Raid 2020
| Raid 2020 | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Color Dreams[1] |
| Designer(s) | Dan Burke[1] |
| Platform(s) | NES[1] |
| Genre(s) | Action[1] Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Raid 2020 (working title Drug Czar) is an action video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that takes place in the year 2020. This video game was released only in North America and Australia.
Summary
The object is to defeat all the drug dealers, defeat the drug lord Pit Bull, and eradicate drugs from the streets of America.[2] As agent Shadow, the player faces a dystopian future world where moral collapse is inevitable. He is described as representing the last uncorrupted vestiges of law enforcement.[3] The game is regarded as a multi-terrained action game; meaning that it takes place on the ground as well as on the water.
Improbable enemies like seagulls wearing eyeglasses and deadly insects provide a barely playable experience.[4] Navigating through the game's swamp level is a matter of trial and error while the cavern levels are crudely designed.[4] The "Select" button brings up an inventory screen; but the enemies appear in odd patterns after leaving the inventory screen.[4] There is even a level set in outer space; depicting the improbability of this game.[4] While the graphics themselves are displeasing to the eyes, the cyborg drug dealers look menacing enough to be a bad guy instead of a non-player character.[4] These cyborg enemies don't have pain receptors and are controlled by a master computer monitored by Pit Bull.[3]
While there are attempts to use 3D graphics in the game, the concept was terribly programmed and adds nothing of practical value to this video game.[5]
See also
NARC - a video game with the same premise
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "Basic gameplay/title information". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ a b "Story information from instruction manual". Atari HQ. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Advanced game overview". Yahoo! Voices. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ^ "Attempts at 3D programming". NES HQ. Retrieved 2012-03-30.