Raid over moscow

A classic Commodore 64 Game File:Http://biphome.spray.se/magnus.welander/actionadv/raidmosc/title.gif.jpg

The scenario is from the Cold War, back in the days when the Soviet Union existed. And of course they're up to no good. In fact, a nuclear attack on the good old US of A is imminent. Your task? To stop the attacks by destroying all Soviet launch sites and finally lead an assault on the Soviet Defense Center. The first screen you see in the game is this overview of Earth. Soaring above our home planet in space is the US Space Station with Stealth fighter aircraft. The map shows American cities (which are possible targets for Soviet attacks) and Soviet launch sites/cities. This screen also shows a cluster of soviet missiles, just launched at Atlanta. To stop the attack you need to get a Stealth fighter and attack the Minsk site, from which the attack was launched. Your commandos will scramble to their planes (one at a time) - then it is your task to get them out of there. And that can actually be a bit tricky in zero-g... Once you get a fighter out, you will return to the overview map, and guide the fighter to your target (a launch site). Once there you begin an attack run over Soviet territory.To avoid Soviet radar you go in low. Shoot any ground targets you can spot, and generally try to stay alive to reach the launch site. Beware of the heat-seeking missiles that come up behind you.When you make it to the launch silos, your primary mission is to shoot down the center silo (control silo). Other silos can be shot down for extra points and aircraft. You will also have to engage Soviet airplanes that guard the silos. Once the center silo is destroyed, your mission here is complete.

You need to destroy three Soviet launch sites before starting your attack on Moscow - or rather, your Raid over Moscow. The raid begins with a flying sequence similar to previous ones. You are then stationed with your men outside the Soviet Defense Center. Here you must shoot down the doors of the building to find the entrance (it's the white door). Then clear the square of all enemy troops. This can be quite hard, since destroyed troops have the very annoying habit of reappearing.

In the last sequence you enter the reactor hall, where you must shoot down some maintenance robots using disc grenades.

This article was taken from Magnus Welander's C64 games page.