Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 17th Mar 2008, 800 points
- 14th Mar 2008, 800 points
- 29th Jan 2008, 800 points
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- 12th Apr 2024
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Review Super R-Type (Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)
The BYDO Empire is back!
That naughty Bydo Empire! You would have thought they would have learnt their lesson last time when a solitary R-9 craft kicked their butt so badly. Alas, they are back and wreaking havoc wherever they go. Time for you to save the universe, again! Super R-Type was one of the earlier games released on the Super Nintendo. It...
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Super R-Type News
Poll Box Art Brawl: Super R-Type
Make a choice, R-kid
Hi folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out Astro Boy: Omega Factor for the Game Boy Advance, and would you believe it, we had a draw! Both the EU/NA and Japanese variants bagged 50% of the vote each, so uhh... We've either got two winners or no winner at all. We'll let you decide!...
News How One Man Is Fixing The SNES' Biggest Weakness
Slowdown, be gone
The SNES is a legendary console, of that there can be absolutely no doubt. However, it did have one considerable weakness when compared to its main rival, the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis: the clock speed of its CPU. The Ricoh 5A22 which powers the console runs at 3.58 MHz, while Sega's 16-bit system has a Motorola 68000 running at...
Gallery Unboxing Retro-Bit's Incredible R-Type And Holy Diver Limited Editions
Limited to 2,900 copies each
Retro-Bit is doing an excellent job when it comes to keeping the past alive, and has already released a couple of welcome compilations for the NES and SNES. However, the company has really outdone itself with its latest project, which features limited edition versions of Irem's R-Type and Holy Diver, for the SNES and...
News Two More Games to Leave EU Virtual Console
Get them while you can
After Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was pulled from Virtual Console, two more titles are set to leave the service in Europe this month. Super NES games R-Type III: The Third Lightning and Super R-Type will no longer be available to download after 31st March. It's not the first time this has happened with the venerable shooter...
News US VC Releases - March 17th - Super R-Type
This week’s theme for the North American VC releases is frustration. After getting DoReMi Fantasy last week Nintendo must have been concerned that they had been letting gamers have an easy ride. Not so this week as both of the games on offer this week are devilishly fiendish by comparison!
Super R-Type on the SNES isn’t such a bad game and is...
News EU VC Releases - March 14th - Super R-Type
With the US releases of Do Re Mi Fantasy and Puyo Puyo 2 last Monday, and both having an OFLC rating already, you'd think that Nintendo of Europe would release them over here as well - Unfortunately, it's not the case this week.
Prepare for a pretty bad week if you don't like shooters - Then again, it's also not very good even if you do like them...
About The Game
A galactic battle begins. The BYDO Empire of mutant extraterrestrials is back with evil intent and awesome power. Now the evil empire is poised to launch a new attack on Earth. Only the revolutionary R-9, the planet's most advanced form of defense, stands between these monsters and doom.
Fight through seven challenging stages - picking up power-up items as you progress - on the way to each stage's memorable boss. Is the BYDO Empire invincible? You'll need lightning reflexes, intuitive moves and a big dose of cosmic luck to hold your own. Better prepare yourself, because the mutants "R" ready for you.
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This game looks awesome! Hmmm... my dad and sis are die-hard fans of Gradius. Should Super R-Type throw Gradius III 'out of the cockpit' for them?
Yes. Yes it should. although my favourite has always been R-Type 3.
I liked this game. Of course I played it on the easiest mode possible. Great Music, download it and give it a listen, makes good use of the SNES sound chip.
I used to have this on my trusty snes, but I don't remember it beeing that hard. It's not nearly as hard as Mega Man 1 for instance. Definite download
Super R-Type is kinda choppy port, I'll pass.
Super R-TYPE isn't a port. It's an entirely new R-TYPE game developed for the SNES that happens to borrow elements from previous games in the series. It did suffer badly from slowdown issues though, as did many early scrolling shoot-'em-ups on the SNES, Gradius III being a prime example. But it's not a bad shooter at all
Remember, on the VC the "choppyness" will be gone! The VC has already massively improved Super Mario 64 and the Sonic games, both of which were prone to slowdown. Finally we get to play these games the way they were designed to be played!
Can't wait to use the level-select haha.
I used to have this back in the day on my snes, and it was one of my favourite games. The music is really good and the sound effects packs a certain punch. I dont remember the game being that hard though. It sure as hell wasn't easy but i managed to beat it in the end and I dont consider myself some sort of shmup wizard. I will definately get this as soon as it comes out.
i read somewhere that this is a semi-port or r-type 2 but with an added intro level and a missing level or two. in order to increase the already insane difficulty, they got rid of the mid level checkpoints, making this game impossible at times (unless you're the shmup master). there are a lot of reviews floating around the net that are really hard on this game (especially when compared to r-type 3 for snes). it was an early release on the snes and shmups were already starting to loose some popularity at the time. i remember seeing gradius 3 (to me, the greatest of all snes shmups) and thunder force 2 and this game on store shelves for less then $20 canadian only months after being released (which at that time was practically unheard of because all snes games and most genesis games were often between $60 and $70 canadian for the first few years). still, if you liked the other two r-types and you're an r-type pro by now, then by all means... it's prob the last r-type that can be released for vc unless we get some sort of wii ware release (despite r-type final being the last game in the series)
"Remember, on the VC the "choppyness" will be gone! The VC has already massively improved Super Mario 64 and the Sonic games, both of which were prone to slowdown. Finally we get to play these games the way they were designed to be played!"
It will have the same slowdown as the original, just like any other VC game.
lol @ that start up sequence, who decided a crane would be the best way to exit the base? This game has a lot of slowdown and as the review states the lack of checkpoints makes it really frustrating. I actually like the original better..
How peculiar, we get Super R-Type AFTER we got R-Type 3 oh so long ago.
Well, fingers Crossed, If Super Aleste comes out, I will have all my favorite SNES shooters on the VC (Except Axelay, wich is nowhere seen on the horizon for Europe and UN Squadron because Capcom has long lost the rght to Area 88).
Lol, the video was looking familiar and now I know why.
I prefer Gradius III myself.
So going to download this the next time i get my Wii online. I loved the other two r-types that are currently on the VC.
This games music is the best I've ever heard in a game but the slow down is absolutely terrible and ruins the game.
Lots of slowdown really keeps this from being the amazing game it should have been. Try the TG16 version of R-Type or R-Type III for a better overall shooting experience.
Na it's not the slowdown that stops it from being Amazing it was the bloody checkpoints there was none. I played the game to death and it was frustrating everytime until I had cheats but then I felt like a cheater so hell I never one =P
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