Raiden (c) 1990 Seibu Kaihatsu.
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 Figther, based on the destroyed alien craft, is created for humanity's hope for survival.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : (2x) V30 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8 Khz)
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
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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.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Raiden (1990)
2. Raiden II (1993)
3. Raiden DX (1994)
4. Raiden Fighters (1996)
5. Raiden Fighters 2 - Operation Hell Dive (1997)
6. Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)
7. Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (2000)
8. Raiden III (2005)
9. Raiden IV (2007)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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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

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
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 :
FM Towns PC (1991, 'Raiden Densetsu')
PC [MS-DOS, CD-ROM]

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.