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Your mission in this game is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemy battleships, helicopters, fuel depots, jets, land tanks, hot air balloons and bridges before your jet runs out of fuel or crashes.

The river is divided into sections with a bridge at the end of each section. Islands, narrow channels, bays, and enemy air and water craft moving in to block your path will be encountered. The further down the river you fly, the more difficult it becomes.

Your jet fighter can accelerate or slow down, bank to the left or right and fire missiles, either continuously or intermittently.

You have four jets in your squadron - one active, three on reserve. With each 10,000 point increase you are awarded an additional jet. You lose a plane if it runs out of fuel or touches anything except a fuel depot.

A fuel gauge can be seen on the screen and a warning siren can be heard if the fuel drops below a quarter full. To refuel you have to fly over a fuel depot - the slower you move over it the more fuel you will receive.

There are eight different game variations, four for one player and four for two players. Advanced pilots may start the game at later bridges, bypassing easier sections of the game.

If you reach a score of 25,000 points or more, you are eligible for the official rank of River Raider - if you write to Activision you will receive an official River Raider emblem!

This game is quite exciting and colourful. It has a slightly different concept in relation to other games because of the river. There is no music in River Raid, but there are lots of firing noises.

River Raid is all about killing the enemy. It needs a fair amount of skill, but there are better games available that have the same objective.