Viper

So this was an interesting, didn't expect to see it here of all places and hopefully you'll find this review helpful: 1) This is a PS1 game: I'm not saying this is a port of a PS1 game, this is literally a rip of the disc being run through a PS1 emulator, specifically PCSX-Reloaded, you'd think this would be a negative and it kind of is, but it's actually very convenient, the build of PCSX-R they use doesn't have a lot of features and I found it fairly lacking, but hey, you can easily use any other emulator if you want, the game files are right there in the folder! I used Duckstation, which is why it looks like I haven't played the game for more than a few minutes on steam, it allowed me to upscale the game, run it smoothly and I even used a widescreen hack because why not, it's super simple to do and I highly recommend it because that's the fun of PC gaming. That said, I do wish the product page was upfront about it, much of GOG's runs on Dosbox, emulation is legit, no need to hide it. 2) So what about the game itself? It's a somewhat neat take on the Star Fox formula, a rail shooter with occasional branching paths with a rather neat weapon system. You have a primary and second…

Note before We begin: While I may not have much on the PC Version of the game I have owned the original PS1 Version of the game since it's release and will be referring mostly to the PS1 Version for this review In addition at the time of this writing there is a bug causing the game to crash on the 2nd level without entering the password for it. The developers have confirmed this is being fixed. Viper...This could be one of the most obscure games in the Playstation's Library. If I could summarize Viper I would say it is Star Fox mixed with a Shoot 'em up. You play as Eddie Crane piloting his craft The Viper as he strikes out against aliens who have covertly invaded Earth...Thats it, Thats the story There is literally nothing else that is added onto the games story that was not covered in the instruction manual and the opening FMV cutscene. In this sense it's more like an old arcade shooter where you get the premise of the plot and are just let lose to shoot things down. And boy do you. Visually the game looks good for 1998, Everything is decently detailed, there's a lot of stuff flying about and moving and the design of most of the bosses are unique to each other. That said i n…

Doesn't launch. Not playable.