Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

雷電 (c) 1990 Seibu Kaihatsu. (Raiden)

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 Fighter, based on the destroyed alien craft, is created for humanity's hope for survival.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: (2x) V30 (@ 10 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Sound Chips: YM3812 OPL2 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI MSM6295 ADPCM (@ 1MHz)

Screen orientation: Vertical Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette colors: 2048

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

Raiden was released in April 1990.

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

Raiden is the name of a Japanese WWI Fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden.

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.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Raiden (set 1). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Raiden (set 1) is filed in our catalog as a 1990 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Seibu Kaihatsu (IBL Corporation license) as developer.

Display orientation for this page: portrait.