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Raiden
is
a scrolling shooter and a series of arcade games by Seibu Kaihatsu initially
available in arcades in Japan and later distributed to other
countries by Fabtek and other
arcade game manufacturers.
The game that began the franchise was Raiden, which has
been 26 months at the top 10 in the charts. It was ported for the PlayStation as The Raiden Project,
and other ports, including Amiga, Atari Jaguar, TurboGrafx-16 (in
HuCard and Super CD-ROM² format, the latter version titled Super
Raiden), Atari Lynx, Super NES, PC, Mega Drive/Genesisand mobile phones.
Seibu Kaihatsu developed the Raiden games and its related spin-offs from
1990 until 1998. The license of Raiden was recently purchased by MOSS. Since 2005, all Raidengames have been on various
Taito boards (Taito Type X).
Overview
In each installment, there is a threat to humanity posed
by the invasion of Earth by an alien race known as the
Cranassians. In the wake of the Cranassian invasion, the World Alliance
Military must launch a daring counter-attack with their powerful weapon, a
Raiden supersonic attack fighter, for the future of humanity. In most of the
Raiden games, the Cranassians have a red crystal that holds many powers. It is
usually the last boss in the games. The first two Raiden installments had eight stages, and if
all stages are completed, a mission clear bonus is given and the players will
start another mission. The third installment has seven stages each. The fourth
installment blends classic gameplay with new ideas in one package.
Differences
Its distinguishing feature was the simultaneous double
player mode where one player can play like two players at the same time.
Players can get high score by quickly destroying the enemy which appears, with
the new flash shot system. But this feature is not new to the Raiden series
release-wise, as a slightly different version of this scoring mechanic was
introduced in the Raiden Fighters spinoff.
The level design of the first two installments consists
of five Earth-based levels and three space-based levels:
·
Forest (in Raiden the player starts from the coast, but
in Raiden II, the player starts from inland)
·
City/Farm
·
Ocean
·
Ruins/Savanna
·
Factory
·
Planetoids
·
Giant enemy battleship
·
Final attack goal (in Raiden the final attack goal is the alien
command battleship, but in Raiden II, the final attack goal is the planetoid with
the Cranassians' headquarters/temple)
However, in Raiden III, level design appears to consist of three
basic Earth-based missions and four space missions:
·
Farm, City
·
Enemy in-land remote base
·
Ocean with platforms
·
Giant Battleships
·
Battleship Interior
·
Connected Planetoids
·
Final attack goal
The enemy's insignia appears to be a shape of a diamond
in later Raiden installments.
The bosses in Raiden has normally an octagonal shape of a
glowing crystalline being, but in the sequels, they have a diamond shape. In
Stage 8 of Raiden, the
octagonal being is concealed with a green module which moves back and forth in
one direction, while in Raiden II and later installments, it appears
exposed.
In Raiden DX, the st. 9 boss first
appears as a featureless sphere of grey metal, then transforms into the boss
tank. This suggests that the Cranassian crystals have the ability to reshape
metal to any form they desire.
