{"id":"raiden-densetsu","platform":"sfc","category":"main_game","titles":[{"text":"Raiden Densetsu","lang":"en","script":"Latn","form":"official","source":"no_intro","verified":false,"region":"jp"},{"text":"雷電伝説","lang":"ja","script":"Jpan","region":"jp","form":"official","source":"romu","verified":true}],"roms":[{"name":"Raiden Densetsu (Japan) (En)","source":"no_intro","region":"jp","size":1048576,"crc32":"c352d27f","md5":"9335689fcc1720e08ddffc8ddec9b62d","sha1":"e9b0ca191f599bee60b6491f3d707c9c5b831d83","sha256":"f92baaf6b19522eb6399e9e8fc4ac0143aa1f27029a6da7694903a325db2b58e"},{"name":"Raiden Densetsu (Japan) (En) (Beta)","source":"no_intro","region":"jp","size":1048576,"crc32":"e72e8de3","md5":"e0a681983bc41543c0177f0201244d73","sha1":"fd758761885a6dcfe8aee62ce67a3112b40a8d58","sha256":"af54fc809a8ad8c8296a72ff379773ba6b589f1304af09148dbde1717024d534"}],"descriptions":[{"text":"2090年、地球は異星人に侵略される。世界諸国連合は、地球を守るために超音速攻撃戦闘機「雷電」を開発した。パイロットはこの実験的な戦闘機を操縦し、奇妙な形状の軍用戦車や飛行機に付属したガジェットのような異星の戦艦を破壊しなければならない。\n\n「雷電」（ジェネシスおよびSNESでは「雷電伝説」と呼ばれる）は、同名のアーケードゲームを基にした上からの縦スクロールシューティングゲームである。武器のアップグレードは2種類あり、ミサイルも通常型とホーミング型の2種類が用意されている。ゲーム開始時にはいくつかの爆弾を持っており、これを使って画面上のほとんどの敵を破壊し、危機を脱することができる。各レベルの最後には大きなボスやボスたちが待ち受けている。","lang":"ja","source":"romu"},{"text":"Raiden is a 1990 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and published by Tecmo for arcades. The game's story takes place in the year 2090, when an alien species known as the Crystals invaded Earth. Players assume the roles of the Vanquish Crystal Defense pilot duo, taking control of two state of the art Fighting Thunders aircraft to defeat the Crystals and save the Earth.\nThe game was conceived after Dynamite Duke, Seibu Kaihatsu's prior title, failed to sell as well as expected. During development, the game was designed as a vertically scrolling shooter due to the popularity of the genre at the time. Cheaper arcade hardware had to be used due to financial constraints caused by Dynamite Duke's poor sales.\nAlthough Seibu doubted Raiden's success, it managed to sell 17,000 arcade units worldwide, helping to recuperate the company's investments through word-of-mouth. The title became a critical success, with its most lauded features being the graphics, music, gameplay and co-operative play.\nDue to the success of Raiden, several sequels and related games were made. Raiden was ported to home computers and various home video game consoles in the early to mid ","lang":"en","source":"wikipedia_en"}],"first_release_date":"1991-11-29","media":[{"kind":"boxart","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Boxarts/Raiden%20Densetsu%20%28Japan%29%20%28En%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"},{"kind":"titlescreen","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Titles/Raiden%20Densetsu%20%28Japan%29%20%28En%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"},{"kind":"screenshot","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Snaps/Raiden%20Densetsu%20%28Japan%29%20%28En%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"}]}