Raiden III

[Despatche]

Previous threads: 1 2 3
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3 lives, 3 bombs. I currently do not know how the arcade version's difficulty settings work, but I know that the game defaults to the same difficulty that's called "Arcade" in the ports.

Avoid Practice or Very Easy, and don't use a 50Hz version.

Oh no, I guess the Mikado version is weird. Good idea to mark everything, people.
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DIFFICULTY - MODE
NAME - SCORE - LEVEL - PLAYER SIDE - DETAILS

DETAILS is for what model of console and release of cart/disc, or what emulator and version. There are five versions of the game: arcade Type-X, PS2 (+regions), PC by CyberFront, arcade NESiCA, PC by H2 (Steam and GOG), and now the Mikado version on various platforms.
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Easy difficulty
Game Start
Solo player

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1.  Despatche        - 15,592,440 - ALL - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)
2.  davyK            - 14,723,770 - ALL - 1P - PS2
3.  Angry Hina       - 13,667,490 - ALL - 1P - Mikado (Switch)

Normal difficulty
Game Start
Solo player

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1.  tviks            - 16,506,970 - ALL - ?? - PS2
2.  Wen              - 16,457,620 - ALL - ?? - PS2
3.  Deets            - 15,282,390 - ALL - ?? - PS2
4.  winteR           - 14 999 380 - ALL
5.  DIDYEAH          - 13 962 520 -  7  - ?? - PC CF
6.  Landshark        - 11,087,550 -  6  - ?? - PC CF
7.  jpj              - 10,194,190 -  6  - ?? - PS2
8.  Mero             - 10 060 330 -  6  - ?? - PS2
9.  Halloween Jack   -  8,672,170 -  5  - ?? - PS2
10. The Coop         -  7,666,840 -  4  - ?? - PC CF
11. Obiwanshinobi    -  7 390 410 -  5  - ?? - PC CF
12. spadgy           -  7 379 220 -  5  - ?? - PS2
13. Guardians Knight -  7,324,540 -  5  - ?? - PS2
14. Octopod          -  7,298,210 -  5
15. duomaxwell       -  7.118.880 -  4  - ?? - PS2
16. DC906270         -  6,964,000 -  5  - ?? - PS2
17. supaT            -  6 800 590 -  4  - ?? - PS2
18. worstplayer      -  6 413 920 -  4
19. sffan            -  6,107,030 -  4  - ?? - PS2
20. professor ganson -  6,040,870 -  4  - ?? - PS2
21. Kaiser           -  3.031.080 -  3  - ?? - PS2

Double player

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1.  spadgy           -  5,663,740 -  3  - -- - PS2
2.  Pirate1019       -  2,786,660 -  2  - -- - PS2

Boss Rush
Solo player

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1.  Landshark        -  4,874,150 - ALL
2.  SFKhoa           -  4,152,760 -  7 

