<s>
Beamrider	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fixed	O
shooter	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
by	O
David	O
Rolfe	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
(	O
with	O
a	O
slightly	O
reduced	O
feature	O
set	O
)	O
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beamrider	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
above	O
Earth	O
's	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
large	O
alien	O
shield	O
called	O
the	O
Restrictor	O
Shield	O
surrounds	O
the	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
clear	O
the	O
Shield	O
's	O
99	O
sectors	O
of	O
alien	O
craft	O
while	O
piloting	O
the	O
Beamrider	B-Application
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Beamrider	B-Application
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
short-range	O
laser	O
lariat	B-Language
and	O
a	O
limited	O
supply	O
of	O
torpedoes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
offered	O
a	O
Beamrider	B-Application
patch	O
to	O
players	O
who	O
could	O
get	O
to	O
Sector	O
14	O
with	O
40,000	O
points	O
and	O
sent	O
in	O
a	O
screenshot	O
of	O
their	O
accomplishment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deseret	O
News	O
in	O
1984	O
gave	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Beamrider	B-Application
three	O
stars	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
basically	O
a	O
slide-and-shoot	O
space	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
