1988 · Taito · Action · Arcade
Raimais
Raimais is a maze chase arcade game released in April 1988 in Japan. The object of the game is to drive your vehicle around a maze in order to clear the maze of dots while avoiding the enemy. The game consists of 32 mazes total plus boss fights.
- Released
- 1 April 1988
- Platforms
- ArcadeFamicom Disk SystemFamily Computer Disk SystemNintendo SwitchPlayStation Portable
- Genres
- ActionArcadeRacingShooterStrategy
- Developers
- Taito
- Publishers
- Taito
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / IsometricSide view
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Country
- Japan
About
Raimais is a 1988 maze video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released only in Japan in April 1988. It was designed by Akira Fujita, who previously designed Arkanoid for Taito. 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. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in November 2021.
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player controls Rika Midorikawa, who navigates a labyrinth in order to collect dots in a similar manner to Pac-Man while avoiding alien enemies to save her brother. The alien enemies cannot be defeated and the vehicle must avoid collusions with them while collecting dots and items that grant extra points. Various obstacles stop the vehicle from passing by. After collecting all dots in a level, the vehicle can escape through numerous openings in the walls. Different openings lead to different areas and items to collect due to its labyrinthian design, leading to numerous possible endings.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Raimais on their June 15, 1988 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Taito Legends 2Taito Legends Power-UpTaito Memories PocketTaito Memories GekanTaito Arcade 1
- Ported as
- Yuu MazeArcade Archives: Raimais
- Built on it
- Yuu Maze
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