![]() ![]() The bits would also fire lasers if the red weapon was used. ![]() Yellow shot lasers almost straight up and down, and they would follow the ground, blue shot one laser forward and two lasers diagonally that bounce off surfaces and red shot a pair of lasers, one red and one blue, forward in a transverse wave formation. The Force Pod could then be equipped with crystals that filtered its energy to create various lasers. Your ship, the R-9, could be equipped with two invincible bits that would hover above and below your ship, homing missiles, and a Force Pod. The first game in the series (obviously). ![]() The original game also pioneered the idea of a system of powerups, each of which did something different (three laser crystals with a corresponding weapon, bits, speed boosts and missiles) prior to this implementation, pickups were either point bonuses or all did the same thing, as with the currency-like system of Gradius. The R-Type series of fighters are developed as quickly as possible to fight back the threat, using the Force Device, a piece of Organic Technology which uses a contained larval Bydo to produce an indestructible (but not impenetrable) energy field.įrom a gameplay standpoint, the R-Type series is notable for requiring significantly more memorization of its maps than many of its competitors. The backstory, such as it is, is fairly minimal - 26th Century humanity banishes a hideous bioweapon (the Bydo) into a Phantom Zone, which then goes back in time and attacks humanity several hundred years earlier. It made double its funding goal, and was released on April 30, 2021. In 2019, R-Type Final 2 entered crowdfunding. From its initial 1987 incarnation as R-Type in the arcades and on 8-bit computers, it was ported to the 16-bit era and forward, and eventually reached a final episode in R-Type Final for the PS2. R-Type, along with Gradius, is one of the longest-running, most-heavily ported starfighter-based Shoot 'Em Up series in videogame history. "Blast off and strike the evil Bydo Empire!" ![]()
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