An interview with French developer/publisher/distributo r DotEmu on how they're bringing back retro hits from the past for modern gamers.
Hi! My name is Scott Host, and I'm the original author of Raptor: Call of the Shadows! It seems like it was just yesterday when I was feverishly coding away, squeezing every last drop of power out of my 386 PC. It succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - so much so that 26 years later, it's still what I'm best known for. But time and technology never stop advancing, and it's finally time to dust off my keyboard and bring Raptor to a whole new generation of players and devices! Not only am I re-releasing Raptor in its original classic form, but also hoping to add a new “enhanced mode” to take advantage of the incredible power of modern hardware. What I would have given for this kind of horsepower back then! I will release Raptor first for the Nintendo Switch, then other platforms such as Xbox One, Ps4, iOS, and Android.
To anyone who hasn't played this game, it's one of the best retro vertical shooters ever created and you should definitely give it a shot.
Nine Over Ten 9/10 has posted up a review for Raptor: Call of the Shadows for Mac OS X by DotEmu. This is a port of a retro arcade shmup title previously available on the PC.
The Mac version of the game features everything from the original game along with new support for improved graphics and native support for higher resolutions.
Nine Over Ten 9/10 writes that the classic PC shmup Raptor: Call of the Shadows is now available on the Mac App Store courtesy of DotEmu, the video games developer and publisher specializing in bringing retro games back to life.
The company plans to follow up their very first launch on the Mac App Store with other games as well such as Nicky Boom, Nicky Boom 2 and Krypton Egg
