is a horizontal-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and released by Irem in 1987.
In Japan, Game Machine listed R-Type on their August 1, 1987 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month. The ZX Spectrum version of R-Type was awarded 9/10 in the January 1989 issue of Your Sinclair and was placed at number 6 in the Your Sinclair official top 100.
However, before any of these games was Katakis, a 1987 clone produced by Factor 5 for the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. In 1991, Konami released Xexex, a game heavily influenced by R-Type and XMultiply.
R-Type was placed number 1 in RGTV's YouTube video "Top 5 Shoot 'em ups on the ZX spectrum". A successful 1988 port to the Master System was immediately recognized as one of the best games available in the Sega library.
In Japan, Game Machine listed R-Type on their August 1, 1987 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month. The ZX Spectrum version of R-Type was awarded 9/10 in the January 1989 issue of Your Sinclair and was placed at number 6 in the Your Sinclair official top 100.
However, before any of these games was Katakis, a 1987 clone produced by Factor 5 for the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. In 1991, Konami released Xexex, a game heavily influenced by R-Type and XMultiply.
A remake of the game was released as R-Type DX for the Game Boy Color in 2000, while a 3D remake, R-Type Dimensions, was released for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and later to the PlayStation 3 in 2014, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 in 2018, and for iOS in 2019. ==Gameplay== The game is composed of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.
A remake of the game was released as R-Type DX for the Game Boy Color in 2000, while a 3D remake, R-Type Dimensions, was released for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and later to the PlayStation 3 in 2014, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 in 2018, and for iOS in 2019. ==Gameplay== The game is composed of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.
The TurboGrafx-16 version of R-Type has a boss at the end of Stage 6, rather than a prolonged wave of enemies as in all other versions. The Xbox Live Arcade game R-Type Dimensions was released on February 4, 2009 by Tozai Games.
A remake of the game was released as R-Type DX for the Game Boy Color in 2000, while a 3D remake, R-Type Dimensions, was released for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and later to the PlayStation 3 in 2014, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 in 2018, and for iOS in 2019. ==Gameplay== The game is composed of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.
An analogous version for PS3 has been released in May, 2014. The TurboGrafx-16 version of R-Type was one of the first games confirmed for Nintendo's Virtual Console.
A remake of the game was released as R-Type DX for the Game Boy Color in 2000, while a 3D remake, R-Type Dimensions, was released for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and later to the PlayStation 3 in 2014, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 in 2018, and for iOS in 2019. ==Gameplay== The game is composed of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.
A remake of the game was released as R-Type DX for the Game Boy Color in 2000, while a 3D remake, R-Type Dimensions, was released for the Xbox 360 in 2009 and later to the PlayStation 3 in 2014, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 in 2018, and for iOS in 2019. ==Gameplay== The game is composed of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.
Strictly Limited Games released physical copies of the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions in February 2019.
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