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Raiden

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Genres
ShooterArcade
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Modes
Single playerCo-operative
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Developer
Seibu Kaihatsu
Publishers
Bignet, Tec Toy, Hudson Soft, Electro Brain, Mumin Corporation, Tecmo, NEC Technologies, Telegames, Atari Corporation, NEC Technologies, Toei Animation, Micronet, KID Corp., Imagitec Design, fabtek, HAMSTER
Release dates
Platform Date
Arcade September 01, 1990
Super Famicom November 29, 1991
FM Towns December 31, 1991
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine December 31, 1991
Super Nintendo Entertainment System April 01, 1992
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis May 01, 1992
Atari Jaguar December 31, 1994
DOS December 31, 1994
Atari Lynx December 31, 1997
PlayStation November 28, 2002
Legacy Mobile Device February 24, 2004
PlayStation 3 March 27, 2007
PlayStation Portable March 27, 2007

About

Raiden consists of eight vertical scrolling missions where the player maneuvers the Raiden craft dodging and destroying enemy robots, buildings, ground targets, and aircraft. There are bombs and missile powerups as well as collectable medals which add to the score. When player dies, the fighter's fragments become projectiles that damage enemies. After defeating the Stage 8 boss, the mission is completed, and player receives 1 million points for each completed loop. Afterwards, it will start back to Stage 1. This time around, enemies shoot faster and at a more rapid rate.

Story

In the year 2090, Earth has suddenly become the target of deranged aliens known as the Cranassians. Following the invasion, the World Alliance Military builds a new cutting-edge weapon, the Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter. Based on a captured alien craft, it is humanity's only hope for survival.

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