Played through The Raiden Project this time, a PS1 compilation release of pretty much direct arcade ports of Raiden 1 + 2. I had previously played the "Raiden Trad" versions on SNES and Genesis, both compromised a bit in different ways, but the original itself isn't really all that different. Well, maybe from the SNES version, but what I mean is it wasn't really any more or less engaging for me. It generally feels a lot like Toaplan's vertical shmups, but I find many of those more interesting to discuss than this one.