Carol Shaw was awarded the Platinum River Raid cartridge for sales of 1,000,000 units of River Raid. This award represents the significant commercial success and impact of her game River Raid, solidifying her position as a prominent game developer.

Approximate start date of Carol Shaw's career as video game designer. Immediately after earning her Master's degree in 1978, Shaw was hired at Atari, Inc. to work on games for the Atari VCS (later called the 2600) with the title of Microprocessor Software Engineer.