Seibu Kaihatsu

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Seibu Kaihatsu, Inc.

Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.

Seibu Kaihatsu is a Japanese arcade game manufacturer and developer, well known for creating the Raiden series of shooting games. Seibu Kaihatsu closed their arcade business around 1999, and the company continues to exist as a rights holding company to this day. A significant portion of the development staff joined MOSS, who have developed the Raiden series from Raiden III onward.

Seibu Kaihatsu was founded as Seibu Denshi, Inc. in 1982, and released two games before changing to Seibu Kaihatsu.

Shooting games developed by Seibu Kaihatsu
Game Year Publisher(s)
Stinger 1983 Seibu Denshi
Scion 1984 Seibu Denshi
Raiden 1990 Seibu Kaihatsu
Raiden II 1993 Seibu Kaihatsu
Raiden DX 1994 Seibu Kaihatsu
Viper Phase-1 1995 Seibu Kaihatsu
Raiden Fighters 1996 Seibu Kaihatsu

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Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive 1997 Seibu Kaihatsu

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Raiden Fighters Jet 1998 Seibu Kaihatsu

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