Beamrider

Beamrider
Intellivision cover art
Developer(s)Action Graphics
Cheshire Engineering (2600)
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)David Rolfe
Platform(s)Intellivision, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
ReleaseIntellivision
  • NA: September 1983
ColecoVision
  • NA: March 1984
Commodore 64
  • NA: June 1984
Atari 2600
  • NA: July 1984
Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200
  • NA: August 1984
ZX Spectrum
  • EU: October 1984
Genre(s)Fixed shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Beamrider is a fixed shooter written for the Intellivision by David Rolfe and published by Activision in 1983. The game was ported to the Atari 2600 (with a slightly reduced feature set), Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and MSX.