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The DOS game Raptor Call of the Shadows releases source under GPL (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Nemoder@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 months ago

Holy shit, reading that name unlocked some very old memories!

[–] troydowling@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow, this game was incredible! Apogee did a tonne of great work, but this may have been my favourite. The music and intro cutscene especially stand out in my mind.

[–] featherfurl@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Hell yeah, raptor is great.

[–] bh11235@infosec.pub 5 points 11 months ago

Things I remember from this game: you fight scumbag inc. on behalf of douchebag inc., inter-stage shopping and wishing you could afford the twin blue lasers, 1-1 stage theme

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

This used to be my favourite game. Megabombs were the best. Also, there was an Easter egg on I think May 16th

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Whoohoo, this game was my jam when I was a kid.

[–] ThePac@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Can still hear the bullet sounds, like shooting tin cans.

[–] tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does anybody have pointers how to compile it? The readme is a little lacking...

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just a source release, not even a Linux port done yet. It should be possible to build it for DOS and run it in dosbox but I don't know the tools required for that.

[–] olivier@lemmy.fait.ch 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, that same github user already reverse-engineered the game : https://github.com/skynettx/raptor and this one should be able to compile on modern platforms.

There is probably a story behind the source release, I wonder what it is...

[–] tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

I'd like to know, too. I just played a bit of the reverse-engineered demo again (never had the full version as a kid, either) and it's still a fun game.

[–] g6d3np81@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Monkey related trauma flashback

[–] baconicsynergy@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Me and my childhood best friend used to play this all the time when we had the Apogee Game Collection. So many great memories.

This makes me beyond happy

[–] olivier@lemmy.fait.ch 1 points 11 months ago

Wow, incredible news! So many memories