Raiden Fighters Aces - Xbox 360

First of all, let me say that I'm not a die hard arcade-style gamer. I enjoy a wide variety of games, but I've never gotten huge into these types of games. Raiden Fighters Aces is a great collection to own. I've only put about 4 hours into this so far, completing Raiden Fighters and Raiden Fighters 2 on a couple of different difficulties. The visuals are awesome. The mid-90s hand drawn sprites look great in HD and they are quite impressive given the time they were conceived. The sound is pretty great with the extremely fast techno songs. And the weapons and explosions sound incredible. The gameplay is fast-paced and a whole lot of fun. The first two games of the series are fairly short, but the replay value makes you forget they are short. There are a handful of game modes and multiple difficulties to keep you coming back to beat your high scores. You'll get a lot of hours of gameplay out of this collection, especially for the price.

All three of Raiden's spin-off series, Raiden Fighers, on one disc with almost as many options as you'd find on an emulator like MAME. Change the orientation of the screen, lives, continues, framerate, color filters, interlacing filter thingies, etc. for all three games. The three games themselves all follow the same formula: Blow up crap, blow up enemies, and blow up boss. BIG SCORE!!! The variety of the ships will keep you playing constantly since it's almost like a fighting game in trying to find that ship that just works right for you. There's only two different styles of weapon power up but they act differently with each ship so it's never boring. Music is thumping industrial/techno. Sound effects are heavy and straight forward. Lots of things to learn about the three games that isn't necessarily present on the surface but you learn as you keep playing over and over again. Only downside with this game, as I stated in the title is that co-op isn't online. Only local. I mean you get your standard leaderboards but no co-op is almost no go for some. Honestly though, despite that, for $[...], this is a no brainer for anyone who loves shmups.

This game is not displayed on full screen which does't give the feel like playing the game on xbox 360.

I have to say that Raiden Fighters Aces is an very addicting game!!! For under 20 dollars, you get three games in one: Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2 and Raiden Fighters Jet. They add Xbox Live to each Raiden Fighters game which I love because I can post my best scores so everybody can see. I love the different game modes they have on each game like Boss Rush, Expert, Full Run, etc. There is also an two-player cooperative play offline. Overall, I am extremely satisfied with this game!!! If you have not play this game yet, buy it and you too will get addicted to this!!!!

Best 20$ spent on a 360 game. I'm a huge raiden fighters fan and this is just awesome for the price. if you like Shmups, you are doing yourself a disservice by not owning this. Seeing the price skyrocket to nearly 70$ makes this a harder game to swallow. But, it's still fantastic. You're essentially legally emulating 3 raiden fighters arcade games on a 360. This game plus a cheap 360 would still be far cheaper then buying the arcade boards. The emulation seems spot on and I've used the joystick diagnostic to show if i have damaged thumb-sticks on my 360. Would still recommend to any fan of the series, especially if you still have a 360.

Just like the 80s arcade games, and as much fun as I remember! This includes three Raiden games (1 - 3), but I'm not sure if all three were originally arcade games. My 13-year-old son is used to the modern stuff, but we've had a blast playing this together. Well worth the bargain price ($20 for me). In case you're not familiar or don't remember, this is a front-scrolling shooter, with vehicles only (no people, no zombies, no blood). When two people play, they are always on the same side in co-op mode. It would be great for younger kids, too.

A great bargain and lots of fun. Easy to get used to and the replay value is high. My son and I love playing this game. Straight forward in gameplay, shoot the baddies and avoid being shot down! As simple as it sounds, it is still very challenging when you have to keep an eye on the enemy fire as you try and shoot them down. A great game at a great price.

Raiden Fighters Aces combines three games in the Raiden series, the top-down, fighter-plane-bullet-hell-quarter-eating games that give you so much enjoyment and carpal tunnel syndrome in the arcades into one game. All three are one to two player experiences, and, to be frank, aren't very deep. These are arcade games, after all. A simple game deserves a simple review. There are enemies, you shoot the enemies, the enemies try to shoot you. At the end of a level there is one big enemy. He shoots many bullets at you and you will die, but you kill him too. It's true, it really is that simple. If you enjoy the arcade games, and have a spare $20, I don't see where you could go wrong.