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Shooter Arcade

R-Type I

Hudson Soft · Konami

Friday, March 25, 198838.4 years ago

Release

Friday, March 25, 1988

Player score

Awaiting reviews

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Inside R-Type I

What it is

R-Type I is the first part of Hudson Soft's port of R-Type for PC Engine. It contains the first 4 stages of R-Type.

Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Themes

Action · Science fiction

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R-Type

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Platforms

Wii
Gen 7
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Gen 4

Release history

Mar 25, 1988TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Dec 13, 2006Wii

Themes & modes

ActionScience fictionSingle player

R-Type I

Inside R-Type I

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