Series Overview
The general gameplay of the Raiden Fighters series is similar to the original Raiden series. It introduces several new elements of gameplay not present in the original series. Like most games in the scrolling shooter genre, games in the Raiden Fighters series have simplistic controls. An 8-way joystick moves the player's craft around the playfield. A Fire button shoots the player craft's weaponry. A Bomb button unleashes an attack that inflicts serious damage against enemy targets and cancels out enemy fire caught in its blast.
The difficulty dynamically adjusts itself, taking into account how many power-ups collected and how long players survive between lives. This mechanism is referred to as rank. As the rank increases, enemies will fire more bullets, and they will travel faster. If players lose lives, the enemies and bosses will attack less aggressively, effectively dropping the game rank.
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