Arcade difficulty
Game Start
Solo player

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 1. ben.shinobi      - 18.033.010 - ALL - ?? - PS2
 2. tviks            - 17,287,620 - ALL - ?? - PS2
 3. iconoclast       - 17,219,370 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)
 4. Randorama        - 17,010,130 - ALL - ?? - PS2
 5. MauCast          - 16,692,180 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)
 6. Wen              - 16,205,940 - ALL - ?? - PS2
 7. Jaimers          - 15,905,570 - ALL - ?? - PC H2 (Steam)
 8. Erppo            - 15,859,530 - ALL - ?? - PC H2 (Steam)
 9. themachinist     - 15 768 050 - ALL
10. Vludi            - 15,574,400 - ALL - 1P - PC H2
11. cigsthecat       - 15 348 970 - ALL - ?? - PS2
12. Aquas            - 15,239,270 - ALL - ?? - PS2
13. maximo           - 15,140,240 - ALL - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)
14. copy-paster      - 15,126,410 - ALL - 1P - PC H2
15. Subterranean Sun - 15 106 740 - ALL - ?? - PC CF
16. stanski          - 15 029 440 - ALL - ?? - PC CF
17. OmKol            - 14,781,940 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)
18. Nemo             - 14,679,770 - ALL - ?? - PS2
19. DBH              - 14,057,610 -  7  - ?? - PS2
20. Rob              - 11 904 540 -  7  - ?? - PS2
21. Stahfelder       - 11.872 310 -  7  - ?? - PS2
22. Obscura          - 11,037,270 -  6  - ?? - PC H2 (Steam)
23. Smraedis         - 10,824,090 -  6  - ?? - PS2
24. Mero             - 10,962,560 -  6  - ?? - PS2
25. BLOODY           - 10 671 520 -  5  - ?? - PS2
26. KoopaTGR         -  9,807,070 -  6  - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)
27. Skyrandia        -  9 331 960 -  6  - ?? - PC CF
28. The vagrant      -  8 895 760 -  5  - ?? - PS2
29. Obiwanshinobi    -  8,216,590 -  5  - ?? - PC CF
30. Shalashaska      -  8,174,860 -  5  - ?? - PS2
31. spadgy           -  8,158,550 -  5  - ?? - PS2
32. Guardians Knight -  7,923,580 -  5  - ?? - PS2
33. DJ Incompetent   -  7 863 810 -  5
34. Steven           -  7,526,860 -  5  - 1P - Mikado (Steam)
35. yojo!            -  7 466 410 -  5  - ?? - PS2
36. ktg              -  6,822,580 -  4
37. Gorecki          -  6,817,090 -  4  - ?? - PS2
38. DC906270         -  6,756,100 -  4  - ?? - PS2
39. raiden           -  6,642,380 -  4  - ?? - PS2
40. Sword            -  6.586.230 -  4
41. MOSQUITO FIGHTER -  6,498,510 -  4  - ?? - PS2
42. Ransom           -  6,430,520 -  4  - ?? - PC CF
43. Dial911          -  6,315,340 -  4  - ?? - PS2
44. FMK              -  6,287,630 -  4  - ?? - PS2
45. Ghegs            -  6,139,020 -  4  - ?? - PS2
46. Skyline          -  5,729,460 -  4  - ?? - PS2
47. The Coop         -  5,640,700 -  4  - ?? - PC CF
48. sffan            -  5,534,240 -  4  - ?? - PS2
49. Brian            -  5,400,090 -  4  - ?? - PS2
50. professor ganson -  4,946,310 -  4  - ?? - PS2
51. Touge-Spirit     -  3,803,630 -  3  - ?? - PS2
52. ForteMP3         -  3 756 560 -  3  - ?? - PS2
53. iatneH           -  3,449,710 -  3  - ?? - PS2

Double player

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1.  j^aws            - 11 717 010 -  6  - --  - PS2
2.  spadgy           -  7 611 620 -  4  - -- - PS2
3.  ktg              -  5,219,990 -  3
4.  Shalashaska      -  5,115,630 -  3  - -- - PS2
5.  Shatterhand      -  3 485 010 -  3
6.  Skyline          -  3,116,440 -  2  - -- - PS2
7.  iatneH           -  2,829,340 -  2  - -- - PS2
8.  Pirate1019       -  2,821,050 -  2  - -- - PS2
9.  DJ Incompetent   -  2 210 500 -  2  

Boss Rush
Solo player

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1.  ben.shinobi      -  6.012.520 - ALL - ?? - PS2
2.  themachinist     -  4 966 710 - ALL
3.  Aquas            -  4,919,710 - ALL
4.  DJ Incompetent   -  4 829 400 - ALL 
5.  tinotormed       -  4,766,950 - ALL - 2P - PS2

[Despatche]

Easy - Game Start - Solo
Despatche - 15,592,440 - ALL - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)

why did this take so long

[Vludi]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
Vludi - 15,574,400 - ALL - 1P - PC H2

Fun game! Classic Raiden formula but with smaller hitbox and not as strict routing.

[KoopaTGR]

Arcade - Game Start
KoopaTGR - 9,807,070 - 6 - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)

[iconoclast]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
iconoclast - 17,219,370 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)
https://twitter.com/iconoclast575/statu ... 2076645377

I followed a guy on twitter who was playing this a lot. That reminded me that I wanted to play it too.

Raiden V is almost totally superior, but there are some things I like more about III. Stage 3 boss milking is pretty fun, and I especially like how much more punishing this is. V doesn't penalize you much for deaths, and the Director's Cut especially just showers you with resources, so at least from a survival standpoint there's very little tension. I suppose that's just the difference between arcade and console games though. Other than that V is an improvement in basically every way, but III's still very good.

