In the year 2090, Earth is invaded by extra-terrestrials. The World
Alliance of Nations has developed a supersonic attack fighter, Raiden,
to defend the Earth. A pilot must take control of the experimental
fighter to destroy the alien warships that just happen to look like odd
variations of typical military tanks and planes with gadgets attached
to them.
Raiden (called Raiden Trad on the
genesis and
SNES) is an over-head vertical-scrolling shooter, based on an arcade
game of the same title. It features two forms of weapon upgrades and
two types of missiles (normal or homing). You start the game with
several bombs which you can use to destroy most enemies on the screen
to get yourself out of a jam. Each level ends with a large boss or
bosses.