Used to love this game

[Chameleon_Silk]

although compared to Tyrian I think it wasn't quite as good, sad that I can't find myself paying 5 bucks to play this oldie as much as I want to.

[Let's Go Champ™]

OMG me too! infact i still love this game and still play it sometimes! Ha!

[DonTheDon]

Tyrian was better, But Raptor to me was always a little harder. Either way I will own this game one point on steam!

[Pickle Bath]

Pssh Tyrian didn't hold a candle to Raptor, on weapon and level design alone.

[[BLA]Unmortal]

i played this when i was a kid of 5 or 6 on a old 95 or 98 windows pc that was pretty crappy compared to what i own to this day but its very addictive game

[GAME OVER]

shareware!

[Kelden]

Oh man this brings back memoeries....with my super high tech 50mb of ram and some kinda toaster as a GPU.

[giancarlo1985]

Tyrian didn't come close to this game. And I owned and liked both. As said, weapon and level design raptor was light years ahead... and in fact Raptor was ahead of its time. It still looks good. I bought it for sure.

Oh and graphics wise... no comparison. Raptor won out there too.

[Defcon01]

Tyrian was better and was more replayable. Steam is really grasping at straws by trying to sell us shareware.

[Plaid]

Originally posted by Defcon01:

Tyrian was better and was more replayable. Steam is really grasping at straws by trying to sell us shareware.

This isn't the shareware version, though, and would you rather the game not be available for purchase at all?

Anyway, I thought Raptor had slightly better controls and a core gameplay than Tyrian, but there is a level of variety in Tyrian that Raptor didn't really contend with.

[Chameleon_Silk]

comparing it to tyrian is an honor not a negative thing, both were awesome games.

and I agree the graphics were very sharp in raptor for its time.

[giancarlo1985]

The shareware game of Raptor was just the first sector. Not the other two. Plus the full version had many other weapons (the lasers for one). This is the full version.

And I'm not saying Tyrian is a bad game. I loved both games, but Raptor was definitely better in my opinion. But I guess it's all an opinion.

Raptor to me was ahead of its time, much like Rise of the Triad was (the original one, not the new one). Still, all of these games give me a great feeling of my younger years.

[Sum Booka]

Tyrian is more colorful and has a sizzling soundtrack.

[Leviathan024]

I used to really enjoy this game! If you like this check out "strike gunner" on SNES

[Snitchez]

I loved both this game and Tyrian, played that one all the time back in the day. They don't make em like they used to that's for sure. Jets n Guns is pretty good too if you've never checked it out.

[Azure Fang]

Tyrian was superior in all aspects. However, Raptor had its own charm. They were both fantastic and I'm glad to see at least one on Steam. Now to get someone to polish OpenTyrian a little more