Raptor: Call of the Shadows
It's the BEST IBM shooter yet! A fast paced slugfest, with a pulse-pounding sound track, and jaw-dropping VGA animation & cinematics. In the future as a mercenary flying the super-tech Raptor, you'll be sent…
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a shooter developed by Cygnus Studios, released 1 April 1994 on DOS, iOS, Linux and Mac.
What Raptor: Call of the Shadows is
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a shooter game developed by Cygnus Studios and released in 1994. It was published by 3D Realms. It is available on DOS, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's the BEST IBM shooter yet! A fast paced slugfest, with a pulse-pounding sound track, and jaw-dropping VGA animation & cinematics. In the future as a mercenary flying the super-tech Raptor, you'll be sent on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp. Battle against hordes of relentless enemies. Spend the bounty you receive from their demise to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hard core weapons! "Raptor has some of the hottest graphics ever seen in a shareware game, and blows away most commercial games, too! The graphics will amaze you and the sound will astound you. It's a super star!" -- Interactive Entertainment Raptor sets the new…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Raptor: Call of the Shadows launched on 1 April 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI and The Elder Scrolls: Arena.
Released around the same time: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, The Elder Scrolls: Arena.
Official trailer
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