Finally popped in Raiden, me and my girlfriend are having a blast, what do you guys think of it??
The HuCARD is fantastic port. Not perfect, but few games ever were back in the day.
Challenging game. You will cry.
It is NOT a perfect game, nor does it do anything new for the genre (a lineage of prior games use the same mechanics, formula).
It is nicely executed, though.
I never really understood why Raiden garnered so much attention...it was a polished rehash of existing shootemups.
But, even I found myself going back to it at arcade, so maybe it did deserve a hug.
The little details are nice (cows!).
CD-ROM PCE version has nice orchestral soundtrack and two extra stages, so I'd say that was a welcome BONUS after you beat HuCARD.