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It flies! It shoots! It operates the door-handles!

Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition, ultimate HD remake of the classic top-down arcade DOS-era shoot 'em up, is available 60% off on GOG.com. That's only $2.39 for the next 24 hours!

Shoot 'em ups are one of the most classic game genres in existance. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors. Lately, one of them became overwhelmingly popular. The so called "bullet hell" games, infamous for covering nearly the whole screen with enemy projectiles and having the player navigate frantically to avoid damage. Fun as it may be, this is not how it was done in the good old days. In classic arcade titles it was the other way around--nearly all bullets on the screen were being shot by your craft, bringing fiery destruction to waves upon waves of your foes, and waves upon waves of sheer satisfaction to you. This, brave fighter pilots, is one of these classic games.

Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition has everything that made the classic shoot 'em ups so enjoyable. As a mercenary pilot you get to fly a powerful Raptor jet-fighter that you can upgrade in between missions with the money you earn for successfully taking down foes and demolishing enemy structures. Each mission takes you through waves of increasingly difficult bad guys coming at you from the top of the screen as you make your way up, towards the giant stage boss. The game in 2010 edition comes with enhanced, high-res graphic modes, but you can still play with the original visuals for extra-nostalgic experience!

Unleash the pixelated bullet hell in Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition, for only $2.39 on GOG.com! The promo lasts until Tuesday, April 9, at 10:59AM GMT.
Loved it back when I played it.
Was even more in awe at its compression, 3 floppies for ~30MB of data.
And don't forget the various dates easter eggs :)
Is this update early, or is it just me?

Edit: Oh and this game is awesome, already have it
Post edited April 08, 2013 by PMIK
There's something really strange going on with the screenshots for me. When I click them, they become too big and I have to scroll the window left and right, up and down to see them in full glory.
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Post edited April 08, 2013 by cich
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PMIK: Is this update early, or is it just me?

Edit: Oh and this game is awesome, already have it
Day Light Savings.

Also, the game is great - not as good as Tyrian, but if you enjoyed Tyrian, then you should definitely play this as well.

Edit: Why do the screenshots have smoothing =[
Post edited April 08, 2013 by Austrobogulator
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PMIK: Is this update early, or is it just me?

Edit: Oh and this game is awesome, already have it
Definitely early. Maybe Poland has entered daylight saving time during the weekend? Edit: Ninja'd

About the game, looks nice but it's just not my cup of tea.
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cich: There's something really strange going on with the screenshots for me. When I click them, they become too big and I have to scroll the window left and right, up and down to see them in full glory.
It's not the first time I see this either. Check Earth 2160 that was on promo last weekend.
Post edited April 08, 2013 by jpolastre
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cich: There's something really strange going on with the screenshots for me. When I click them, they become too big and I have to scroll the window left and right, up and down to see them in full glory.
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jpolastre: It's not the first time I see this either. Check Earth 2160 that was on promo last weekend. Its screenshots are even worse (but may have been corrected by now).
Yeah, I've got the same problem with Earth 2160.
GOG must be going FullHD and leaving us, smaller desktopers, behind :(
A nice game but Tyrian 2000 is much better

Speaking of which....when are we going to get some more space shooters here GOG? Get Intensity XS or the Raiden games sometime soon, will ya?

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/intensity_xs
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jpolastre: Definitely early. Maybe Poland has entered daylight saving time during the weekend? Edit: Ninja'd
DST for Europe is last Sunday of March/October. Thus we changed time during your Easter.
the game that made me wake up at 4 in the morning so that I could play it before my mom woke up and I had to go to school :D
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cich: There's something really strange going on with the screenshots for me. When I click them, they become too big and I have to scroll the window left and right, up and down to see them in full glory.
I'm seeing the same thing. Also, the screenshots seem to have been taken with some horrible graphics scaler filter. Unless that's the "HD remake" part of it, in which case "oh my fucking god" :-/
Good one.
Cool game nice shoot em up
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Austrobogulator: Why do the screenshots have smoothing =[
My guess is that that smoothing is the ultimate HD part of this ultimate HD remake.
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cich: There's something really strange going on with the screenshots for me. When I click them, they become too big and I have to scroll the window left and right, up and down to see them in full glory.
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Wishbone: I'm seeing the same thing. Also, the screenshots seem to have been taken with some horrible graphics scaler filter. Unless that's the "HD remake" part of it, in which case "oh my fucking god" :-/
yes, it is a "feature" of the 2010 edition and can be turned off (so that the game looks as the original)