Descpription:
Raiden Fighters 2 takes place four years after the events of
the first game. In the aftermath, a few surviving guerrilla groups gather under a dictator.
Together, this rogue group forms a new nation and launches a salvo of attacks on the protagonist
fighting forces. In response to these surprise attacks, the government recalls the previous troops
into action once again, outfitted with retooled ordinances.
The Hybrid Attack in action.Like most games in the shoot 'em up genre, Raiden Fighters 2
has simplistic controls. A Fire button shoots the player craft's weaponry. A Bomb button
unleashes an attack that deals massive damage to all enemy targets caught in its blast, as well as
nullify enemy firepower. Bombing is most often used as a panic attack to save the player from death.
A new feature introduced in Raiden Fighters 2 is the Hybrid Attack, available only during a
two-player game. This attack is initiated by both players unleashing their charged special
attacks near simultaneously while within very close proximity within each other.
The seven standard aircraft in this game are mostly overhauls of their original Raiden Fighters
incarnations. Some craft had their secondary weapons switched around, while others had
theirs revamped. The rest are new to this game, complete with new weaponry.
There are even more secret fighters available in the game. This game makes use of a
time-release feature that makes more fighters available for play depending how long
the arcade machine had been running since initial boot-up.
