Rally Raid

Rally Raid is a video game in the action genre originally released in 2000. It is currently playable on Windows.

Rally Raid continues the tradition of excellent shareware commercial-quality vertical shooters from Japan.

The beautiful 3D graphics create a great illusion of depth on a 2D playing field, the anime-style ship designs are excellent, and your ship's power-ups and weapons are varied. But make no mistake: Rally Raid is very difficult: you'll often find yourself caught between so many showers of bullets from swarms of enemies that it seems impossible not to get hit. The action is non-stop, though the frequency of power-ups is generous. I find myself dying every five minutes or so, but the game has that elusive 'just one more try' quality that makes me grit my teeth and keep going until I finish the game. Rally Raid shares the same weakness as many other free-to-play shooters: it's too short, with each level lasting only a few minutes. Fortunately, the high difficulty level and unpredictable enemy ship movements lengthen the actual game time.

Overall, Rally Raid is a must-have game for anyone who enjoys vertical shooters, and is well worth the price of the full version, although it doesn't have the same production value (i. e. , very high) as Idinaloq, my favorite free shooter from Japan.

Note: The download is the shareware version (3 of the 8 total levels of the registered version). You can buy the full version from Himeya Soft using the related link below (it's in the Windows JP --> Dojin Soft section).

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.