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[Cosmonaut_Roger]

So has anyone here ever finished and beaten Raptor? I've heard people say it isn't that difficult with the right weapons and shields, but I've never been able to beat the last level and bosses, it always seemed way too insanely difficult.

[Doubler]

I did, multiple times (and thus on all difficulties). Use the best weapon along with the surface to ground missiles and all auto-equip weapons, get full shields (if necessary, deplete an old one at the end of a mission if it's recieved too much damage), and make sure you don't have more switchable weapons (timing is essential in that, imho). Keep four bombs ready, with the last one being pickup or money.

Oh, and always start with the Bravo sector. The other sectors are very hard without any equipment. The Bravo sector can be finished with machine guns only (I did, though not on elite yet [/brag] :P).

[Dark-Star]

The monkeys and laser-cows are simply hilarious

one of the best shooter games ever. I liked it even more than Tyrian. The only other PC shooter I enjoyed (although that was a few years before Raptor) was Major Stryker...

[mkeller]

I got the demo of this a couple years ago as part of eGames' Arcade Master game CD. I never really liked it that much (preferred Demonstar and Drone), but after reading the glowing reviews on here, I just may try it again. The funny thing is, I never knew it was a DOS game, or that it was so old, until I saw it as the 'screenshot of the day' on here!