Lost In Translation/Raiden

Raiden
Manufacturer	Seibu Kaihatsu
Released	1990
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(2x) V30 (@ 10.000 MHz); Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono; YM3812 (@ 3.580 MHz); OKI6295 (@ 1.320 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Vertical); 256 x 224 pixels; 60.00 Hz; 2,048 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	15 ROMs; 2,429,192 bytes (2.32 MiB)
MAME ID	raiden · raidena · raidenk · raident

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About The Game

Raiden is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up.

In the year 2090, Earth has suddenly become the target of deranged aliens. Following the invasion, a new cutting-edge weapon, the Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighther, based on the destroyed alien craft, is created for humanity's hope for survival.

Trivia

Released in April 1990.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Thunder and Lightning'.

Licensed to Fabtek for US distribution, to Liang HWA Electronics for Taiwan distribution, to I.B.L. Corporation for Korea distribution and to Wah Yan Electronics for Hong Kong distribution.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Raiden Densetsu - PCCB-00047) on 05/12/1990.

Series

Raiden (1990)
Raiden II (1993)
Raiden DX (1994)
Raiden Fighters (1996)
Raiden Fighters 2 - Operation Hell Dive (1997)
Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)
Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (2000)
Raiden III (2005)
Raiden IV (2007)

Staff

Producer: H. Hamada
Game Design: Tetsuya Kawaguchi (as 'T. Kawaguchi')
Programmers: K. Kondo; Tetsuya Kawaguchi (as 'T. Kawaguchi'); S. Mori
Graphic Design: T. Wada; M. Komazawa; T. Matsuzawa; H. Matsuo
Music & SFX: Akira Satoh (as 'A. Sato')
Hardware Design: Y. Segawa

Cabinet and Artwork

Raiden arcade cabinet.
Raiden flyer.
Alternate Raiden flyer.

Ports

Consoles: FM Towns Marty (1991); NEC PC-Engine (1991); Sega Mega Drive (1991, "Raiden Trad"); Nintendo Super Famicom (1991, "Raiden Densetsu"); Nintendo Super Famicom (1992, "Raiden Trad"); PC Engine Super CD-ROM (04/1992, "Super Raiden"); Atari Jaguar (1994); Sony PlayStation (1995, "The Raiden Project"); Atari Lynx (1997); Sony PlayStation (2002, "MajorWave Series")

Computers: PC Fujitsu FM TOWNS (Raiden Densetsu, 1991); PC [MS-DOS, CD-ROM]

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Raiden / Raiden II Original Sound Track	INCD-E0106~8^[1]	2006-01-31	INH	3 CD version.
1992 Hudson CD•ROM² Complete Music Works	HCD-1026^[2]	1992-12-01	Hudson Soft	CD version.
Arcade Ambiance 1992	N/A^[3]	2007-09-14	Andy Hofle	Digital download only.
Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden-	N/A^[4]	2008-10-02	INH Group	CD version.
Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden-	(383924) 50001RG 01^[5]	2009-09-08	UFO Interactive Games	CD version.

References

↑ Raiden / Raiden II Original Sound Track (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ 1992 Hudson CD•ROM² Complete Music Works (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Arcade Ambiance 1992 (Digital Download) at the VGMdb
↑ Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden- (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden- (CD) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Raiden / Raiden II Original Sound Track (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] 1992 Hudson CD•ROM² Complete Music Works (CD) at the VGMdb

[3] Arcade Ambiance 1992 (Digital Download) at the VGMdb

[4] Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden- (CD) at the VGMdb

[5] Raiden IV original sound track -Ultimate of Raiden- (CD) at the VGMdb

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