Raiden (video game)
| Raiden | |
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Japanese arcade flyer of Raiden
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| Developer(s) | Seibu Kaihatsu |
| Publisher(s) | Arcade version: Seibu Kaihatsu (Japan) Fabtek (North America) Liang HWA Electronics (Taiwan) IBL Corporation (South Korea) PlayStation version: HAMSTER Corporation (Japan) DotEmu (PC) |
| Composer(s) | Akira Sato |
| Series | Raiden |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga (prototype), Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, MS-DOS, PC Engine, PlayStation, Mobile phone, Microsoft Windows |
| Release |
Arcade September 1990 PlayStation Network
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| Genre(s) | Vertical scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2 player Co-op |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| CPU | (2x) V30 (@ 10 MHz) |
| Sound | YM3812 (@ 3.579545 MHz), OKI6295 (@ 1 MHz) |
| Display | Raster, 256 x 224 pixels (Vertical), 2048 colors |
| Raiden Densetsu (Raiden Trad) | |
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| Developer(s) |
Micronics (SFC/SNES) |
| Publisher(s) |
Micronet (Mega Drive/Genesis)JP Toei Animation (SFC/SNES) Electro Brain (SNES)NA Micronet (Mega Drive/Genesis) |
| Composer(s) | Akira Sato |
| Series | Raiden |
| Platform(s) | Super NES, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, FM Towns |
| Release |
Sega Mega Drive
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| Genre(s) | Vertical scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player,(Mega Drive and SNES) 2 player Co-op (only SNES) |
Micronics (SFC/SNES)
Raiden (雷電 Raiden?) is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game that was developed by Seibu Kaihatsu. It was the first game in the Raiden series of scrolling shooter arcade games. Raiden was released in September 1990. The game was distributed in Japan by Tecmo, North America by Fabtek, Taiwan by Liang HWA Electronics, Korea by IBL Corporation, Hong Kong by Wah Yan Electronics, and a few other countries such as Malaysia, though the publishers in those countries are unknown.
The title in Japanese translates to "Thunder And Lightning". Rai means thunder, and den means lightning. The closest English approximation of the pronunciation is /ˈraɪdɛn/ RY-den. "Raiden" is the name of a Japanese World War II Fighter.
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