Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive

26 Years old Arcade Video game Seibu Kaihatsu, Inc. [Japan]

TECHNICAL

Seibu SPI Hardware

Main CPU : I386 (@ 40 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) OKI6295 (@ 10.847 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 54.00 Hz
Palette colors : 6144

Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 4

TRIVIA

This '2000' version was made for the Chinese market. It runs on cheaper hardware and features notoriously inferior sound than the original.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Play as Dark Sword :
1) At the 'Push 1 or 2 player button' screen, hold Fire+Start.
2) Put the cursor on '?'.
3) Press Bomb.
3) or release Fire and press Fire.

* Play as Slave :
1) At the 'Push 1 or 2 player button' screen, hold Bomb+Start.
2) Put the cursor on any plane except 'Miclus'.
3) Press Fire.
3) or release Bomb and press Bomb.

* Play as Fairy :
1) At the 'Push 1 or 2 player button' screen, hold Bomb+Start
2) Put the cursor on 'Miclus'.
3) Press Fire.
3) or release Bomb and press Bomb.

SERIES

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1. Raiden (1990)
2. Raiden II (1993)
3. Raiden DX (1994)
4. Raiden II NEW (1996)
5. Raiden Fighters (1996)
6. Raiden Fighters 2 - Operation Hell Dive (1997)
7. Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)
8. Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (2000)
9. Raiden III (2005)
10. Raiden IV (2007)
11. Raiden V (2016, XBOX One)

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.