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Star Raiders

TitleStar Raiders
First release1979
DeveloperAtari, Inc.
PublisherAtari, Inc.
PlatformsAtari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST
Genresscience fiction video game, space simulator
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Atari 8-bit: 1980-03-05
Atari 5200: 1982-01-01
Atari 2600: 1982-01-01
Wikidata IDQ1136685

Warp through a galactic chart to locate and destroy cruisers, fighters, and basestars before they eliminate your starbases. Using a galactic map, you identify specific sectors containing enemy spacecraft to target them directly. You must manage combat encounters across the galaxy to prevent the Krylon menace from destroying vital starbases and the Doomed Planet.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1136685) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (atari2600/star-raiders) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (32730) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (5217) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (5328,55014) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only. REG-Vault page
Box art, Logos (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (5): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only.
Image: Photographed by Bill Kendrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Star raider cart.jpg”)
Sprites
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Videos
Atari 800 Game: Star Raiders (1979 Atari)
Old Classic Retro Gaming · Atari 8-bit version · longplay · 52:42auto-matched
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