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Super Rad Raygun

It is the year 198X. Big hair is hot, and the war with the Soviets is colder than a refreshing glass of New Coke. RAD RAYGUN must travel the world fighting communist robots, and save the 1980′s by shooting his…

75 8 November 2016

Super Rad Raygun is an adventure developed by TRU FUN Entertainment, released 8 November 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Super Rad Raygun is

Super Rad Raygun is an adventure game developed by TRU FUN Entertainment and released in 2016. It was published by Rooster Teeth Games. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FNA.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It is the year 198X. Big hair is hot, and the war with the Soviets is colder than a refreshing glass of New Coke. RAD RAYGUN must travel the world fighting communist robots, and save the 1980′s by shooting his way through the decade in a totally fresh, expanded version of the original XBLIG game.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Super Rad Raygun holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2, 2ghz, 1 GB RAM and 128 MB Video RAM and at least Shader Model 2.0. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Super Rad Raygun launched on 8 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Final Fantasy XV and Titanfall 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Super Rad Raygun — frequently asked questions

When did Super Rad Raygun come out?
Super Rad Raygun was released on 8 November 2016 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Super Rad Raygun?
At minimum, Super Rad Raygun needs Intel Core 2, 2ghz, 1 GB RAM, 128 MB Video RAM and at least Shader Model 2.0 graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Super Rad Raygun?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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