River Raid II continues the fast-paced shooting action of the 1982 original while adding new features such as varying altitude (the original only featured left and right movement), flying over oceans and firing torpedoes. Now instead of shooting enemy helicopters and planes, you'll also get to bomb destroyers, tanks, buildings, landing strips and water towers in your mission to destroy the enemy bridge.
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The fact this came out in the same year as Mega Man 2 is just ridiculous
Releasing five years after the original, it may as well have come out in a different century when you look at the advancements in the gaming industry over those five years. In a vacuum it wasn't even an improvement over the first game, and when measured against its contemporaries it's utterly hopeless.
added needless complexity to the original classic game with altitude gimmick added leading to depth perception issues with the enemies/mines and a personal pet peeve was the stupid idea of having planes as the fuel power-up.