What is the best port of River Raid?

[vintagegamecrazy]

With River Raid being one of the most popular games back then, and being on a handfull of systems. Vote and express your opinion for which one was the best.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I have Been playing River Raid a lot lately and have been playing the Intellivision version a lot, but I have to say the Atari XE had the best control and the Coolest graphics, with a close followup to with the Intellivision version.

[IntvGene]

Yea, I agree. The XL/XE port is probably the best. But, there aren't many bad versions of this game out there.

[kainemaxwell]

Intresting subject. You got any comparision screenshots? I have the Atari 2600 version and played the Colecoversion emulated.

[Captain Wrong]

OK, I'll probably be alone on this, but 5200. Why? Analog controll! Yeah, here's one game that seriously benefits from the 5200 controller. I like the fact that the throttle is analog so it's not just fast/slow but you have a bit of controll in there, and the fact that the stick is non-centering is a plus here, I think.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Interesting point on the 5200 version that stick would help out quite a bit. I'll have to pull the old 5200 out again and give it a go, seeing as I haven't played that version int QUITE some time.

[Cafeman]

I voted XL/XE. It is one of the best games ever IMHO. I also love the 5200 version, and I also enjoy the analog control there a bit. A few reasons I couldn't vote the 5200 as #1, even though it is the same exact game as the Xl/XE version:

1. Analog control is dependent on how well your 5200 stick re-centers itself (due to the extra rubber). If it tends not to recenter at all, have fun because you'll be spending a lot more energy just trying to keep that stick centered.

Even so, it *is* analog when non-centered, so if you are slightly left of center, the ship slowly drifts left and it isn't hard to make a subtle correction. But for this game (and all shooters really) I prefer tight digital control.

2. I have a hard time getting my Activision carts to boot up on my 5200's. The design of the cart is the culprit -- it seems to have to be dead-center in the slot, and River Raid is one of the hardest to get to work without some cart-bumping going on. It frustrates me to no end, sometimes I just don't play RR because of that reason. I need to dump the PCB into a Pac-Man Common case.

[ubersaurus]

Give me the INTV version! Shame its so damn hard to find...

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

i voted of the 2600 version because the best version is almost allways the origional one and you are missing the River Raid for the C64