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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago

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

[–] troydowling@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

Hell yeah, raptor is great.

[–] bh11235@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] ThePac@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Monkey related trauma flashback

[–] baconicsynergy@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Wow, incredible news! So many memories