Mars Rising

This article is about the video game. For the TV documentary miniseries, see Race to Mars.

Mars Rising is a vertically scrolling shooter written by David Wareing and released as shareware by Ambrosia Software for Macintosh computers in 1998. Reviewers called out similarities to Xevious and Raiden.^[1][2] It was followed by Deimos Rising in 2001.

Mars Rising
Developer(s)	Ambrosia Software
Publisher(s)	Ambrosia Software
Designer(s)	David Wareing
Programmer(s)	David Wareing
Platform(s)	Mac OS
Release	NA: January, 12 1998
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Macworld	[3]
macHome	[4]

Mars Rising

Legacy

The 2001 sequel, Deimos Rising, adds 16-bit color, alpha transparency, motion blur, improved artwork and a wider range of enemies and weapons.^[5] It was ported to Microsoft Windows.

Review scores

Publication	Score
Macworld	[6]
MacGamer	90%[7]
Inside Mac Games	8/10[8]
Applelinks	[2]
macHome	[9]

Deimos Rising