R-Type
Commodore 64 - 1988
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - MSX - SEGA Master System - Sharp X68000 - TurboGrafx CD - TurboGrafx-16
Description of R-Type
Here is the video game “R-Type”! Released in 1988 on Commodore 64, it's still available and playable with some tinkering. It's an action game, set in an arcade, sci-fi / futuristic, shooter, shmup and space flight themes and it was released on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MSX, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD and TurboGrafx-16 as well.
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bouteiro20 2023-02-03 1 point
missing the download of the r-type of atari st only has 2 but not 1
The Boz 2022-11-21 0 point Commodore 64 version
One of the most iconic arcades at the time, when I saw the reviews for this on the c64 I was majorly disappointed. Damning reviews slating it's difficulty levels, and there is nothing worse than getting quite far on in a level, dieing and then having to start at the very beginning. I did manage to get a copy of this and play it with cheats from an Action Replay cart. The graphics weren't bad at the time, but with the difficulty set so high, all fun was removed after a few games and being forced to replay the early part of levels time after time after time. Could have been so much better, and there were many side scrolling shooters that did a much better job.
NMI715 2020-11-07 0 point
Get the C64 Version for best Music and gameplay, Master system Version and TurboGfxCD version for best gfx. All other Versions are a lot less entertaining in either aspect.
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Commodore 64 Version
Amiga ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Electric Dreams Software, Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Electric Dreams Software, Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
MSX Version
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Irem Corp.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
SEGA Master System ROM
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: SEGA Enterprises Ltd., SEGA of America, Inc., Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
Sharp X68000 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Irem Corp.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
TurboGrafx CD Version
- Year: 1991
- Publisher: Irem Corp.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
TurboGrafx-16 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: NEC Home Electronics (U.S.A.) Inc.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
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