Raiden

Raiden

Released1990
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.
78Wit Score

Details

DeveloperSeibu Kaihatsu
PublisherAtari Corporation, Hudson Soft, Imagitec Design, Electro Brain, Toei Animation, Micronet, Bignet, Telegames, fabtek, NEC Technologies, KID Corp., Tecmo, Hamster Corporation, Mumin Corporation, Tec Toy
ReleasedApril 1, 1990
StatusReleased
GenresShooterArcade
ThemesActionScience fiction
PlatformsPlayStation PlayStationPlayStation 3 PlayStation 3DOS DOSSUP Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemSEG Sega Mega Drive/GenesisPlayStation Portable PlayStation PortableARC ArcadeLEG Legacy Mobile DeviceSUP Super FamicomATA Atari LynxATA Atari JaguarTUR TurboGrafx-16/PC EngineFM FM TownsTUR Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
ModesSingle playerCo-operative
SeriesRaiden

Wit-Index Intelligence

Community Score
Worth Playing78/100

About This Game

When hostile extraterrestrials called the Cranassians launch a devastating invasion of Earth in 2090, humanity scrambles to develop a countermeasure to the catastrophic threat. Drawing inspiration from a recovered alien vessel, the World Alliance Military engineers the Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter—an advanced combat aircraft designed to turn the tide against the invaders. With conventional defenses overwhelmed and extinction looming, this cutting-edge fighter jet emerges as mankind's last chance to repel the alien assault and reclaim the planet.