Status internpepper Dec 4, 2023
Sat down with a friend and we played the heck out of this early bullet hell game. Had a blast and it’s good for what it is. It’s gonna eat your quarters and wreck your thumbs.
Raiden (1990)
Arcade · Atari Jaguar · Atari Lynx · DOS · FM Towns · Legacy Mobile Device · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
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 …
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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.
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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
Related
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
Rating distribution
5 stars
1
4 stars
7
3 stars
17
2 stars
5
1 star
0
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