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Spider Raid

The player controls a spider which attempts to eat a single fly on the screen. The fly will flit bout randomly, only staying in one place for a few seconds at a time. The player has a health bar on the left…

31 December 1982

Spider Raid is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II.

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What Spider Raid is

Spider Raid was released in 1982. It was published by Insoft. It is available on Apple II only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player controls a spider which attempts to eat a single fly on the screen. The fly will flit bout randomly, only staying in one place for a few seconds at a time. The player has a health bar on the left, and gains strength whenever they eat a fly. There are several dangers the spider faces, including cans of bug spray which move towards the player, and drops of water which fall from the sky. If the player is hit by water, they are pushed away from the fly. The player loses a life if their health falls to zero There are also leaves on the screen which move the player closer to the fly. The player has a total of 3 lives, and when all are lost it's game over.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Spider Raid launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious.

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When did Spider Raid come out?
Spider Raid was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II.

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