Raiden Fighters Aces
A compilation of games in the Raiden Fighters franchise. All three arcade classics have been faithfully recreated in this ultimate collection. A new Training mode lets you modify every aspect your ships and wingmen, skip to any level, or play in slow-motion. Comprehensive screen and control settings let you play each game full-screen as a side-scroller, or even vertically on a rotated 4:3 display! Play 2-player co-op games offline, or play Arcade Mode as a lone-wolf, posting high-scores and gameclips to Xbox Live.
SCREENSHOTS
HISTORY
Raiden Fighters Aces (ライデンファイターズ エイシズ, Raiden Faitāzu Eishizu) is a 2008 video game for the Xbox 360, published by Japanese computer software company Success Corporation. It is a compilation of all three video games in the Raiden Fighters series by Seibu Kaihatsu: the first Raiden Fighters (1996), Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (1997), and Raiden Fighters Jet (1998).
Gameplay
Features
Raiden Fighters Aces takes advantage of the connectivity of the Xbox 360 and implements various features. The features include:
Full support for vertical monitors
Online high-score rankings
Upload and download game replay data
Strategy guide directly on the game DVD
Gameplay videos of Japan's best players on all three games
Development
Previous conversion attempts
Before Raiden Fighters Aces, there were multiple attempts to port Raiden Fighters games to home consoles; these attempts have all failed.
Electronic Arts Victor was working on a Sega Saturn port of the first Raiden Fighters in 1997.
In 2002, a now-defunct Japanese company, New World System, was working on ports of Raiden Fighters and Raiden Fighters 2 for the Xbox and PC under the name of Raiden Fighters Evolution. The game was planned to release in Japan in Spring 2003 and would support Xbox Live features, such as multiplayer, voice chat and sharing videos of gameplay.
Demo
A demo version of this game was released in March 2008, and included one stage from each title. It included Arcade (NORMAL, BOSS RUSH, EXPERT) and Training modes. Available fighters are the standard craft, without secret fighters. Games were set at normal difficulty. Xbox Live features and replays were not implemented.
Update patch
The Japanese version of the game received an update patch to version 1.1. The patch does the following:
Fixes:
Improved player control.
Sound glitches fixed.
In Raiden Fighters' boss rush mode, a bug during the stage 3 boss was fixed.
In Raiden Fighters Jet, the Ixion's slave could not be used in training mode.
Saving the gamer tags in leader board replays and scores.
Additions:
Added score attack mode.
In Raiden Fighters Jet, full run mode is added to all stages.
When continuing, player can choose the Slave.
In leaderboard, friend ranking is added.
Added credit setting. The feature of increasing credits based on play time is removed.
In arcade mode, the option to disable medals is added.
In training mode, player can set player lives stock and amount of armor the slave has.
In Raiden Fighters Jet training, an Ixion mode is added for all fighters.
In score name entry, the addition of default setting option.
After using the patch, the time of play is reset to zero, game replays may become incompatible with the patched version. The patch could be downloaded only through the Xbox Live service.
Release
The Onslaught Raiden Fighters Special Edition is an official game strategy DVD of the game, produced by INH CO., LTD. It was based on The Onslaught Raiden Fighters walkthrough video series, but with remastered video footage, new tutorial layout, audio commentaries from producers, players, composers. The INH shop order also includes Raiden Fighters Aces Secret File, which includes additional strategies and bonus game production materials. The DVD is included in the limited version of the game.
Reception
1CC RUNS
One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.