Super R-Type
Encyclopedia
Super R-Type is a shooter game
for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
(SNES), developed and published by Irem in 1991. It is an original game based on elements from both R-Type
and R-Type II
. The game has been re-released on the Wii
Virtual Console
in North America, Japan, and PAL regions in 2008.
and adds three new ones. The game is known for its high difficulty (even compared to other games in the series), particularly because of its lack of checkpoints, since dying means restarting the level from scratch. Also, this game suffers from slowdown, which was also a problem in many early SNES games. But unlike the others Super R-Type slows down to virtual standstill when there are many things on the screen. However, it was useful for players when there were too many shots because it was easier to avoid them.
Refer to the main R-Type
article for more about the Force and Bits.
Virtual Console
service in Europe and Australia. The game was made available on the Virtual Console in North America on March 17, 2008.
Shooter game
Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common...
for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
(SNES), developed and published by Irem in 1991. It is an original game based on elements from both R-Type
R-Type
is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin...
and R-Type II
R-Type II
R-Type II is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Irem in 1989. It is the second game in the R-Type series.-History:...
. The game has been re-released on the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
in North America, Japan, and PAL regions in 2008.
Gameplay
Super R-Type borrows four stages from R-Type IIR-Type II
R-Type II is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Irem in 1989. It is the second game in the R-Type series.-History:...
and adds three new ones. The game is known for its high difficulty (even compared to other games in the series), particularly because of its lack of checkpoints, since dying means restarting the level from scratch. Also, this game suffers from slowdown, which was also a problem in many early SNES games. But unlike the others Super R-Type slows down to virtual standstill when there are many things on the screen. However, it was useful for players when there were too many shots because it was easier to avoid them.
Weapon types
- Red: The Counter-air Laser, a powerful red and blue double transverse wave. This also fires its first-level equivalents, a red and a blue arrow-shaped laser shot, from the Bits, should the player have any.
- Blue: The Rebound Laser, three long, thin, cyan lasers, one straight, two at 45° angles from the Force, that reflect off walls.
- Yellow: The Counter-ground Laser, two long fireball chains released vertically from the Force that slink along the ceiling and floor.
- Green: The Spread Laser, which fires a spread arc of eight orange fireballs.
- Gray: The Shotgun Bomb, which launches a shell that explodes powerfully a short ways from the R-9.
Refer to the main R-Type
R-Type
is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin...
article for more about the Force and Bits.
Re-releases
On March 14, 2008, the game was released on the Nintendo WiiWii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
service in Europe and Australia. The game was made available on the Virtual Console in North America on March 17, 2008.