"Even in this age of high-def graphics, online gaming and complicated textures, there's still something to be said for the classic arcade jet-plane shooter.

Raiden III, originally a 2005 Japanese arcade release, is everything you'd expect from an airborne arcade game -- while constantly moving forward, your provide a stream of gun-, laser- and missile-fire to obliterate the advancing enemy brigade in the air and on the ground.

The first level of the title opens with your red intergalacti..."