Rayging Blue is yet another excellent vertical shooter from Japan's fast-growing freeware community. The game features excellent 2D anime-style graphics, plenty of big explosions and power-ups, well-designed enemy ships, and frantic action. You can accumulate power-ups to use, and gain extra lives (you start the game with three) as you accumulate points and power-ups. In a welcome change from usually tough freeware shooters (to a reflex-impaired person like me anyway), the game’s difficulty level is about right: not so hard as to frustrate newcomers, but at the same time not too easy as to bore veterans. If you enjoy shooters, this little gem is well worth your time.Reviewed by: Underdogs