Rescue Raider/Gameplay

Controls

 * Joysticks: Use the two 8-way joysticks to direct the Rescue Raider around each zone, and fire out its currently-selected weapon in eight directions.
 * Select Weapon Button: Use this button to cycle through your Rescue Raider's special weapons (if it has any; if not, this button will have no effect).
 * 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

Rescue Raider
This futuristic red vehicle is the protagonist of this game; it has landed on an island behind enemy lines, and must retrieve secret documents which will reveal the positions of hostages (which are worth an extra life when rescued), fuel (given that it only has a limited amount, and will die if it should run out), weapons (for more firepower) and special weapons (which are needed to kill certain enemies). As well as dying if it runs out of fuel, it shall also die every time it is hit by an enemy shot - however, it will immediately regenerate on the spot (unless, of course, it was on its last life).

The Hostages also come in two different colours (gray and green), and both types look somewhat like the Humanoid from Stern Electronics' Berzerk.

Escape Ship
Looking somewhat like a Dr. Torpedo, from Bally Midway's own Spy Hunter, the Escape Ship is what your Rescue Raider must drive onto at the end of the fourth zone, to win the game; once it has done so, a flag (which looks like that for Cameroon or Senegal, but in the United States' colors) will appear in the water as it slowly starts to sail off the left side of the screen with the Rescue Raider on it.