Raiden Legacy is a power-packed compilation including 4 titles from the mega-popular Raiden arcade series: Raiden, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, and Raiden Fighters Jet. Originally developed by Seibu Kaihatsu, each of these classic scrolling shooters has not only been authentically recreated f...
Raiden Legacy is a power-packed compilation including 4 titles from the mega-popular Raiden arcade series: Raiden, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, and Raiden Fighters Jet. Originally developed by Seibu Kaihatsu, each of these classic scrolling shooters has not only been authentically recreated for PC, but also enhanced with exclusive features!
An invasion of Earth by an alien race known as the Cranassians threatens humanity’s very existence. To repel the onslaught, the World Alliance Military launches a daring counter-attack with a powerful new weapon: Raiden, a supersonic attack fighter. The Cranassians are closing in as you take the controls. It’s up to you to utilize Raiden’s powerful weaponry against waves of enemy ships, and save the human race!
Raiden Legacy includes the following games: Raiden, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, and Raiden Fighters Jet.
New game modes : Arcade (original), Mission, and Training along with two difficulty modes: Medium and Hard with full gamepad support.
Remastered high definition new soundtrack for Raiden Fighter, Raiden Fighters 2, and Raiden Fighter Jet.
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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I only got introduced to the Raiden series recently, but it's easy to see why it's considered a classic: solid shoot 'em up action with plenty of challenge, a lot of variety in ships and powerups, music that gets you pumped and nicely detailed 2D graphics that hold up extremely well even now.
The lack of extra's may be a bit disappointing, and at $10 it's not the cheapest classic SHMUP on GOG--but for fans of the genre, Raiden Legacy still offers a lot of bang for your buck.
I can appreciate the idea of providing the games in their original format, except when that format was based around squeezing quarters out of you. Having a finite number of continues is a convention that has absolutely no place in modern gaming; if you want to keep that in to test your skill, that's fine, but you should also have the option to turn that off.
Besides that major drag, there are several issues with the menu setup, mainly:
- the menu's 3-second music loop becomes grating almost immediately
- the game itself is completely controlled with the keyboard, but you cannot navigate the menus without using the mouse, which gets annoying when you play for a while
If I hadn't paid under $2 for this I probably would have wanted a refund...
This is the method of last resort to play these games. The games themselves seem to be fine, but the menu system used to navigate them is a disaster. It is INCREDIBLY slow, with the transition from one menu to the next, least of all to the games, taking an outright absurd amount of time. It took me more than a full minute just to pause and turn off autofire. The games themselves, however, run fine when they finally start in my experience.
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