Lost In Translation/Raiden

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

 * 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)

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

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]