for many the sequel to a Star Raiders was a mixed bag, as its sequel was originally another game altogether based on a classic cult movie "The Last Starfighter" but when the film failed to ignite the box office Atari decided to drop the title of The Last Star Fighter which is a exceptional Atari game in its own right, released this as Star Raiders II, but a designer from the Coin Op division was and had actually produce a direct sequel to the original game, why it never seen the light of day is anyone guess...until now.

https://archive.org/details/StarRaidersII_Wilmunder

The true sequel to star raiders has finally be released and is freely available to download from the internet archive from the link above, this is a massive release after 31 years in hiding, so if you. Have a SIO2USB you can play this on real hardware, or any popular Atari 8 bit emulator.