FM Townes Rayxanber anyone have screenshots? update found 1

dczx · Post by **dczx** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:37 am

I'm interested in seeing what this shmup looked like... anyone know of some screenshots on the web? Thanks

wow, I actually found the title screen:

http://home3.highway.ne.jp/hotaru/gHTH/rayz/rayz.htm

SPACE HARRIER · Post by **SPACE HARRIER** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:55 pm

I have done my homework( haaahaa!!

) and i have found not a single screenshot!!

I think this game is very VERY hard to find!!

I have found only the boxart!!

Somebody help us

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat May 28, 2005 9:20 pm

Indeed it is. It pops up on Yahoo Japan from time to time. I always got outbid a year or so ago when I was looking for it though.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun May 29, 2005 3:21 am

I think a Japanese eBay store had a copy a month or two ago, it was in the realm of $170 or so if I remember correctly.

dczx · Post by **dczx** » Sun May 29, 2005 3:56 am

The seller of this auction:

Rayxanber FM Towns

was kind enough to send me a picture of the back cover.

two very tiny screens! colorful!

I can only wonder what this game was like...

EXMaster · Post by **EXMaster** » Sun May 29, 2005 5:28 am

I have this emulated, so I'll give you some bigger screenshots......

Title and Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Stage 5:

If your fimiliar any of the two sequels, it plays more or less the same as those, although the graphics seem more colorful and the difficulty, while still somewhat challenging, is not quite on the level of Rayxanber II. The soundtrack isnt to shabby either.

dczx · Post by **dczx** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:15 am

Hey thanks for the pics!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:29 am

$166 = about twice the going rate in Japan from what I remember.

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:23 pm

I finally got some movies posted on youtube. Among them is Rayxanber stage 1 + 2. If you guys are still curious.

Rayxanber (Stage 1)
Rayxanber (Stage 2)

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Post by **Icarus** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:27 pm

* PUSH STAR BUTTON *
(I know the T is just fading in in the pic, but the screenshot looks amusing.)

Nice find! I have RayX 2 and 3, and they are pretty good. I wondered what RayX 1 was on, and now I know. ^_^
Thanks for the pics and vids.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:36 am

Data...west?

Can't find any info. on this co.

Are they anywhere near as badass as east

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:56 am

Data West actually has no relation whatsoever with Data East.

And they're not really badass either, they mainly made software and games for Japanese PCs like FM Towns. Today they mainly do network solutions and other boring shit.

@rolins

Those are some great videos you put up on YouTube! Rude Breaker looks amazing!

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:46 am

Here's another one that I made using UNZ. I had put my Rayxanber up for auction on eBay a few months ago once for $76.50 and it went for just that price.

The difficulty is basically in the R-Type style, but harder- right up there with Rezon.

Rolins- I'll second CIT about Rude Breaker, and I'll also say Kotsujin looks darn good.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:40 am

That's funny.... when I watched the Vid of stage one I instantly remembered the music. It's the same music in part 2 during the 1st stage. I had the second game on PC engine; how was the 3rd game on the same system?

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:30 am

Thanks for comments guys. Glad some of you liked Rude Breaker. I'll be adding more unknown shooting games to youtube. Such as these

PC-98
Burning Dragon - Raiden-clone shooter, one the best
Binyu Hunter - Rail Shooter, quite cool
Rude Breaker - possibly Stage 3 + 4 b/c the music rocks

PC-88
Final Crisis - Nice fast hori shooter
Luxor: Nights Over Egypt - decent enough

FM-Towns
I want to add more vids on Tatsujin-Ou and Kyukyoku Tiger. Especially Kyukyoku Tiger for its awesome arrange soundtrack.

neoalphazero · Post by **neoalphazero** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:49 am

Strider77 wrote: how was the 3rd game on the same system?

I like it, the backgrounds are a slight weakpoint but detail, music, gameplay tweaks (missiles are a great addition) made it one of my favorite PCE games. *-neo

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:34 am

neoalphazero wrote:
Strider77 wrote: how was the 3rd game on the same system?
I like it, the backgrounds are a slight weakpoint but detail, music, gameplay tweaks (missiles are a great addition) made it one of my favorite PCE games. *-neo

II was a good game, with an insane level of difficulty (the stages were way harder than the bosses). III balanced the difficulty a bit, while adding more detail to everything, and putting in weapons that were more effective. There's a review of it here.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:47 am

Wow it looks really nice. I miss 2, I'll have to track down both. How much do they run now?

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:57 am

Strider77 wrote:Wow it looks really nice. I miss 2, I'll have to track down both. How much do they run now?

II is pretty cheap, running between $25 and $35 usually. III on the other hand, runs around $60-$90 for one that's in good shape.

There's a lot of both on eBay at the moment.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:26 am

rolins wrote:Thanks for comments guys. Glad some of you liked Rude Breaker. I'll be adding more unknown shooting games to youtube. Such as these

PC-98
Burning Dragon - Raiden-clone shooter, one the best
Binyu Hunter - Rail Shooter, quite cool
Rude Breaker - possibly Stage 3 + 4 b/c the music rocks

PC-88
Final Crisis - Nice fast hori shooter
Luxor: Nights Over Egypt - decent enough

Can't wait!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:07 am

Same here; thanks!

I like the detail in the backgrounds in Rayxanber!