<s>
Airstrike	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
written	O
by	O
Steven	O
A	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riding	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
strong	O
similarities	O
to	O
Konami	O
's	O
1981	O
Scramble	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
from	O
UK-based	O
English	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Airstrike	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Airstrike	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
also	O
programmed	O
by	O
Riding	O
,	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pressing	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
button	O
fires	O
a	O
laser	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
drops	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Scramble	B-Application
,	O
fuel	O
is	O
limited	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
replenished	O
by	O
shooting	O
targets	O
marked	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
F	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Airstrike	B-Application
also	O
restricts	O
ammunition	O
:	O
the	O
ship	O
starts	O
with	O
40	O
shots	O
and	O
10	O
bombs	B-Device
and	O
more	O
are	O
gained	O
by	O
destroying	O
ammo	O
dumps	O
(	O
marked	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
A	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1982	O
review	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
,	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
graphics	O
are	O
absolutely	O
top-notch	O
,	O
perhaps	O
the	O
finest	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
sort	O
of	O
coin-op	O
which	O
inspired	O
Airstrike	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
place.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
With	O
Airstrike	B-Application
,	O
English	O
Software	O
shows	O
it	O
can	O
produce	O
coin-op	O
look-alikes	O
with	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walter	O
Salm	O
wrote	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Fun	O
with	O
Computers	O
&	O
Games	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
're	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
good	O
home	O
version	O
of	O
Scramble	B-Application
,	O
this	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
I	O
've	O
seen	O
yet	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
as	O
the	O
devil	O
to	O
play	O
–	O
even	O
at	O
the	O
easiest	O
skill	O
level.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
mentioned	O
pressing	O
the	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
to	O
drop	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
as	O
a	O
flaw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
overall	O
opinion	O
was	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Airstrike	B-Application
is	O
exactly	O
what	O
it	O
claims	O
to	O
be	O
—	O
a	O
very	O
demanding	O
program.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
J	O
.	O
Anderson	O
covered	O
Airstrike	B-Application
in	O
a	O
"	O
Five	O
Great	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
"	O
roundup	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
graphics	O
in	O
this	O
package	O
are	O
fair	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
multicolor	O
character	O
graphics	O
look	O
a	O
bit	O
blocky	O
to	O
me.	O
"	O
</s>
