The Sega CD port of Mortal Kombat was developed by Probe Software and published by Arena Entertainment (in North America and Europe) and by Acclaim Japan for the Japanese market in 1994. The original arcade game was developed by Midway and released in 1992.
Rayden playthrough
Raiden is introduced as the Thunder God in his human form. Before his storyline was expanded as the protector of Earthrealm against Outworld, Raiden was simply rumoured to have received a personal invitation from Shang Tsung himself to compete in the tournament.
As the Thunder God, Rayden is weaker in his mortal form, but can still use his elements in his special move. He is notable to have lighting going around himself in his fighting stance.
Rayden projectile is his lighting, which is done slower than the arcade original, but can hit air opponents more efficiently. His infamous Torpedo, which causes him to shout loud gibberish, was introduced in the first game and cause him to push his opponent for a while before crashing on either side of the screen. If blocked, he bounces back, far away from his opponent but is vulnerable to counter. He also has the ability to teleport, which bring him on the opposite side of his opponent.
Rayden main power against the CPU is his long reach. He is larger than the playable character and his basic move go farther than the others. His air move has great priority as well as his sweep. His lighting move can protect him from the air opponent when they are close to him and the CPU will often get caught by it hit when far. His Torpedo will often be blocked by the CPU, but it is possible to spam the move and over against the whole cast except Shang Tsung. He also relies on throwing his opponent after jumping over them.
In the Sega CD port and many other home ports, Raiden is misspelled as Rayden. While it is an oversight in the first game, later game in the series was inconsistent in their spelling. Sometime, it was written as Raiden, and sometimes as Rayden.
As a side note, a CPU Rayden will never his teleport move. While the CPU avoided the move in the arcade version as well, a CPU Shang Tsung would immediately morph into him and teleport when stuck.
TAS tools were used in this playthrough.