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Raiden

Description

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 a destroyed alien craft, is created for humanity's hope for survival.

Raiden was produced by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1990.

Seibu Kaihatsu released 26 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Seibu Kaihatsu was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Seibu Kaihatsu during the time period Raiden was produced include: Double Dynamites, Dynamite Duke, Dead Angle, Air Raid, Empire City: 1931, Seibu Cup Soccer, Olympic Soccer '92, Zero Team, Raiden II, and Raiden DX

Specs

Name	Raiden
Developer	Seibu Kaihatsu (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9244
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Raiden Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireBomb
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Raiden Arcade Stage One BGM

Raiden KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.45 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.40

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Items list:

Red beacon: Gives the Vulcan firepower to the player who obtains it.

Blue beacon: Gives the Laser firepower to the player who obtains it.

M: Gives the Nuclear missile sub-weapon to the player who obtains it.

H: Gives the Homing missile sub-weapon to the player who obtains it.

1-UP: Gives the player who obtains it an extra life stock.

P: Maximizes the players current weapon sets to full power.

B: Increases bomb stock by one.

Medal: Gives a score of 300 points.

Miclus: Seibu Kaihatsu's dragon mascot appears in Raiden and it's series, giving a score of 3,000.

Fairy: A small humanoid creature that gives whoever obtains it 10,000 points.

Images

Trivia

The title in Japanese translates to "Thunder And Lightning".

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

Miscellaneous

Licenced to Fabtek for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Raiden Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 161 known instances of this machine owned by Raiden collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 23 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 133 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Raiden machine for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with a Raiden circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Raiden.

This game ranks a 40 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Manuals

Service Manual - Raiden Manual — **Service Manual**
(9 pages, 1.1 MB File)

Owners Manual - Raiden Manual — **Owners Manual**
(16 pages, 1.55 MB File)

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