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R-Type · LUDEX

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LUDEX game dossier

Shooter Arcade

R-Type

Irem · NEC

Nov 1989

Release

Nov 1989

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Inside R-Type

What it is

R-Type is Hudson Soft's port of R-Type for TurboGrafx-16. Unlike the Japanese two part release for PC Engine (R-Type I and R-Type II) it was released as one complete game.

Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Themes

Action · Science fiction

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Languages

1 supported

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R-Type

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2 releases

BundleTurboGrafx-16 MiniMay 22, 2020Multi-item package

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Who made it

NEC
Publisher
Hudson Soft
Publisher
Konami
Publisher
Hudson Soft
Publisher · Porting
Irem
Developer
Konami
Porting

Platforms

Wii
Gen 7
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Gen 4
Wii U
Gen 8

Release history

Dec 25, 2006Wii
Dec 29, 2006Wii
Jul 06, 2007Wii
Apr 30, 2014Wii U
Jul 14, 2016Wii U
Nov 1989TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine

Themes & modes

ActionScience fictionSingle player

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Details

Released: Nov 1989
Developer: Irem
Publishers: NEC,Hudson Soft,Konami,Hudson Soft
Additional work: Hudson Soft, Konami
Franchise: R-Type
Perspective: Side view
Modes: Single player
Languages: English

Platforms

Nintendo

Genres

Shooter Arcade

BundlePC Engine MiniMar 19, 2020

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