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    ATARI 2600 GAMES

    Sep 29, 2022 4 minutes
    Words by Nick Thorpe

    RAID YOUR SAVINGS

    AIR RAID

    DEVELOPER: MEN-A-VISION

    RELEASE: 1982

    ■ If you’ve never heard of Men-A-Vision, you’re not alone. Air Raid was the only game ever developed and published by the small developer, and it was no hit – the game was not widely distributed and few copies were ever sold to begin with. For many years, it couldn’t even be confirmed that the game had even had a manual.

    That situation changed when Harv Bennett dragged a complete copy of out of storage in 2012. It sold for a whopping $33,433.30 at auction that same year, and it remains the only known complete copy of the game to this

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