Raimais
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Raimais | |
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Developer(s) | Taito |
Publisher(s) | Taito |
Platform(s) | Arcade Famicom Disk System (as Youmais) |
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Genre(s) | Action game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Arcade system | Taito L System |
Raimais (レイメイズ, Reimeizu) is a maze chase arcade game released in April 1988 in Japan by Taito. The object of the game is to drive your vehicle around a maze in order to clear the maze of dots while avoiding enemies. The game consists of 32 mazes total plus boss fights (some optional, some not). The game was ported to the Famicom Disk System under the title Youmais the same year. It was included as part of the compilation Taito Legends 2 in 2006, marking its first official release in the west. It was also re-released as part of the Arcade Archives lineup on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on November 18, 2021, worldwide.
Reception
[edit]In Japan, Game Machine listed Raimais on their June 15, 1988 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 334. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 June 1988. p. 21.
External links
[edit]- 1988 video games
- Arcade Archives games
- Arcade video games
- Famicom Disk System games
- Hamster Corporation games
- Maze games
- Multiplayer and single-player video games
- Nintendo Switch games
- PlayStation 2 games
- PlayStation 4 games
- Taito arcade games
- Taito L System games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games featuring female protagonists