River Rescue

River Rescue
Publisher(s)Thorn EMI Computer Software
Designer(s)Jeremy Smith[citation needed]
Programmer(s)VIC-20
Will Kemp[1]
Atari 8-bit
Kevin Buckner[2]
ZX Spectrum
Phil Snell[3]
Platform(s)VIC-20, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release1982: VIC-20
1983: Atari 8-bit, Spectrum
1984: C64
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Up to 2 players

River Rescue is an action game for the VIC-20 published by Thorn EMI Computer Software in 1982. It was designed by Jeremy Smith and programmed by Will Kemp. Ports were released for the Atari 8-bit computers[2] and ZX Spectrum in 1983 and the Commodore 64 in 1984. A TI-99/4A version was advertised but never released.[4]

  1. ^ "About Me". November Echo Romeo Delta - A Blog by Will Kemp. 2009-03-26.
  2. ^ a b River Rescue, Atarimania. Article retrieved 2010-08-28.
  3. ^ "River Rescue". Crash. No. 2. Newsfield. March 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Thorn EMI Advertisement". Personal Computer Games. No. 2. VNU. December 1983. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2022. Submarine Commander and River Rescue now on TI 99/4A, Vic-20 and Atari 400/800.