The Raiden Project
The Raiden Project features two vertically scrolling arcade shooters on one disc: Raiden and Raiden II. Raiden takes place in 2090, a time when Earth is under attack by hordes of alien "exobiological beings, a…
The Raiden Project is a shooter developed by Seibu Kaihatsu, released 25 October 1995 on PlayStation.
What The Raiden Project is
The Raiden Project is a shooter game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and released in 1995. It was published by Nihon System. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Raiden Project features two vertically scrolling arcade shooters on one disc: Raiden and Raiden II. Raiden takes place in 2090, a time when Earth is under attack by hordes of alien "exobiological beings, a race of technologically advanced creatures from a distant galaxy." To combat this threat, the world's top scientists, engineers and otherwise brilliant people have replicated a super high-altitude fighter/bomber from the remains of a downed alien vessel. This new ship is called Raiden (aka Lightning Thunderbolt), and you are its pilot.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Raiden Project holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Raiden Project launched on 25 October 1995, within three weeks of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby and Mission Critical. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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