Raptor: Call of the
Description:	Raptor: Call of the Shadows, reverse-engineered so
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Version:	0.8.1
Date:	22 Aug 2026
Author:	skynettx, port by Falke_34
Submitter:	Falke_34
Email:	falke 34/gmx de
Homepage:	http://falke34.bplaced.net
Requirements:	SDL2
Category:	game/action
License:	GPL
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
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Short:        Raptor: Call of the Shadows, reverse-engineered source port (SDL2)
Uploader:     Falke_34
Author:       skynettx, based on reconstructed source code by nukeykt and
              wel97459 (https://github.com/skynettx/raptor), AmigaOS4 port
              by Falke_34
Type:         game/action
Version:      0.8.1
Requires:     SDL2 (statically linked, nothing to install), joystick/
              gamepad optional
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.1.0
Distribution: GPL (see below)


DESCRIPTION

Raptor: Call of the Shadows is the 1994 vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up
originally released by Cygnus Studios / Apogee. This is a native
AmigaOS 4.1 PPC build of skynettx's reverse-engineered source port,
which reconstructs the original DOS engine from scratch based on the
released DOS source and rebuilds it on top of SDL2.

This archive contains the engine only. It does NOT include the original
Raptor game data (FILE0000.GLB and friends), which is still owned by its
original publisher and must be supplied by the user from their own legal
copy of the game (registered or shareware).


INSTALLATION

1. Copy the whole Raptor drawer to wherever you like.
2. Copy your own FILE0000.GLB, FILE0001.GLB (and, if you own the
   registered version, FILE0002.GLB - FILE0004.GLB) into the Raptor
   drawer, next to the "raptor" executable.
3. Double-click the Raptor icon, or start it from Shell.

A SETUP.INI is included, pre-configured for TinySoundFont music output
(see MUSIC below). If it is missing or deleted, Raptor creates a default
one on first start - this is normal, not an error.


MUSIC

Raptor supports two music backends: a native MIDI device (sys_midi=1)
and TinySoundFont with a GM SoundFont file (sys_midi=0, the default in
the included SETUP.INI). There is no native MIDI backend on AmigaOS4, so
sys_midi=1 simply plays no music (music_device stays unset, no crash,
just silence) - TinySoundFont is the only practical music option here.
To enable it, place a GM-compatible SoundFont (e.g. FluidR3_GM.sf2) next
to the executable and set SoundFont=<file>.sf2 in SETUP.INI.


RAPTORSETUP

raptorsetup, a small configuration tool for editing SETUP.INI, is
included alongside the main executable where available.


KNOWN ISSUES

- Joystick/gamepad rumble support and overall performance on real
  Sam460/X5000-class hardware are unconfirmed.


LOGGING

The engine no longer opens a Shell/Workbench console window on startup.
All log output (stdout/stderr) is written to raptor.log next to the
executable. If something doesn't work as expected, please check that
file first before reporting an issue.


CHANGES IN THIS PORT (compared to upstream skynettx/raptor)

- No console window on startup; stdout/stderr redirected to raptor.log
- Fixed a high-CPU-usage issue caused by unthrottled timing/event-poll
  loops (added a short idle delay plus vsync-capped presentation)
- Fixed the window close gadget freezing the system; closing now defers
  cleanup to a safe point in the main loop instead of running it inside
  SDL's event pump, and exits immediately without a confirmation dialog
- Disabled the desktop file-selector dialog code path (relies on
  fork()/pipe()/execv(), unavailable under AmigaOS4/newlib); this
  feature is not used anywhere in Raptor or raptorsetup


CREDITS / THANKS

- nukeykt and wel97459, for the original reconstruction of the Raptor
  source code.


CONTACT

Please report bugs or feedback via the os4depot.net comments, or the
AmigaOS4 community forums (thread by Falke_34).


SOURCE / LICENSE

This engine is licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later. See the LICENSE
file in the source distribution for full license text.
Full upstream source: https://github.com/skynettx/raptor
The AmigaOS4-specific changes in this port are provided under the same
license as the files they modify.