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Star Raiders is a space combat simulator video game created by Doug Neubauer and published in 1980 by Atari, Inc. Originally released for the Atari 400/800 computers, Star Raiders was later ported to
Atari 8-bit cover art
Atari 400
Atari 800
The Atari 2600 version shipped with the Video Touch Pad controller.
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A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, cassette, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer,
Star Raiders
…while approaching star bases. This led him to add random variations to their paths to stop them adhering to the map. Due to the limited memory in the ROM cartridge, Neubauer also abandoned a feature that would allow players to dock at star bases. At the end of Star Raiders, the player is ranked using humorous…
A Star Raiders ROM cartridge for an Atari computer
TI-59 programmable calculator with ROM software library module at right, showing gold-plated contacts. Via the modules, software for a broad spectrum of applications could be bought, even for navigational calculations at sea.
First cartridge-like jumper card for the Magnavox Odyssey
The Fairchild Channel F was the first video game console to feature games on interchangeable ROM cartridges.