Raptor: Call of Shadows

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:52 pm

Developer: Mountain King Studios
Publisher: Apogee
Devoloped in: 1994
Price: $15
Reguires: 386, 2 MB ram
Disk space: 3.6 MB
Sound: Sound Blaster (Pro 16, compatible), Genaral Midi
Controls: Keyboard, joystick, mouse

In future supranational corporations fight against each other. One of them hires player to destroy it's rivals one by one. (S)he has a Raptor fighter plane in use to annihilation. It's time to get some money to arm the angel of destruction.

After signed in and selected face, player buys more armor from armament dealer. After each wave (s)he can save game. When sector's destroyed, skill rises by one and after Elite's done, game continues endlessly. Game can also be trained by first 4 waves. The higher the skill, the more enemies.

Player faces helicopters, different fighters, anti-aircraft cannons and one or 2 bosses in each wave. Some follows Raptor and shoots there, where plane is. That's why I hate some cannons. Enemies withstands many hits so fighter's shield lows rapidly. Kamikaze hit to boss lows it's shield too. In first three skills plane's normal shield increases if not fire.

Player gets money from destroying enemy buildings and vechicles and from nuggets and money cointainers. First weapon is Raptor's machine cannons. Four more can be collected from field, others must be bought: More shields, 3 cannons, strenght scanner. If thou don't like a weapon, sell it. (Thou'lt get only 40% of it's price. Heeeheehee... ) Plane can carry only 5 extras hields and bombs. Register it! Thou'lt love the Laser Turret!

Graphics are horrible, sound effects ok, but there's only 5 songs! 1 o' 'em's good, 2 boring. Also they're played stupidly. It'd be better if they'd played in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Player hears boring ones 2 or 3 times. And what on Earth does mouse control
in shoot 'em up?!

Raptor isn't best of genre, but good enough to register, thanks to masses o' enemies. Mountain King may sell Windows version and it's cheaper too. If thou like Tyrian like games, download and register.

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Joris · Post by **Joris** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:53 pm

Good review

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:08 pm

If thou pronouces one more "thou" o' "o'" I shall smite thee across thy face with a heavy landscaping tool.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:08 pm

Sorry. Get to use it.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:37 am

me got it,super game

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:38 am

but on the last sector it becomes too hard,the enemies are all around

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:12 am

I beated it in Rookie. Buy full shield, Dual Laser, 5 bombs and homin' machine gun.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:30 pm

I have the full version as well... it's a good game, but it doesn't hold a candle to the beautiful, complex story-lined, 80+ missioned epic that is Tyrian2000 Full. Only get it if you already own Tyrian 2k (currently the greatest forward scroller shooter ever made) and want to see how the genere started.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:15 am

homing machine gun is shit by me,don't like it

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:16 am

i dont play on rookie

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:05 pm

Dog's right.

Ro@m: Too bad, thanks to it I saw that ship's exploadin' light.

fool · Post by **fool** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:04 pm

u guys all suck, raptor is the greatest game ever created by man, and if you don't like it too bad, the minigun is awesome

Post by **Dogbreath** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:44 am

The fool says in his heart, "there is no Tyrian..."

Ahem, sorry.

fool: since you happen to like Raptor so much would you mind making yourself an account and writing a review of it? It'd certainty achieve more than just sitting on your ass and insulting the people who've posted in this thread.

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:14 am

I know I'm not supposed to be flaming, but can I just slip ONE insult in?

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:03 am

I'll just take that as a 'yes'. Fool, raptor is the worst clone of space invaders I have ever seen in my life, and anyone who likes it needs to be hung on a tanning line.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 3:11 am

Then write thy own.

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 2:31 pm

Did I say I could make one? no. I was simply stating that Raptor is a shitty clone. I never said I could do better.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:14 am

Raptor ain't shitty!

Kazer0 · Post by **Kazer0** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:25 pm

I could make a kick ass one if I knew any kind of code.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:22 pm

I would if I had any time/any skill with graphics and graphical design programs like Pov-Ray. Terrafire (by the folks who made Astrofire, too lazy to link) will blow you away-and it's made with relatively basic shit. (VC++ and a a freeware ray tracing program)

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