R-Types
R-Types is a compilation of R-Type and R-Type II ported pixel-for-pixel from the coin-op to the PlayStation. A couple of handy features have been added to lower the original difficulty level. First, your…
R-Types is an arcade developed by Irem, released 5 February 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What R-Types is
R-Types is an arcade game developed by Irem and released in 1998. It was published by ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
R-Types is a compilation of R-Type and R-Type II ported pixel-for-pixel from the coin-op to the PlayStation. A couple of handy features have been added to lower the original difficulty level. First, your progress through the game is saved at the start of each level, so you don't have to start from scratch every time. Second, you now have unlimited continues. R-Types also contains a small library section which describes some of the story behind the R-Type universe, and lets you browse some of the in-game graphics. Other bonuses include an FMV intro movie and ending movies.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the R-Type series
R-Types is the 12th of 23 entries we hold in the R-Type series. It arrived 5 years after R-Type Leo. The next entry was R-Type in 1998. Its critic score of 61 is 11 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is R-Type Delta: HD Boosted at 82.
How it was received
R-Types holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
R-Types launched on 5 February 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Resident Evil 2 and Sega Rally 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Resident Evil 2, Sega Rally 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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