Taito has released a new trailer on Famitsu's website for the previously thought Xbox Live Exclusive RayStorm HD. This is a remake of the original 1997 PS1 game. The game will be published by parent company Square Enix for both PSN and XBLA.
The game will sport updated textures and graphics with the same vertical scrolling shooter action we all know and love, and is scheduled to arrive in Fall 2009. Check out the video below and let us know what you think. As always stay here on PlayStation Lifestyle for all the latest news on your favorite console.
Console Monster: It goes without saying that the Xbox LIVE Arcade is a saturated market when it comes to classic arcade games. Nevertheless we regularly get news about yet another classic game re-releasing this time sporting high-definition paint. RayStorm HD is the pinnacle of such statement.
Diehard GameFAN writes: "Anyone who’s paid attention to anything I’ve written in the past couple years knows that I have a hard-on for anything that bears the Working Designs logo. Even bad games such as Silhouette Mirage sit on our collective game stand simply because of my love for that company and what they brought me for over a decade. One of the games that I own is Raystorm for the PSX, a great shooter on a system known for inspired shooters like Einhänder and light gun game Elemental Gearbolt. It was Xevious on steroids, with one of the best stages (stage 4, Earth orbit) I’ve ever played in a game. Taito has graced us with a port to the Xbox Live Arcade, with improved graphics."
"RayStorm is a vertical-scrolling shooter that was originally released in Japanese arcade machines way back in 1996. A year later, it was popular enough to be ported to the PSOne and Sega Saturn. Fast forward to 2010 and RayStorm has now gotten an HD remake of sorts and is available now for you to download on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Store." - Just Push Start
Another one bites the dust.
Thank you Microsoft for failing to create a big enough userbase to warrant exclusives for your failed Xbox platform.
Always good to have more PSN games
And there you have it, confirmed to be superior on the PlayStation 3.
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Another exclusive snatched up by Microsoft (original 1997 PS1 game).