Since it resembles Raiden in every other imaginable way, it's no surprise that the graphical quality of Demonstar isn't really much better. When blasting away at the enemies, I did find the sound effects to be adequate though uninspired. The soundtrack for this game might have been created by Bobby Prince, the guy who created the music for Duke Nukem 3D, but it's not very entertaining. If any other factors that were key to the success of a shooter came to mind, they would be graphics and sound. In case you need to clear the screen of enemies when the action gets too hot to handle, nuke bombs are available, once again just like in Raiden. Even at the most powered up level all armaments are wholly unimpressive and certainly aren't anything shooter fans haven't seen before. I find it truly odd that the people who gave you every sort of imaginable weapon (including carrots) in their last game have seen fit to give you nothing more than colored lines, tiny missiles, and tiny dots as weaponry. Just as in Raiden, you'll come across powerups of varying colors which provide different weapons, and collecting a series of one color allows you to achieve maximum power in one of these weapon categories. Most shooters these days offer some innovation over the market's current line of games, but for some reason the same people who had made Raptor so fascinating made Demonstar into little more than a tired old Raiden clone.Īt the heart of any shoot em up is the selection of powerups and special weapons that can be employed. Along the way, you'll destroy aerial enemies and ground installations, pick up a host of powerups, discover warps to other areas, and just do some damage in general. Tons of enemies come at you in waves as you move through the eighteen uninteresting and overly hyped levels, requiring you to be quick with the old trigger finger. Now that I've gotten a chance to try it out, it would be fair to say I feel somewhat cheated.ĭemonstar is a vertical scrolling shooter in which you take control of the RaptorX prototype ship and take on the Xidus Armada by your lonesome self. Having enjoyed the previous game so much, as it was nothing short of spectacular when it debuted several years back, I was really hyped up to try out Demonstar. Demonstar, fresh off the presses from Ionos and Moutain King Studios, hopes to pick up where Raptor left off by providing PC gamers with some good old fashioned arcade action. To destroy each boss, you will have to search for the many weapons such as lasers, homing missiles, and many more.We begged, we pleaded, we waited for years, and finally the sequel to Raptor has arrived. – Tate/vertical mode for vertical monitorsĭemonstar is the most thrilling vertical scrolling shooter on the market! DemonStar takes shooters to the extreme with controller support, 3-D rendered graphics, explosive sound effects, and a brilliant soundtrack. – Video/Screen improvements not available on other versions. – New game modes include Legacy Mode, and Enhanced Mode Originally published in 1997, and later earning COMPUTER GAMING WORLD Shareware Game of the Year 1999, Demonstar was, and still is one of the best space shooters ever created. After many long years, The Shareware legend Demonstar comes soaring back with new game modes, revised gameplay, and new Easter eggs to encounter.
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