Raptor: Call of the Shadows (DOS)

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Platform: DOS Year: 1994 Developer: Cygnus Studios Buy: Amazon

Raptor: Call of the Shadows really vamped up the scrolling shooter genre for the PC. Apogee had already published a decent shoot-em-up with Major Stryker (DOS), and Cygnus Studios probably had it in mind when they created Raptor since it smooths over a lot of that game's flaws. Not only are the graphics and sound top notch, but the overall game system is more exciting. Each wave introduces a couple new enemy ships and a new boss to keep the player interested. Also, rather than get upgrades throughout the waves, each enemy ship you destroy gives you money that you can use between waves to fix your plane and upgrade it with more powerful weapons and stronger shields. There are also several difficulty levels which allow any level of gamer to get through the 27 waves. Probably the thing you'll miss out on the most is the ability to play a two-player game with your friend.

Screenshots

The fast and furious opening chase sequence. The title screen and main menu. Signing up my new pilot. The hangar. Blasting away some enemy ships. Taking out a bridge.

Music

Raptor's music was composed by Matt Murphy. Much of the music has a throbbing heavy metal sound, but the ambiance of the hangar and the mysteriousness of the night missions have a much smoother timbre.

The recordings were made using various options. They are marked by following song prefixes:

1. Gravis UltraSound (original patch set)
2. Gravis UltraSound (Pro Patches Lite v1.60)
3. General MIDI
4. Sound Blaster / Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card (OPL2)

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
101	Fanfare for Duke II (v1.1+)	Bobby Prince	0:09		Download
102	Apogee Fanfare (v1.0)	Bobby Prince	0:08		Download
103	Raptor Intro	Matt Murphy	1:17		Download
104	Main Menu	Matt Murphy	2:07		Download
105	Hangar	Scott Host	3:08		Download
106	Wave Music 1	Matt Murphy	3:11		Download
107	Wave Music 2	Matt Murphy	2:44		Download
108	Wave Music 3	Matt Murphy	3:39		Download
109	Wave Music 4	Matt Murphy	1:17		Download
110	Wave Music 5	Matt Murphy	2:37		Download
111	Wave Music 6	Matt Murphy	3:23		Download
112	Night Waves	Matt Murphy	3:19		Download
113	Credits	Scott Host	0:50		Download
114	Game Over	Matt Murphy	1:49		Download
115	Boss 1 (Unused)	Scott Host	0:22		Download
116	Boss 2	Scott Host	0:49		Download
117	Boss 3	Scott Host	1:27		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
201	Fanfare for Duke II (v1.1+)	Bobby Prince	0:09		Download
202	Apogee Fanfare (v1.0)	Bobby Prince	0:08		Download
203	Raptor Intro	Matt Murphy	1:16		Download
204	Main Menu	Matt Murphy	2:08		Download
205	Hangar	Scott Host	3:09		Download
206	Wave Music 1	Matt Murphy	3:17		Download
207	Wave Music 2	Matt Murphy	2:47		Download
208	Wave Music 3	Matt Murphy	3:43		Download
209	Wave Music 4	Matt Murphy	1:18		Download
210	Wave Music 5	Matt Murphy	2:42		Download
211	Wave Music 6	Matt Murphy	3:27		Download
212	Night Waves	Matt Murphy	3:19		Download
213	Credits	Scott Host	0:50		Download
214	Game Over	Matt Murphy	1:51		Download
215	Boss 1 (Unused)	Scott Host	0:20		Download
216	Boss 2	Scott Host	0:49		Download
217	Boss 3	Scott Host	1:26		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
301	Fanfare for Duke II (v1.1+)	Bobby Prince	0:09		Download
302	Apogee Fanfare (v1.0)	Bobby Prince	0:07		Download
303	Raptor Intro	Matt Murphy	1:16		Download
304	Main Menu	Matt Murphy	2:05		Download
305	Hangar	Scott Host	3:07		Download
306	Wave Music 1	Matt Murphy	3:11		Download
307	Wave Music 2	Matt Murphy	2:43		Download
308	Wave Music 3	Matt Murphy	3:36		Download
309	Wave Music 4	Matt Murphy	1:17		Download
310	Wave Music 5	Matt Murphy	2:35		Download
311	Wave Music 6	Matt Murphy	3:22		Download
312	Night Waves	Matt Murphy	3:18		Download
313	Credits	Scott Host	0:50		Download
314	Game Over	Matt Murphy	1:49		Download
315	Boss 1 (Unused)	Scott Host	0:16		Download
316	Boss 2	Scott Host	0:49		Download
317	Boss 3	Scott Host	1:26		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
401	Fanfare for Duke II (v1.1+)	Bobby Prince	0:09		Download
402	Apogee Fanfare (v1.0)	Bobby Prince	0:09		Download
403	Raptor Intro	Matt Murphy	1:16		Download
404	Main Menu	Matt Murphy	2:08		Download
405	Hangar	Scott Host	3:07		Download
406	Wave Music 1	Matt Murphy	3:11		Download
407	Wave Music 2	Matt Murphy	2:43		Download
408	Wave Music 3	Matt Murphy	3:37		Download
409	Wave Music 4	Matt Murphy	1:17		Download
410	Wave Music 5	Matt Murphy	2:38		Download
411	Wave Music 6	Matt Murphy	3:22		Download
412	Night Waves	Matt Murphy	3:18		Download
413	Credits	Scott Host	0:49		Download
414	Game Over	Matt Murphy	1:49		Download
415	Boss 1 (Unused)	Scott Host	0:20		Download
416	Boss 2	Scott Host	0:50		Download
417	Boss 3	Scott Host	1:26		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Malvineous
• Recorder: Cancer
• Game Credits:
  • Sound System: Paul Radek
  • Music: Matt Murphy
  • Apogee Theme: Bobby Prince
  • Additional Music and FM Patches Creator: Scott Host

(Source)

Game Rip

Format	Conversion	Download
		Download (Info)

The MUS (DMX) files were ripped from File0000.GLB. The timing of the files has been manually altered to playback not at their native 70 Hz, but the more common 140 Hz to match the majority of MUS players.

There is one unused song in the rip named boss1.mus.

The General MIDI recording was made using the Nullsoft MIDI Player of Winamp.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

(Source: Music, Sound)

Releases

USA Title: Raptor: Call of the Shadows Platform: DOS Released: 1994-04-01 Publisher: Apogee Software, Ltd.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/raptor-call-of-the-shadows - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/565052-raptor-call-of-the-shadows - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor:_Call_of_the_Shadows - Wikipedia.