This Early Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up From The Developer Behind ‘Raiden’ Is Finally Coming To Consoles

This week’s Arcade Archives release turned out to be a 1984 shoot ’em up from Seibu Denshi, the company that would later change its name to Seibu Kaihatsu and become famous for games like the Cabal-a classic shooting game Duke Dynamite (1989) and the vertical scroller Raiden (1990).

Scion was released in arcades in Japan in 1984 and is a vertical shoot’em up set in a “sprawling supercity” called Crystal Heaven.

It was Seibu Denshi’s second shooter, following the 1983 sidecroller. Dart (which is already on Arcade Archives for PS4 and Nintendo Switch), and invites players to embark on a mission to rescue their captured friends trapped in the heart of a city, tearing apart every layer of the metropolis to advance towards the enemy fortress.

According to the official announcement on Arcade Archives, the game will be released on October 30 (i.e. tomorrow) for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with the price differing depending on the platform.

The Nintendo Switch and PS4 editions of the game, for example, will cost $7.99, while the Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S versions will cost slightly more, at $9.99.

As always, Hamster also offers an upgrade option between Switch and Switch 2, and PS4 and PS5, with this option allowing you to upgrade to the Arcade Archives 2 version of the game for $2.99.

You can watch a trailer of the game in action below: