<s>
Raid	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
(	O
Raid	O
in	O
some	O
countries	O
and	O
on	O
reissue	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
by	O
Access	O
Software	O
published	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1984	O
and	O
other	O
microcomputers	O
in	O
1985-1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
era	O
,	O
Raid	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
(	O
an	O
American	O
space	O
pilot	O
)	O
has	O
to	O
stop	O
three	O
Soviet	O
nuclear	O
attacks	O
on	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
then	O
fight	O
his	O
way	O
into	O
and	O
destroy	O
a	O
nuclear	O
facility	O
located	O
in	O
Moscow	O
's	O
Kremlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soviets	O
launch	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
four	O
missile	O
attacks	O
,	O
from	O
Leningrad	B-Device
,	O
Kiev	B-Algorithm
,	O
Minsk	O
,	O
and	O
Saratov	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
stopped	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
destroy	O
maintenance	O
robots	B-Algorithm
that	O
feed	O
coolant	O
into	O
the	O
reactor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
robots	B-Algorithm
is	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
difficulty	O
level	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
provided	O
with	O
several	O
disc	O
grenades	O
that	O
he	O
throws	O
at	O
the	O
robot	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
is	O
moving	O
and	O
firing	O
at	O
him	O
the	O
entire	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
robot	B-Algorithm
is	O
reinforced	O
at	O
the	O
front	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
do	O
any	O
damage	O
is	O
to	O
bounce	O
the	O
discs	O
off	O
the	O
wall	O
and	O
hit	O
the	O
robot	B-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
discs	O
is	O
limited	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
should	O
attempt	O
to	O
catch	O
returning	O
discs	O
which	O
missed	O
the	O
robot	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
successfully	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
all	O
robots	B-Algorithm
must	O
be	O
defeated	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
one	O
within	O
a	O
two-minute	O
time	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
robot	B-Algorithm
is	O
not	O
destroyed	O
within	O
the	O
limit	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
still	O
considered	O
complete	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
no	O
survivors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
with	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
versions	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
along	O
with	O
Beach	B-Application
Head	I-Application
and	O
Beach	B-Application
Head	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dictator	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
when	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
secure	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
publisher	O
,	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
2020	O
by	O
Reimagine	O
Games	O
,	O
with	O
programming	O
by	O
Erik	O
Hogan	O
who	O
started	O
from	O
scratch	O
to	O
create	O
this	O
new	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
Plus/4	I-Operating_System
received	O
a	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raid	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
and	O
Beach-Head	B-Application
were	O
major	O
inspirations	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
game	O
Terrestrial	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hangar	O
,	O
satellite	O
map	O
,	O
shield	O
generator	O
and	O
reactor	O
battle	O
sequences	O
of	O
Terrestrial	O
were	O
directly	O
inspired	O
by	O
Raid	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raid	B-Application
over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
was	O
Access	O
 '	O
second	O
best-selling	O
Commodore	O
game	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
1987	O
,	O
after	O
Beach-Head	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
of	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
,	O
while	O
Crash	O
gave	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
92%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
nuclear	B-Application
war	I-Application
,	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
questioning	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
with	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
publishing	O
several	O
letters	O
from	O
readers	O
arguing	O
for	O
and	O
against	O
its	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
March	O
1985	O
,	O
an	O
unofficial	O
petition	O
was	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
USSR	O
,	O
asking	O
for	O
a	O
ban	O
on	O
various	O
books	O
,	O
articles	O
and	O
other	O
media	O
,	O
including	O
Raid	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Moscow	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
supposed	O
to	O
purport	O
a	O
distorted	O
view	O
on	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
