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The Greatest Shooter of All Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: July 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Though I missed R-Type in the arcade, the R-Types compilation is definitely the best game I've played in the past 8 years, stomping flat all competition, from RPG super-cult-favorite Chrono Trigger, to NES classics like Legend of Zelda and Ninja Gaiden (yeah, I missed those when I was younger but am catching up with the used game market), to multimillion dollar budgeted games like Metal Gear Solid, to pop cultural phenomena like Pokemon. Every game was left it in its wake. If I could only have bought one game over the past few years, and that game was R-Types, it would be satisfying. Not only has it reminded me of why I started becoming a gamer to begin with, easily harkening back to old classics like Super Mario Bros. and Crystalis (though, after playing more SMB lately, I would say R-Type has aged much better than SMB, actually. Granted I haven't owned R-Type as long, but it is nearly as old). Prior to playing R-Type I hadn't played too many space shooters, despite playing a wide variety of other games. This wasn't because I wasn't interested, I suppose, although the systems I had, the NES and SNES, weren't as much shooter systems as the systems I didn't own. But my purchase of R-Types, partially a bargin impulse buy, partially bought because of good word of mouth, partially bought because of some fondness of mine for arcade compilations, totally changed my view of games and has influenced me to pick up other games faster than I would have otherwise. Axelay for the Super NES, Einhander for the Playstation, Thunderforce 4 for the Genesis - all these and more I bought because R-Types influenced me to look for other games of its style and quality. I even bought R-Type Delta the week it was released due to a fever pitch of excitement over the prospect of buying the sequel to the game which has set off a renaissance of gaming of sorts for me. But, keep this mind, none of the games that I was inspired to buy after playing R-Types has exhibited the impeccible degree of perfection that R-Types exemplifies.

As for the game itself, R-Types is almost certainly the hardest game I've ever played, and this challenge is derived from the canny level design. You'll need to master every aspect of your ship to finish this game. Though early levels require a bit of memorization of enemy patterns, higher levels have all sorts of challenges, including the final boss of R-Type, which is based on pure reflexes, concentration and skill as enemies pour in from all sides, to the stage 4 boss of R-type 2, which is a fast scrolling, action-packed chase, to the final stage of R-Type 2, which requires moving your ship through the tighest of spaces, and doing elaborate manoeuvres with your pod. Other stages are just plain cool, such as the assault against a massive mothership.

For these reasons and more, I consider R-Types to be unquestionably one of the very greatest games of all time.

Pure Video Game Perfection!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Video games are not made this good anymore.

"R-type" (1987) is eight levels of shoot-em-up fun. If you have never played this game before you will be amazed at its level of difficulty. Luckily, the beautiful graphic, awesome music and addictive game play make starting over, over and over agian more digestible.

"R-type II" (1990) offers six levels of shooting entertainment. Three new powers ups have been added and your main beam weapon's capability has been increased.

This a must have collection if you can still find a copy. To play these games in their orginal arcade version is a dream come true.

There have been other R-type games, but none of them have reached the level of perfection of the first two games.

Bare bones presentation holds it back

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The R-Type games are truly classics. Unfortunately, this collection of the two original arcade hits has not aged well, especially considering that if this pack had been released recently, it likely would've been filled with interesting extras.

This is worth owning if you are a fan and/or collector of classic games. Otherwise, you might want to break in to the R-Type series with R-Type Delta or R-Type Final.

A Classic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved R-Type in the arcade when I was in college, so the chance to play both versions as much as I wanted was impossible to resist.

The variety of impressive weapons and ship add-ons is one of the things that makes this game so fun. The variety and complexity of the levels, and the bosses, are also a blast.

This is one of my favorite games of all time... and a PS1 Classic must have for any collector, or just anyone who wants a good old fashioned side-scrolling shoot-em-up.

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