EricDeLee Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I got my copy... and yes it is a very hard game. I read somewhere that you can play this vertically or sideways. How's that possible. When I flip the screen, it still flips all the way around... I'd much rather play where I wouldn't have to turn the system on its end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 (edited) It's probably played sideways on emulator. I just got this recently and it's very difficult. This game really punishes you when you die. I find that as long as you get the first power up, which is a full one, you can go quite a ways without dying...but once you do the shoddy hit detection and slow control response will wreak havoc on your game. Awesome conversion nonetheless, I love it. Edited April 18, 2007 by Gunstarhero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFG 9000 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 You can play it sideways in the sense that you can simply hold the Lynx as you would for most games and the gameplay will scroll left-to-right as it would for a hori shmup like Gradius or R-Type. The number and the little bits of text that are in the game will be sideways to you, but from a gameplay perspective it doesn't matter. Or you can turn your Lynx 90 degrees to play it as a vertical shooter, as it was originally intended in the arcade. I like Raiden on the Lynx, mostly because I love Raiden and I love my Lynx. But this port really is somewhat bad, as impressive as it is for our little handheld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I've yet to see any version of Raiden/Viper that was easy. Even on the lowest difficulty, they all take tons of practice. I cut my teeth on this and another SHMUP, and I find that most SHMUPs are way too easy. Raiden is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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