Raiden (1990)

3.13 from 31 ratings

104 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 27 backlogged · 23 wish listed

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 … Read more

Details

Developers: Seibu Kaihatsu
Publishers: Atari Corporation, Bignet, Electro Brain, HAMSTER, Hudson Soft, Imagitec Design, KID Corp., Micronet, Mumin Corporation, NEC Technologies, Tec Toy, Tecmo, Telegames, Toei Animation, fabtek
Genres: Arcade, Shooter
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Raiden

Release dates

Apr 1990 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
Sep 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
Jun 1991 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Jul 06, 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Nov 22, 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Nov 29, 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
1991 (Full Release) (Japan) FM Towns
1991 (Full Release) (North_America) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Apr 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
May 1992 (Full Release) (Brazil) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Q4 1993 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari Jaguar
Dec 15, 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) Atari Jaguar
1994 (Full Release) (Europe) Atari Jaguar
1994 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
1997 (Full Release) (Europe) Atari Lynx
1997 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari Lynx
Nov 28, 2002 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
Feb 24, 2004 (Full Release) (North_America) Legacy Mobile Device
Mar 27, 2007 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

Also available on

Super Raiden (1992) · TGCD
Arcade Archives: Raiden (2021) · NSW, PS4

Bundled in

The Raiden Project (Oct 1995) · PS1
Raiden Legacy (Dec 2012) · ANDR, PC, iOS
Sega Astro City Mini V (Jul 2022) · Handheld Electronic LCD

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Review kingbk83 4/5 · Jul 20, 2021

TOUGH

This game is chewing on sandpaper while walking across broken glass barefoot in 130 degree weather tough. I love shoot 'em ups, but dang, this is punishing and brutal. If you think video games are getting too easy, spend the 7 bucks and grab this from arcade archives.

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