R-Type (Amiga)

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            Series : R-Type
Original Developer : Irem
    Port Developer : Irem
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    Original Music : Chris Hülsbeck, Masato Ishizaki
 Music Arranged by : Darius Zendeh
             Genre : Scrolling shoot 'em up
            Themes : Bio-horror
    Metagame Class : FCLR
           Port of : 
R-Type (1987 M72) 

not completed.

This was the first R-Type I played, and one of the first Amiga games I was really excited about. I have vivid memories of waking up in the morning in my parents house, sneaking into the office room, and turning my brothers Amiga 500 on.

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EAT BEAM

Passwords / Cheat Codes

  • The high score cheat is 'SUMITA.', including the full stop at the end, and it works on FS-UAE. Look forward to trying it on the Amiga hardware.

Facts

  • Interesting frame update implementation: the movement of your craft runs at 50 Hz, everything else runs at 25 Hz, including enemies, enemy bullets, and player bullets.


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