Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Radar Rat Race

Title	Radar Rat Race
First release	1981
Developer	HAL Laboratory
Publisher	Commodore International
Platforms	Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20
Genre	maze video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Commodore VIC-20: 1981-01-01 (PAL) Commodore 64: 1982-10-01
Wikidata ID	Q289109

Collect all cheese pieces within a maze while evading hostile rats. Red rats actively chase your position, while black rats activate only when you approach. You can deploy a Star Screen to block these enemies on contact, and use maze barriers to automatically rotate your direction or manually steer to dodge pursuit.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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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 (Q289109) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (vic20/radar-rat-race) · last updated 2026-10-11 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/radar-rat-race) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (49025) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (32052) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Commodore International · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (9): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Commodore International · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Commodore International · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Commodore International · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Image: ML5, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“CBM64CartridgeRadarRatRace.JPG”)

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Videos

C64-Longplay - Radar Rat Race (720p)

MontyMole1976 · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 7:26auto-matched
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Radar Rat Race Longplay (Commodore 64 Version)

RetroGamingLoft · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 7:40auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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