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Raiden II

雷電ＩＩ

Description

As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

Raiden II was produced by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1993.

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 II was produced include: Olympic Soccer '92, Seibu Cup Soccer, Raiden, Double Dynamites, Dynamite Duke, Zero Team, Raiden DX, Battle Balls, Viper Phase 1, and Raiden Fighters

Specs

Name	Raiden II
Developer	Seibu Kaihatsu (Japan)
Year	1993
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9249
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooting Vehicle
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Raiden II 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
PCB	Raiden II PCB Image

Video Clips

Raiden 2 - Beginner gameplay (Stages 1-3)

Game Introduction

The game has many of the same features as the original Raiden except that this version adds the purple trace laser that seeks out the enemies.

Raiden II KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.55 (4 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.47

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.67
Fun (Solo)	4.33
Collector Desire	3.33

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay	4.67
Graphics	4.67
Originality	3.33
Sound/Music	3.75

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.

Images

Trivia

There is a 1996 re-release of the original Raiden II. This version is a much smaller PCB than the original. Apart from that, the only differences are that the levels appear in a slightly different order, and the musical score is different.

There isn't an intro like on the original Raiden II PCB. The titlescreen shows: Raiden II NEW 1996 Seibu Kaihatsu.

Miscellaneous

Licenced to Fabtek for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Raiden II Census

There are 15,368 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,369 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 176 known instances of this machine owned by Raiden II collectors who are active members. Of these, 14 of them are original dedicated machines. 22 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 139 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Raiden II machines for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Raiden II circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Raiden II. There are 3 active VAPS members looking for Raiden II boards sets.

This game ranks a 39 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 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

Technical

Unlike several rumors, the battery on the PCB is not a "suicide battery"

Legacy or Series

Raiden
Raiden II
Raiden DX

Manuals

Operators Manual - Raiden II Manual — **Operators Manual**
(3 pages, 453 kB File)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Raiden II is playable at 1 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
8-Bit Beans	100 Brock St South, Whitby	Ontario	Canada	Unknown	0

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