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Beamrider

Overview

Beamrider is a 3D arcade action game. You control a beam riding spaceship on a mission to clear 99 sectors of space from hostile aliens. The spaceship is located at the bottom of the screen and it can only stop on one of five beams. You are armed with both lasers and torpedoes; torpedoes are more powerful and can destroy more enemies compared to lasers, however you only get three per level. To complete a sector, you need to destroy fifteen white flying saucers. After all saucers are destroyed, the sector sentinel passes by which can be destroyed for extra points. Each even number sector up until sector 16 will add a new type of enemy to deal with. These additional enemies will just try to slow your mission, though, only the saucers need to be destroyed to advance. Occasionally a rejeuvinator will appear; if this is collected, you can earn an extra life. But be careful, because if you accidentally shoot the rejeuvinator it will turn into an enemy!

Developers
Action Graphics
Publishers
Activision
Platform
Atari 800
Genre
Shooter
Alternate Names
No information available

Media

Box - Back

Beamrider - Box - Back (North America) - 600x821
North America -  600 x 821

Box - Front

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North America -  600 x 824

Clear Logo

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2397 x 205

Screenshot - Game Title

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North America -  336 x 240

Screenshot - Gameplay

Beamrider - Screenshot - Gameplay (North America) - 336x240
North America -  336 x 240
Beamrider - Screenshot - Gameplay (North America) - 336x240
North America -  336 x 240