Raiden

Description

In the year 2090, Earth is invaded by extra-terrestrials. The World Alliance of Nations has developed a supersonic attack fighter, Raiden, to defend the Earth. A pilot must take control of the experimental fighter to destroy the alien warships that just happen to look like odd variations of typical military tanks and planes with gadgets attached to them.

Raiden (called Raiden Trad on the Genesis and SNES) is an over-head vertical-scrolling shooter, based on an arcade game of the same title. It features two forms of weapon upgrades and two types of missiles (normal or homing). You start the game with several bombs which you can use to destroy most enemies on the screen to get yourself out of a jam. Each level ends with a large boss or bosses.

Alternate Titles

• "雷電伝説" -- Japanese SNES/Genesis spelling
• "雷電" -- Japanese spelling
• "雷电" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Raiden Trad" -- SNES/Genesis title
• "Raiden Densetsu" -- Japanese SNES/Genesis title

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Raiden series

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User Reviews

Worst version of Raiden on any console.	SNES	Majestic Lizard (655)
Best home version of Raiden.	TurboGrafx-16	Majestic Lizard (655)
Oh, the humanity!	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Lynx	Feb 26, 2004	A	100
The Video Game Critic	TurboGrafx-16	Mar 20, 2010	A	100
The Video Game Critic	Jaguar	Oct 19, 2000	A-	91
Mean Machines	Genesis	Jan, 1991	81 out of 100	81
GamePro (US)	Genesis	Nov, 1991	4 out of 5	80
neXGam	Jaguar	2004	7.7 out of 10	77
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Oct, 1991	7.25 out of 10	72
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Jaguar	Apr, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Consoles Plus	Genesis	Sep, 1991	67 out of 100	67
Power Play	DOS	Jan, 1995	59 out of 100	59

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Trivia

The game system in Raiden has often been compared to Toaplan's vertical shooters, and indeed Seibu Kaihatsu used Twin Cobra for research during the development of Raiden.