The sequel to R-Type arrived in December 1989, two-and-a-half years after the original game. This gap between games seems perfectly reasonable these days, but back then there was genuine surprise that ...

Ah, yes the 1980s. The decade that brought us oversized blazers, poofy Aqua Net hair and a certain side-scrolling shoot-em-up known as R-Type. Chronicling the struggle between humanity and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Funnily enough, this is the second time I have managed to ...

Have you played any good shoot-’em-ups lately? If the answer to that is yes, I would be willing to bet it wasn’t made recently. The shooter genre has become so much of a relic that the term ‘shooter’ ...

The box will contain items branded with logos of the early R-Type titles. It will also include a single CD containing a new theme song written by MCU, a member of the Japanese hip hop group Kick The ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from R-Type Dimensions EX This compilation once again includes the first two games, R-Type and R-Type II, both of which feature the original 2D graphics as well ...

In addition to (1), (2), and (3), (4) additional content such as pilot suits and decals you can use in R-Type Final 2 or R-Type Final 3 Evolved (exclusive for use to backers of this crowdfunding ...

R-Type is a milestone in science-fiction shooter games. A simulation game themed on space fleet battles with the R-Type worldview—that’s R-Type Tactics. The stage is set in space and in a space ...

Update [Thu 18th Sep 2025, 12:30am]: We've finally got an update about the development status of R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos, with Granzella this week announcing it will now be arriving next year in ...

R-Type Final 2 offers tight, tense battles against organic and mechanical Bydo monstrosities. It continually puts the player in challenging situations no matter what difficulty level they’ve chosen.