Raiden Trad is a vertical shoot 'em up videogame released in 1990
Raiden (雷電) Raiden Trad is a vertical shoot 'em up videogame released in 1990.
The word "vertical" means that you see your ship from above, and the stage
scrolls vertically from top to bottom. One of Raiden's peculiar notes is that
the horizontal portion of the stage is larger by the actual screen size, and
the player can scroll horizontally for about two screens. Main events occour in
the central area, however.
Raiden is so difficult but extremely beautiful that Seibu eventually released
Raiden 2 and 3; in Raiden 2 you can choose between ships with different
capabilities and Raiden 3 is even more difficult than the first.
Aside the infos above, I have no knowledge of the game's background, though an
alien race or something similar is invading Earth and you have to stop them.