Raiden

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

Raiden is the name of a 1990 arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu in the scrolling shooter genre of play. It was ported to the NEC PC Engine, Sega Megadrive (Raiden Trad), Nintendo Super Famicom (Raiden Densetsu), Super NES (Raiden Trad), Atari Jaguar, Sony PlayStation as The Raiden Project, Atari Lynx and the PC.

The formula of the game is simple - you pilot the 'Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter' through waves of enemies, and there are several levels. There are two types of weapons, and you can collect several powerups for them to make them stronger. There are collectable medals which adds to your score, bombs and missile powerups.

Several sequels and related games were made, such as:
 * Raiden (1990)
 * Raiden II (1993)
 * Raiden DX (1994)
 * Viper Phase 1 (1995)
 * Raiden Fighters (1996)
 * Raiden Fighters 2 - Operation Hell Dive (1997)
 * Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)
 * Raiden III (2005)