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Raiden was first released in the arcades in April 1990 by Tecmo in Japan.
The PC Engine conversion was developed by A.I Company and first published by Hudson Soft in Japan on 22 November 1991, and released a few months later on the North American TurboGrafx-16 by NEC Technologies.
It was released only in North America in 1994.
The Project version of the first Raiden was re-released by Hamster Corporation as a stand-alone PlayStation title for their Arcade Hits series.
Raiden was first adapted on mobile phones by Com2uS in 2004.
Japanese developer MOSS, formed by Seibu Kaihatsu's development staff, purchased the rights to the series, with their first release being Raiden III in 2005.
Near the end of development, Komazawa praised the programmers at Seibu for being able to produce a high-quality game on less powerful hardware.
GamePro similarly criticized that the gameplay is outdated, the ship moves too slow, and that the graphics do not live up to the Jaguar's potential.
The PC Engine conversion was developed by A.I Company and first published by Hudson Soft in Japan on 22 November 1991, and released a few months later on the North American TurboGrafx-16 by NEC Technologies.
A European release of the Mega Drive version was planned for release by Ubi Soft as part of a multi-game licensing deal with Bignet, but was never officially released in the region.
A European release of the Mega Drive version was planned for release by Ubi Soft as part of a multi-game licensing deal with Bignet, but was never officially released in the region.
It was intended to be published by U.S.
The FM Towns release was titled Raiden Densetsu ("Legend of Raiden") in Japan, while both the Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System ports were given the name Raiden Trad across all regions ("Trad" being an abbreviation of tradition, an alternative meaning of densetsu).
In Japan, Game Machine listed the title on its 1 July 1990 issue as being the most successful table arcade unit at the time, outperforming titles such as Lightning Fighters and Columns.
The Jaguar version has sold more than 22,000 copies since its release as of 1 April 1995, though it is unknown how many were sold in total during its lifetime.
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