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Raiden (video game)

Raiden
Raiden
Japanese arcade flyer of Raiden
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
  • JP: November 28, 2002
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: May 16, 2013
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)
Developer(s)

Micronics (SFC/SNES)

Seibu Kaihatsu (Mega Drive/Genesis)
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
  • JP: July 6, 1991
  • NA: 1991
Super Famicom/SNES
  • JP: November 29, 1991
  • NA: April 1992
FM Towns
  • JP: 1991
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 /ˈrdɛn/ RY-den. "Raiden" is the name of a Japanese World War II Fighter.


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