a very slight chance I
still have an 8" disc somewhere with the former on it. The Ops were
amazed, arcade games on a machine with no keyboard input. (ah, just trap
the interrupt into "drop bomb" instead of exit program. lol. you had to
crash to exit the game.)[\__
Anyway, memory cells tell me "Raid over Moscow" as a name and a google for
that name on the C64 turns up a game, which might be the one you
want! Better graphics than my plane: [\___ :-)
Rob
3:39 a.m.
On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 11:40, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
At 11:49 11/01/2004 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
Hmm, possibly. That name doesn't ring any bells, but I can't guarantee I
ever knew the correct name anyway :-)
I've seen various games on other platforms which had the same sort of
concept (Harrier Attack on the speccy springs to mind), but I remember
the graphics on this C64 game being particularly good and it being later
on in the evolution of such games on the 80's 8-bit machines, probably
around 1984 or so.
Looking at the screenshots of Raid over Moscow, I really can't remember
if the cityscape in the game I'm thinking of was forced-perspective or
just a side-on view. Grumble grumble...
I'll collect any names people come up with together though and pass them
all on to this guy anyway as there's always a chance I'm not thinking of
the same game that he is!
cheers!
Jules
"When we had a Commodore 64 some time ago
there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
Anyway, memory cells tell me "Raid over Moscow" as a name 
5:35 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: 11 January 2004 14:29
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: C64 game??
I've seen various games on other platforms which had the same sort of
concept (Harrier Attack on the speccy springs to mind), but I remember
the graphics on this C64 game being particularly good and it being later
on in the evolution of such games on the 80's 8-bit machines, probably
around 1984 or so.
Harrier Attack was shooting at planes and aircraft carriers wasn't it? That
long since I've played it.....
w
7:47 a.m.
Harrier Attack was shooting at planes and aircraft
carriers wasn't it? That
long since I've played it.....
yep, same left to right flying, dropping bombs on targets, and enemy
planes coming in from the right IIRC - just with aircraft carriers as
you say. I have a very hazy memory of a city stage too though. Hmm.
Very simple graphics-wise compared to the C64 game I'm thinking of
though; I believe Harrier Attack was a lot earlier.
cheers
Jules
9:22 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: 11 January 2004 18:37
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: C64 game??
yep, same left to right flying, dropping bombs on targets, and enemy
planes coming in from the right IIRC - just with aircraft carriers as
you say. I have a very hazy memory of a city stage too though. Hmm.
Yeah, that's ringing faint bells with me too.
Very simple graphics-wise compared to the C64 game
I'm thinking of
though; I believe Harrier Attack was a lot earlier.
1984 wasn't it? I remember the Amscrap 464 port was identical....
cheers
w
2:10 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Got this from a chap the other day:
"When we had a Commodore 64 some time ago there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
I remember the darn game - one of my friends had a C64 and I used to
spend hours round there playing it. The graphics blew those of the
speccy I had at the time away :-)
I just can't remember the name! I seem to remember flying left to right
and dropping bombs on buildings, whilst shooting down enemy planes
flying in from the right. I assume this is the game the guy's talking
about...
Anyone recall the name for me?
cheers
Jules
If your thinking about the one I have for the atari, and it was written
for lots of platforms
the name was BLUE MAX, It's a diagional side scroller.
Jim Davis.
2:38 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: 11 January 2004 11:50
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: C64 game??
Got this from a chap the other day:
"When we had a Commodore 64 some time ago there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
Rob's already got the C64 version I think, and I also remember Your Computer
doing one of their BASIC listings for the Vic-20. Wasn't the speccy version
called Rampage or summat?
cheers
--
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5:33 a.m.
"When we
had a Commodore 64 some time ago there was a game on it that
involved a little plane flying over some buildings i think and your
plane then tried to level these to get to the next level of the game.
Can't remember what it was called and if posssible we would like to buy
a copy of the game for our computer now."
Rob's already got the C64 version I think, and I also remember Your Computer
doing one of their BASIC listings for the Vic-20. Wasn't the speccy version
called Rampage or summat? 
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