Raiden - A brilliant Arcade Shoot 'em up is partially recovered as an Amiga & Atari Falcon preview

A piece of gaming history has been officially recovered as two unreleased 1990s computer ports of Seibu Kaihatsu’s legendary arcade shoot-em-up, Raiden, has been added to digital archives for both the Commodore Amiga and Atari Falcon as a preview download. Originally hitting arcades in 1990, Raiden became an instant phenomenon. The vertical shooter put players inside the Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter to battle invading aliens with destructive weapon upgrades and fast-paced gameplay. While it was successfully ported to platforms like the SNES, Mega Drive, and Atari Jaguar, the mid-90s ports for the Commodore Amiga and Atari Falcon by developer Imagitec Design were famously shelved due to a shifting gaming market.

Raiden - Atari STe owners get ready for a wicked shooter update!

In 1990 and onwards the epic scrolling shooter game 'Raiden' by Seibu Kaihatsu, made its appearance on many different systems such as the Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, DOS(PC), PC Engine and even the PlayStation. In fact there was even a prototype of the game released as a demo on the Commodore Amiga, which sadly never appeared as a full release. But don't get your hopes up too much if you're an Amiga owner at least, as this time thanks to a heads up by AtariCrypt, this classic shooter is being developed for the AtariSTE!

Super Galaxy Squadron , Fast paced Shoot 'em up for a Steam Greenlight campaign

A recent Kickstarter success with 29 days still to go, "Super Galaxy Squadron" by Psychestudiosgames is a fast paced shoot 'em up with plenty of fire power that's currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign. According to the developers Super Galaxy Squadron takes it's inspirations from awesome classics such as Raiden and animes like Gundam while mixing it with an old-school formula that's more forgiving and unpredictable (but not unfair) elements.