Raiden

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TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine
Raiden
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16
Publisher: Hudson Soft NEC Technologies
Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu
Developer(s) of original games: Seibu Kaihatsu
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-11-22 ¥7,2007,200 HC91049 US 1991-11 TGX060075
Non-NEC versions Arcade FM Towns IBM PC Jaguar Lynx Mega Drive PlayStation Super NES

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Raiden (雷電) is a 1991 shoot-'em-up game for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16. It is a port of Seibu Kaihatsu's 1990 arcade shoot-'em-up.

A Super CD-ROM² version was later released as Super Raiden.

Story

In the year 2090, a species of alien lifeforms known as the Crystals has invaded Earth. The Crystals took control over most of Earth's military hardware to use in the invasion. In response, the world organization known as Vanquish Crystal Defense (VCD) develops the Fighting Thunder attack craft, a cutting-edge weapon based on Crystal technology. To survive against the invaders and fight back, VCD deploys Fighting Thunder as the only hope for humanity.

Gameplay

The game is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up. The player's aircraft is moved in any direction using the D-Pad, and shoots with Ⅱ. The ship's primary weapon can be either the Wide Shot, which starts as two parallel streams of bullets but grows into a large conical spreadshot as it is upgraded, or the Laser, a narrow but more powerful shot that grows in width as it is upgraded. The ship can also equip a subweapon, which is fired simultaneously with the primary weapon, by collecting a power-up. The subweapon is either shooting Nuclear Missiles, which deal high damage, or Homing Missiles, which are weaker but seek targets automatically. Collecting the power-up for the currently equipped weapon upgrades it, while collecting the power-up for the other weapon changes to it while keeping the weapon level the same. The ship also has a cache of bombs, which are deployed with Ⅰ. Bombs are limited in supply and do large area damage and neutralize enemy projectiles.

The ship is destroyed if it collides with an enemy or takes enemy fire. It respawns at a checkpoint with the base weapon, no subweapon, and the initial supply of three bombs if the player has lives left. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but it can be continued as long as the player has continues remaining.

Stages

	Stage 1 - The Battle Begins
	Stage 2 - The City of Wuz
	Stage 3 - Oceanus
	Stage 4 - The Alien Earth Base ZEN
	Stage 5 - The Enemy Outpost
	Stage 6 - Star Fighters
	Stage 7 - Space Station RIP
	Stage 8 - Armageddon

Magazine articles

Main article: Raiden/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

PC Engine, JP
Cover

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
File:Raiden TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 850829f2 MD5 42a5e13cbfab0c54d30f8ca6831f62ed SHA-1 cef25446294884053442a4214434d7d97319ddca	768kB		Card (JP)
?	CRC32 bc59c31e MD5 5d08e419351cf3ee85e6536070cbb94f SHA-1 910e7346976b7a6e83ddb7e68b49d33ced9dbc2c	768kB		Card (US)

References

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