R-Type

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PC-88 VA TurboGrafx-16
R-Type
System(s): PC-88 VA, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U)
Publisher: NEC Home Electronics NEC Home Electronics (USA) Irem Konami
Developer: Irem
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1988 US 1989-11 TGX040011 US ▼ 2006-12-25 600pts600 EU ▼ 2006-12-29 600pts600 AU ▼ 2007-07-06 600pts600 JP ▼ 2014-02-26 ¥588 (617)617i JP ▼ 2014-04-30 ¥600600 US ▼ 2016-07-14 $7.997.99 EU ▼ 2016-07-28 €7.997.99 DE ▼ 2016-07-28 €7.997.99 UK ▼ 2016-07-28 £7.197.19
Non-NEC versions Arcade Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore 64 Game Boy Master System MSX X68000 ZX Spectrum

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R-Type (アール・タイプ) is a highly influential arcade shoot-'em-up by Irem in 1987. The game saw numerous ports to home computers and consoles, including a PC-88 VA version by NEC Home Electronics in 1988.

The TurboGrafx-16 version, released in North America in 1989, is a combined version of R-Type I and R-Type II previously released in Japan for the PC Engine.

Story

The Bydo Empire, aliens from another dimensional plane, are preparing to invade Earth. The Earth Defense League has deployed the R-9, a top secret spacecraft, to counter-ambush the enemy in their own dimensional plane.

History

Legacy

The TurboGrafx-16 version of R-Type was brought to the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2006 for North America and Europe, and 2007 for Australia, wheras Japan instead received R-Type I and II. The game was temporarily delisted from the Virtual Console during the 2010s presumably because Irem had been losing a lot of money at the time. Konami would later handle further rereleases of the TurboGrafx-16 version for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Virtual Consoles and all regional variants of the PC Engine mini, even opting to release the TurboGrafx-16 version in Japan instead of re-releasing R-Type I and II.

Digital manuals

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  PC Engine mini US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: R-Type/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC-88 VA version

PC-88 VA, JP

TurboGrafx-16 version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 90 №151, p110-111

	90
Based on 1 review

TurboGrafx-16, US
File:RType TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 91ce5156 MD5 0e0040142b5227f2b85be27364d5ea01 SHA-1 7e3d4dc9e8d880ac8d813fa69af0c6804b75cd9a	512kB		Card (US)

External links

• R-Type on Nintendo eShop (Nintendo 3DS): JP
• R-Type on Nintendo eShop (Wii U): JP, US, UK

References

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