Game data
- Released
- 1987-12-24
- User rating
- 3.30 / 5
- Genres
- Arcade
- Platforms
- Android, Wii U, Wii, SEGA Master System
- ESRB
- Everyone
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Game details · IGDB
R-Type is set in the 22nd century, and the player flies a futuristic fighter craft called the R-9a "Arrowhead", named for its shape, and because it is the ninth model in the 'R' series of fighter craft (but it is the first of the series to actually be used in combat; the previous models were all prototypes). The mission is to 'blast off and strike the evil Bydo Empire'. The R- in the series title originally stood for "ray", as in a ray of light. It was a reference to the many different types of ray-like weapons in the first R-Type. his was later retconned in R-Type Final to refer specifical…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Franchise
- R-Type
- Developer
- Irem, Irem
- Publisher
- Electric Dreams Software, Irem
Key facts
- Video game.title
- R-Type
- Video game.image
- R-Type arcade flyer.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Japanese arcade flyer
- Video game.developer
- Irem
- Video game.producer
- Kinte
- Video game.designer
- Abiko
- Video game.composer
- Masato Ishizaki
- Video game.series
- R-Type
- Video game.genre
- Scrolling shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.arcade system
- Irem M72
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Irem
- Series
- R-Type
- Developer
- Compile
- Platform
- arcade video game machine
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Official website
- www.irem.co.jp/e/game/r/index.html
- Image
- R-Type video game machine.jpg
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- distributed by
- Google Play
- title
- R-TYPE
- input device
- joystick
- topic's main category
- Category:R-Type
- publication date
- 1987-07-01
- operating system
- iOS
Sources (6)
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Article · Nederlands
R-Type (Japans: アール・タイプ; Āru Taipu) is een computerspel dat werd ontwikkeld en uitgegeven door het Japanse bedrijf Irem. Het spel kwam uit in 1987 als arcadespel. Een jaar later werd het geschikt gemaakt voor diverse homecomputers. Het spel behoort tot het type horizontale scrolling shooter. De speler is in dit spel de kapitein van een R-9, een ruimteschip met laserkanon en moet een weg banen door organische werelden bewoond door spinachtige wezens.
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