- Follow the Leader: The Activision game Starmaster was very clearly an imitation of Star Raiders.
- Killer App: Star Raiders was a genuine Killer App for the Atari computer line; many people bought the system just to play the game.
- What Could Have Been:
- As noted in the main page, this game was intended to be an action version of the Star Trek Text Game.
- As for Star Raiders II, it was intended to be a Licensed Game of The Last Star Fighter.
