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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] troydowling 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, raptor is great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Rooty 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year 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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Monkey related trauma flashback

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, incredible news! So many memories