Raiden


 * For other meanings of the name Raiden, see Raiden (disambiguation).

Raiden is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu.

Story
The story centers around the year 2090, where Earth is invaded by extra-terrestrials. In retaliation to these attacks, the World Alliance has developed a supersonic attack fighter, Raiden, to reverse the aliens' battle victory.

Description
The formula of the game is simple and typical for the era of this game. The player pilots the "Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter" through waves of enemies, and several levels. There are two types of weapons, and the player can collect several powerups for them to make them stronger. There are bombs and missile powerups as well as collectable medals which add to the score. The game was comprised of 8 levels with mass amounts of enemies for a frantic pacing.

Ports
Raiden was ported to the NEC PC Engine, Sega Mega Drive (Raiden Trad), Nintendo Super Famicom (Raiden Densetsu), Super NES (Raiden Trad), Atari Jaguar, PlayStation as The Raiden Project, Atari Lynx, Amiga and MS-DOS. The MS-DOS port is especially different than other ports.

Trivia

 * The title in Japanese translates to "Thunder And Lightning".

Legacy
Several sequels and related games were made, such as:
 * Raiden II (1993)
 * Raiden DX (1994)
 * Viper Phase 1 (1995) - A spin-off of the "Raiden" series.
 * Raiden Fighters (1996)
 * Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (1997)
 * Raiden Fighters 2: 2000 Operation Hell Dive (2000) - A version with little changes
 * Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)
 * Raiden III (2005)
 * Raiden IV (2006)