Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64
Rayhound: A space shooter where your only weapon is gravity
by Lee Mathews Jan 2nd 2009 at 3:00PM
Your opponents, however, have lots of firepower and they're not shy about using it. How exactly do you go about defending yourself? Use your enemies' strength against them.
Use the mouse to control your ship's movement and left-click to engage your ship's gravity field. Time it right, and you'll gain control over enemy attacks and be able to redirect them to your advantage. Hold the mouse button down to keep the field engaged to drag their fire with you and release when you're ready to strike.
The visuals are simple yet stunning, especially in later stages when enemies become more numerous.
Rayhound is a free download for Windows, and is totally portable so Linux users might also be able to give it a shot using Wine.
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tim collins said 6:20PM on 1-02-2009
Correct me if I am wrong... but I don't believe "a shooter when your ship doesn't actually have a single gun" is not a single word and therefore isnot a single word description.
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Mark said 6:44PM on 1-02-2009
I'm pretty sure he was referring to "shooter" as the single word description.
sniping_dreamer said 12:35AM on 1-03-2009
You guys might as well try Warning Forever. It's basically procedurally-generated boss rush SHMUP (shoot 'em up, to those who don't know), where a session will not be the same twice.
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speedywr24 said 7:03PM on 1-03-2009
You guys do know that OS X has Wine too, right/
http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/
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supernova_hq said 2:44PM on 1-05-2009
I run linux and would like to try the portable version in Wine. Unfortunately, I am unable to find the portable version.
If anyone knows where it is, please post the location.
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samuel said 7:01PM on 1-08-2009
It's Windows only. That's the best description I can offer.
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