Raven Software

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Raven Software is an American video game developer. The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them.

Raven has a history of working with id Software: After using id's engines for many of their games, they took over development of id's Quake franchise for Quake 4 and the last iteration of id's Wolfenstein series.

Developed games
Screenshot	Title	Category	File type(s)	Year
	CyClones Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported	First-Person Shooter	Playable demo (2)	1994
	Heretic Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	First-Person Shooter	Shareware	1994
	Hexen II Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	Role-Playing	Playable demo Patch	1997
	Hexen: Beyond Heretic Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	Adventure	Playable demo Preview	1995
	ShadowCaster Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported	Role-Playing	Playable demo	1993
Game descriptions
Screenshot	Title	Category	File type(s)	Year
	CyClones Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported	First-Person Shooter	Playable demo (2)	1994
	Heretic Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	First-Person Shooter	Shareware	1994
	Hexen: Beyond Heretic Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	Adventure	Playable demo Preview	1995
	ShadowCaster Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported	Role-Playing	Playable demo	1993
Screenshots
Screenshot	Title	Category	File type(s)	Year
	CyClones Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported	First-Person Shooter	Playable demo (2)	1994
	Heretic Violence: Yes DOSBox: Supported Rating:	First-Person Shooter	Shareware	1994

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