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* [[Copy and Paste Environments]] (''Jet'', oh so much. It even reuses bosses!)
* [[Degraded Boss]]: The final boss of ''Raiden Fighters 2'' return as a "normal" boss in ''Raiden Fighters Jet''.
* [[Difficulty Byby Region]]: The Japanese versions of the original arcade releases have one loop, which has an Expert mode unlocked upon game completion for 2 and Jet. The US and Asia versions have two loops for all of them, and while the first game only maxes out enemy fire rate and bullet speed in the second loop, the second loop of 2 and Jet have enemies that spew out revenge bullets on top of that. The fact you can destroy one support fighter to lower rank instead of having to junk both as in the Japanese version is little comfort, considering [[Dynamic Difficulty|how fast rank goes back up in the games]].
** This is averted in the port, as the US version is just a text patch on the Japanese version.
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: The first game was called "Gun Dogs", but the name didn't quite gel with market tests so it was changed to "''Raiden Fighters''" . The ships from ''Raiden II'' and ''Viper Phase 1'' were added to justify the name.
* [[Do Well, But Not Perfect]]: or else the [[Dynamic Difficulty]] goes apeshit on you. Of course, you can also just [[Challenge Gamer|not care]].
** Also, the requirements for some stages in ''Jet''; for each lower-tier stage; many require deliberately dying in the stage before or not activating the gold medal mode (and thus missing out on millions of points).
* [[Dummied Out]]: ''Jet''. The "penalty zone" track along with a number of graphics, sprite layers, and being able to [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|drop bridges on enemies]].
* [[Dynamic Difficulty]]: In stark contrast to [[Battle Garegga]], scoring well is a surefire way to drive it up.
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
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* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Expert Mode maxes out the bullet speed of enemies and gives them revenge bullets upon death.
* [[Homage]]: ''Jet'''s campaign is more or less taken out of Image Fight.
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure|It's A Wonderful Failure]]: In ''Jet'', fulfill the conditions for the bad ending (continue in Real Battle 2, or die at least once in Real Battle 1) and you're told that nuclear materials have been stolen because you didn't arrive on time and as the screen fades, an explosion is heard. It's implied that the [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|right-wing terrorists]] used it to make a nice city-sized crater.
* [[Joke Character]]: The Raiden Mk. II ship, despite being the slowest and weakest to start with, [[Lethal Joke Character|is a subversion of this when powered up]], but any ship with the word "Beast" slapped on to it plays it straight with the biggest hitbox (bigger than some patterns' holes!) and worst, longest-to-charge weaponry.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Several ships' charged Missile weapon attacks, most notably the Chaser series' charged Missile attack.
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