PC Engine CD ライザンバー II / Rayxanber II - Full Game

[@桜猫-z7j]

0:07 ラ～イザンバァ～＼ﾌｫｩ!ﾌｫｩ!／

[@darrenclements6028]

Rayxanber 2 is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING Spectacular graphics, STUNNING gameplay and a fantastic Soundtrack

[@iiizeroiii1636]

Soundtrack top tier!

[@kyyk2023]

エンディングで爆風で破損した瞬間に脱出成功のシーンが神がかってる マジで現行機に移植してほしい！

[@rdee7406]

1st LEVEL sounds like NFL PRIMETIME WITH BOOMER NOBODY CIRCLES THE WAGONS LIKE THE BUFFALO BILLS

[@OGPimpin]

This game is hard as hell!

[@mania_icchan]

ライザンバー！！

[@alexdominguezleiva2102]

Solo por la banda sonora se debe jugar este título y solo por su dificultad dejar de jugarlo... 😂, bueno, la práctica hace al maestro y puede que una vez dominado sea muy disfrutable Rayxanber II.

[@ebrawebraw4167]

3:49

[@ぴんぱー-v8m]

無敵コマンド使ってクリアした覚えあるなぁ～どうやるんだっけ？

[@Dynamo128]

well, that was a very disappointing final boss

[@alxxz]

Only the final boss?! The whole game looks very disappointing with poor visuals for 1992 standards! R-Type II for the AMIGA in 1989 was superior and even Thunder Force III & Gaiares released in 1990 looked, sounded and played much better than this. Thunder Force IV and Axelay released the same year were ions ahead!

[@kelp7060]

@@alxxz It really isn't that bad visually. I can tell what's going on at all times, and I prefer the art in this over many modern shooters. It's a shame it has so much lackluster execution though because it has some ideas and decent music.

[@alxxz]

@@kelp7060 Well just compare this to RayXanber I on the FM Towns Marty (A true 32-bit system) released in 1990, It's amazing how big of a difference a much larger color palette and more memory can make to a game. It looks significantly superior to Rayxanber II & III on the PC-Engine! The backgrounds are more varied and the sprites more detailed with more frames of animation! The 2 games on the PC-Engine looked nice when you saw the static shots in magazines back in the day, but they look awful when in motion, very poorly programmed games really. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ6ue3yEabWiaLc

[@kelp7060]

​@@alxxz I wouldn't say Rayxanber is significantly superior. I mean, I like most of the art in the first game too but it also can come off very flat, and I couldn't help but spot the lines where the background ended in the 2nd stage. Not exactly a fan of the blur in the 3rd stage either. The shmup giants you brought up in your first post though, they get the chefs kiss. Regardless, I know what you mean though, and having a higher standard for the visuals is good, it's just I feel like this game in particular gets a little too much shit. Like I said, it falls short in a lot of it's execution like it was rushed out or something, but it's far from the worst I've seen. There are bits and pieces I prefer in this game over the Rayxanber you linked. Maybe for example I'll mention the third stage here, the one with the red skies over the destroyed city. I can see it's lacking details, polish, and it could probably have more animations in there too, but it still sells the atmosphere enough. I can still call it cool I feel, or maybe it's because I've been exposed to too many cheap looking modern games, lol.

[@alxxz]

@@kelp7060 RayXanber II & III are definitely not the worse on the system nor of the genre as a whole in general, but they definitely fall very short even for the standards of the time primarily due to the technical limitations of the PC-Engine system, mainly the lack of RAM. The 2 games do look rushed and the stages are one directional lacking any diversity in the backgrounds, compared to the multi-directional scrolling stages and plethora of background details in the games I mentioned. Overall they feel more like beefed up NES shooters. Speaking of which, I don't consider RayXanber 1 an ideal shooter either or a very good one at that, but graphically it was definitely superior to its sequels with a rich color palette and just mentioned it as a comparison.

[@exmosquito]

Are the replays by Jimmywai tool-assisted?

[@rainbowislands87]

此GAME最近才接觸，難玩程度...覺得調轉遊戲玩緊你，遊玩過程忍唔到不斷爆粗. Final Boss 是否要一啖氣射死，一歸位BOSS血量又重新嚟過？

[@KuronekoGamesOnline]

太耐我都唔記得最後係點，我淨係記得嗰陣時玩到想爆部電視😡

[@luisreyes1963]

Rayxanber, the Gradius wannabe.

[@kelp7060]

Wannabe or not, it's main problem is execution. Maybe it was rushed out the door or something.

[@agreedboarart3188]

Looks nothing like Gradius besides them being in the same genre.