R-Type
OCS
Information
Year of the first release
1989
License
Commercial
Number of disks (or CD)
1
Publisher
Activision - USA
Electric Dreams (Activision) - Rest of the World
Rainbow Arts (Softgold) - Germany
Number max of players
1
Budget publisher
Hit Squad, The (Ocean) - Worldwide
Simultaneous max players
1
Developer
Factor 5
Language
English
Category
Shoot-'em-up (All)
Shoot-'em-up | Horizontal
Hardware
OCS
Artist - coder
Achim Möller
Holger Schmidt
Amiga original game
no
Artist - graphician
Lutz Osterkorn
Stefan Tsouparidis
Willi Bäcker
Have cheatcode
yes
Artist - musician
Chris Hülsbeck (Huelsbeck)
Darius Zendeh
Have SPS release
yes
Artist - misc
WHD install
yes
WHD information
Authors
Bored Seal
Dark Angel
Wepl
Updated
2005-06-18 12:58:15
HD install
unknown
HD notes
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Conversion notes
Based on 1987 Irem coin-op.
R-Type was released in Japan on 2 splitted HuCards and in the USA on one TurboChip card. The PC-Engine SCD-Rom version was released as "R-Type Complete CD".
The PSX version was released on the compilation "R-Types".
Conversion hardware
Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
NEC PC Engine CD/SCD
NEC PC Engine/TG-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
Sega Master System
Sharp X68000
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3
Sony PlayStation
Classic compilation
Big Box 2
Les Gen D'Or: Génération 4
Light Force
Relationship
is a prequel to
R-Type II
Rarity:
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
Notes:
Developed by Electric Dreams and Factor 5.
Coded by RCK of
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