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. 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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Plot-driven, grave, earnest and relentless.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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- Platforms
- Arcade, PlayStation 3, Atari Lynx, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, DOS, FM Towns, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Legacy Mobile Device, Super Famicom
- Developer
- Seibu Kaihatsu
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft, Tecmo, Electro Brain, KID Corp., Bignet, NEC Technologies, Telegames, Mumin Corporation, Atari Corporation, NEC Technologies, Toei Animation, Tec Toy, Micronet, Imagitec Design, fabtek, Hamster Corporation
- Released
- April 1, 1990
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 2 h main story · 4 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.8/10 from 25 ratings.
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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