[Despatche]

I think Moss just got scared they were making such a long game, honestly. That's usually how it happens: dev tries to make a longer game for consoles, and they add resources as a consequence. It's really not necessary, a lot of these games could use way less resources, but whatever.

[MauCast]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
MauCast - 16,692,180 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)

[davyK]

I'm astounded how anyone can clear this at arcade level.....

And some have got to level 6 in double mode.

I'm trying to clear this on Easy and it's murdering me - I just don't get on with it - that bullet speed and ship speed is tortuous. I hate dialling down the difficulty but I was finding it too frustrating. My current score is 13m getting to level 7.

Any hints re managing rank or anything like that would most welcome.

[davyK]

1CC on Easy PS2. 14.7m

At last. Cut me slack - I'm 54 next month. This was much tougher than my Darius Gaiden clear. So relieved.

[Despatche]

I'm just glad to see someone play Easy. Welcome to the boards!

You may want to type your submission out in case your image gets deleted. I don't trust any image host anymore.

[edusword]

My score for this great game:

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
edusword - 15,801,080 points - ALL - 1P - PC Steam

https://youtu.be/v8fPHWqL8EM

[Despatche]

Nice! I remember when people actually played this game.

[copy-paster]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
copy-paster - 15,126,410 points - ALL - 1P - PC H2

Took me embarrassing amount of time (also got Raiden IV Arcade Original 1-ALL during this grinding session ha). Most of gameovers are coming from frame-perfect wrong powerup pick, thus ruined everything. Can confirm that there is no speed difference between both sides.

Stream VOD here with live reaction.

[maximo310]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
maximo - 15,140,240 - ALL - 1P - PC H2 (Steam)
Replay

Minor correction on the OP; the steam port defaults to "Normal", so you need to adjust the difficulty to "Arcade" in the option settings.

This is probably the weakest entry in the series to me so far, but its still a decent game.

[OmKol]

Arcade - Game Start - Solo
OmKol - 14,781,940 - ALL - 2P - PC H2 (Steam)
Screenshot

[Despatche]

Minor correction on the OP; the steam port defaults to "Normal", so you need to adjust the difficulty to "Arcade" in the option settings.

That statement is referring to the (original) arcade version. (I don't even want to think about the Nesica version right now, watch it default to port Normal for some reason.)

This is probably the weakest entry in the series to me so far, but its still a decent game.

Maybe one day people will realize that old Raiden is fucking garbage. Sadly, today is not that day.

[Steven]

Arcade - Solo
Steven - 5,437,160 - 4 - 1P - PC Mikado

Spoiler

New Mikado PC version is out now. I don't think you can choose to play on 2P side in this version.

[Despatche]

Oh right, Mikado's out, so I have to mention it. Mentioned. Still need to get the Mikado versions, IV Mikado in particular seems like they actually fixed the dumb things from OverKill...

[EmperorIng]

As far as we can tell, Mikado III is the same as the original, no new changes or fixes - just with the option to change soundtrack.

And in some pc's, it's more buggy, but this doesn't seem widespread. But unfortunately MOSS doesn't seem like they're going to fix any stutters or screen-tears any time soon.

[Steven]

Yeah, the Mikado versions have some problems. Not major problems that break stuff or make them unplayable, but still things that really shouldn't be happening at all. IV Mikado in particular has some weirdness on every system aside from possibly Xbox, but I have seen exactly zero discussions of the Xbox version, so I'm not sure. I wonder how many people actually bought that version. Switch might possibly be the best version of IV Mikado, which is really weird to think about.

Pretty sure MOSS doesn't care and will never fix them, though.

[Steven]

Arcade - Solo
Steven - 7,362,740 - 5 - 1P - PC Mikado

Spoiler

[Steven]

Twice in one day, it seems. I'm not really playing this game seriously, but I'd like to get the clear eventually.

Arcade - Solo
Steven - 7,526,860 - 5 - 1P - PC Mikado

Spoiler

[Arino]

3 Mikado fixed some kind of hitbox issue I was told, among other improvements. If Steven plays it, I will also join soon.

[Angry Hina]

Easy - Solo
Angry Hina - 13,667,490 - All - 1P - Switch Mikado

https://youtu.be/_CAHVmhRYPc