Raiden IV: OverKill

Raiden
Raiden	1994
Raiden II	1997
Raiden III	2006
Raiden Legacy	2013
Raiden Fighters	2013
Raiden III Digital Edition	2014
Raiden IV: OverKill	2015
Raiden V: Director's Cut	2017
Raiden IV x MIKADO remix	2023
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX	2023

Key points

Includes TATE display option

Steam version will not launch in Offline Mode

Resolution tops out at 1920x1080 and only supports 10 resolutions and 3 aspect ratios (4:3,3:4,16:9)

Mouse Cursor is always on screen even though it serves no functional purpose. Even with KB&M scheme(Move it off to side every time you start game)

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com (unavailable)		Purchase includes a Japanese strategy guide PDF and the soundtrack in FLAC & MP3 formats.
Steam (unavailable)		Does not work with Steam in offline mode.^[1] Purchase includes a Japanese strategy guide PDF and the soundtrack in MP3 format.

Game data

General Options

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Raiden IV - OverKill\Save\setting.dat^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/323460/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Raiden IV - OverKill\Save\raiden_setting.bin^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/323460/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

When creating a profile for Nvidia users with Nvidia Inspector, you need to select "Application Absolute Path" from the drop down box. The game uses a generic Game.exe.

Display Settings

Resolution Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Gameplay is pillarboxed. 16:9 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force through drivers.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Nvidia users can use Nvidia Inspector to force MSAA and SGSSAA without bits.^{[Note 3]} Downsampling is not possible.^{[citation needed]}
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default with no switch. Can be forced off but game stutters without it.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Supported Resolutions

[16:9] 854x480, 1024x576, 1280x720, 1920x1080|
[4:3] 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768|
[3:4] 480x640, 600x800, 768x1024|

Input

Keymap Options

Game supports WSAD + Mouse, Directional Pad & Key Pad input for Keyboard

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Xinput/Xbox 360
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound Options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM, SE
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600	Nvidia GeForce GT 640

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/323460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (323460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ Since the game is OpenGL, SGSSAA is forced using the "Transparency Supersampling" settings rather than "Sparse Grid Supersampling" setting. So, {{{1}}}

References

↑ Offline Mode not supported? :: Raiden IV: OverKill General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/323460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (323460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-4] Since the game is OpenGL, SGSSAA is forced using the "Transparency Supersampling" settings rather than "Sparse Grid Supersampling" setting. So, {{{1}}}

[1] Offline Mode not supported? :: Raiden IV: OverKill General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	MOSS
Publishers
	H2 Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 3, 2015
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Raiden