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Trivia
A pain to fit the original cart into its slot! Good luck, if you use a third-party expansion chassis, like I do. It barely fits. This is obviously Thorn EMI's first-ever Vic20 game; it shows.
Comments
This game scrolls sideways instead of vertically, but other than that, its obvious this is a game based on Activision's classic. (They both have copyright dates of 1982.) I'm willing to cut them some slack simply because this is their first-ever Vic20 game, but it could have been much better. How hard were they trying?

River Rescue was a 1982 game for the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and the Atari 400 and 800 computers. It was one of a number of game titles which were produced by Thorn EMI Video Programmes (UK) during 1982 and 1983.



Description

The aim is to rescue explorers lost in the jungle.

The player guides a boat along a river, which scrolls from right to left across the screen. The river and boat are viewed from above. The boat must avoid colliding with various floating hazards in the river - these objects include crocodiles and canoes. After a while, an SOS call in morse code is received and soon a jetty comes into view. The boat must dock with this jetty and a lost explorer will walk aboard. There are three explorers to rescue.

Once the round is complete, the game starts again, faster.

Gameplay
The Vic 20 version of River Rescue

When a game starts, and in between goes, action pauses until the player moves the joystick up or down (or presses the up or down key).

Before and between games, the game plays in randomised demonstration mode.