SAN DIEGO, CA — Lightning Warrior Raidy, a 3D fantasy role-playing game for adults, has attained Golden Master status based on international sales, according to publisher G-Collections, a division of JAST USA.The hentai-style game, based on Japanese lore, puts players in the role of Raidy, a high-spirited female sword-fighter traveling the continent in search of adventure and the secrets from her past. When she comes upon a town plagued by monsters who kidnap beautiful young maidens and turn them into slaves, Raidy risks life, limb and virginity to do battle with the denizens of a mysterious tower in an effort to set things right.

With a classic combat feel in the tradition of computer-based RPGs, players navigate the maze-like tower, fighting hordes of sexy monster girls and gathering potions, weapons and armor to defeat the tower’s twisted master. Within the “sex if you win, sex if you lose” milieu, Raidy is able to turn the twisted fetishes of the monsters against them if she defeats them in combat. On the other hand, she must succumb to their wiles if she loses. Either way, players win.

“We’re excited to be able to bring a completely new kind of adult anime PC game to the English-speaking market, and Raidy is a title that fans have been asking for for a long time,” said JAST USA President Peter Payne. “And while we’re happy to have Lightning Warrior Raidy in duplication, we’re just ecstatic about the sequel, Raidy II, a vast expansion of the game series with dozens of characters to fight and interact with.

“We hope fans will come to JASTUSA.com and check out our lineup of Japanese dating-sim games for adults,” he added. “We hope fans of independent PC games will take a look at both titles, since they’re great fun.”

Japan developed a strong tradition of “love simulation” computer games coincidental to the appearance of the first computers with color monitors. As a group, the games simulate emotional and sexual interaction between players and various game characters when the player “wins” the love of a given character. PC dating-sim games often are referred to as “hentai” or “H” games by U.S. fans.

JAST USA has licensed and translated Japanese dating-sim games since 1998 and is a leading producer and distributor of English-language PC games for adults. The company has a catalog of more than 50 English-translated games covering a variety of genres from costume play and cat girls to “futanari” (hermaphrodite), which is an especially popular genre in Japan. The company publishes a line of “boy’s love” games, too.