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Classic coin-op excitement!

Raiden Legacy, a collection of four classic arcade vertical shoot 'em ups with pixel graphics and swarms of foes, is available 50% off on GOG.com for Windows and Mac. That's only $4.99 for the next 24 hours!

If you got to visit the arcades as a kid, you probably have some great childhood memories. There were few things nearly as exciting as blasting through the swarms of alien invaders, sweaty palms desperately gripping the controls, knowing that the final boss is just about to turn up, and that you're on your last quarter. Here's your chance to relive that experience with your computer screen full of flashing explosions, ears flooded by the sound of roaring supersonic jet engines, and great pixel-art coming at you from all directions. Not one, but four classic titles await arcade champions and brave contestants in this amazing collection.

Raiden Legacy revives one of the most memorable arcade shoot 'em up series, that excels in fast paced action with abundance of flying flashy projectiles and a great variety of enemies coming in waves from the top of the screen. There are--of course--some giant bosses to fight, lots of power-ups, and a great selection of weaponry. The Legacy consists of four independent titles updated with optional graphics filter. For less than five bucks you get Raiden, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, and Raiden Fighters Jet--that's four classic arcade shooters that can easily provide you (and a friend, if you choose the phenomenally playable local co-op mode) with hours of explosive fun!

Compared to the amounts of money we've all probably lost quarter by quarter as kids in the arcade, Raiden Legacy with its $4.99 pricetag on GOG.com sure does look like a bargain, especially for the unlimited play! The offer lasts until Tuesday, October 8, at 9:59AM GMT.
I wanted to get this, so this Promo is quite welcome.

I must say, though, I have no idea why I want it. Even though shmups appeal to me, I suck horribly at them. Even Tyrian 2000, which is a relatively easy game by shmup standards, keeps kicking my ass in the very first bonus stage. Hopefully, even if Raiden will do the same, it will at least have some good music; the third main game certainly does.

Regardless of my poor skills, though, I'm still hoping we will see more emulated arcade/console games like this on GOG. By the way, was this game adapted in any way for its PC release? The issue with a lot of straight ports of arcade games (at least the ones that put you right back where you left off) is that they aren't designed to account for the fact that you essentially have unlimited credit. The result is that, unless the player handicaps themselves, they can essentially "bribe" their way to victory.
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Gandos: they aren't designed to account for the fact that you essentially have unlimited credit. The result is that, unless the player handicaps themselves, they can essentially "bribe" their way to victory.
The older Gauntlet games increased your ever-decreasing health with each quarter inserted.

BOW BEFORE YOUR IMMORTAL GOD, YOU INSECTS!!

Emulators are awesome.
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Gandos: Regardless of my poor skills, though, I'm still hoping we will see more emulated arcade/console games like this on GOG. By the way, was this game adapted in any way for its PC release? The issue with a lot of straight ports of arcade games (at least the ones that put you right back where you left off) is that they aren't designed to account for the fact that you essentially have unlimited credit. The result is that, unless the player handicaps themselves, they can essentially "bribe" their way to victory.
eh.

It's better to have more options than none, older home ports that didn't give you much in the way of lives/continues options like three lives and three continues were kind of spiteful in a way (since like in Gradius you were pretty much screwed if you died once since you get stripped of all your powerups and probably don't have enough time to get back up to full power before you get to what killed you in the first place).

And it's pretty big well known part of the shmup culture, to play for score or for a 1cc nowadays. A lot of modern games use the ones digit in the score to append the number of credits used as a mark of shame in the high score table, or have extra stages/true last bosses as incentives for 1 cc runs.
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timppu: I thought I had this already... but apparently it was just the Android version, from Humble Bundle. Odd that they didn't deliver the Windows version as well with that?
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NotJabba: I remember that. There wasn't a Windows version at the time.
Really? I thought this was an older DotEmu release, but maybe it was then only for Android before, and only recently came to Windows...
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NotJabba: I remember that. There wasn't a Windows version at the time.
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timppu: Really? I thought this was an older DotEmu release, but maybe it was then only for Android before, and only recently came to Windows...
I remember seeing it in the Humble Bundle for Android only and looking everywhere for a PC version. I was really psyched when it came to GOG--as far as I know, they got the Windows version pretty much right away.
Post edited October 08, 2013 by NotJabba