Raiden

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

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

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.

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 Jet (1998)
 * Raiden III (2005)

Ports
Raiden was ported to the NEC PC Engine, Sega Megadrive (Raiden Trad), Nintendo Super Famicom (Raiden Densetsu), Super NES (Raiden Trad), Atari Jaguar, PlayStation as The Raiden Project, Atari Lynx, Amiga and MS-DOS.