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[jufonuk]

Yeah wtf a thread on a game from 1991/1992

Well yeah. I know. Back in the day when I got my SNES. I remember looking at the advertisements they all showed Super R-Type. The game looked good in screenshots but I remember reading about the slow down in the game.

Younger me thought it equated to the game being bad.
So I got Axlay and super aleste in stead oh and I think at one time un squadron.
My mates had mega drives so lots of Shmup goodness to be had.
Super R-Type, who needs or.

How wrong I was. It’s taken me all this time until I decided to play it on my switch as part of the SNES game bundle. Yeah I noticed the slowdown, so what. The game was amazing. I’m glad they implemented the rewind feature because even though the game is good it can be frustrating at times. Dying and just restarting the whole level what the hell?

Either way I loved the style of the game. The music was nice and the levels were well paced and had some nice parts.

Boss fights were great.
What made the game excellent was the power up drone you get which you can link to your ship either from or back or send it out to attack enemies. It’s not a smart drone but it can be used to mow down incoming enemies. Plus towards the end I figured out I could spam it on boss fights.

Anyway I was wrong about my initial assumption of the game all those years again it’s great game.
This is why I did this thread.

Play it.




Any games you got round to playing at a later date that surprised you ?

 

[Hrk69]

Had to look it up and I immediately recognized it. I'm sure I played it when I was younger

Makes me wonder how many games I played that I totally forgot

 

[nush]

Better late than never.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Any word on R Type Tactics I & II coming out? I have it on my wishlist in Steam. I plan on checking that out. While I love shmups, my patience with them is the worst. I have bought a couple of Raiden games and a few other games I found at Galloping Ghost. I’m hoping R Type tactics gives combat a lot of love.

 

[bumpkin]

It really is. I give it a play on the SNES on NSO after not having played it since I had the original release on an actual SNES. I did not get as far as I did as a kid, and honestly, I have no idea how I got as far as I did. They don’t make games like this anymore.

 

[cireza]

This reminds me that R-Type had an amazing Master System port.

Will play this on the NSO.

 

[digital_ghost]

My first r type was on ps1 at a friend's house as a kid.

It was fun but difficult.

I loved it though.

 

[Pejo]

This game and Xevious were my shmup go-tos as a kid. I vastly prefer this to bullet hell stuff.

 

[Crayon]

The soundtrack is out of control.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I think I played a version on the Sega Genesis. I remember it being a slow shmup. A nice but slow shmup.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Was it that this version had slowdown in it? As good as it might have been, let's face it, it was no Thunderforce (Or Thunderforce 4 should I say)

 

[SpiceRacz]

Great game. Highly recommend people try R-Type Leo if they’re interested in the series. It’s a spin off that plays differently than the main games.

 

[jufonuk]

Was it that this version had slowdown in it? As good as it might have been, let's face it, it was no Thunderforce (Or Thunderforce 4 should I say)

Thunder force 4 is legit. My mate had that game another get of two great games

 

[Dacvak]

Speaking of horizontal shmups, I started Lords of Thunder a couple nights ago on the Turbo, and it’s so awesome. Got to the final boss, but I got destroyed. It’s so hard.

 

[chlorate]

The soundtrack is out of control.

You have to love how the National Anthem of the Bydo Empire is full of slap bass and sounds like the instrumentals to a Bobby Brown song

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Loved R Type but Blood Money was way better in my book.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Thunder force 4 is legit. My mate had that game another get of two great games

2 and 3 kicked ass as well. We were mostly a Genesis household so I played the heck out of those.

Funny, I got Jets & Guns 2 this morning and it was making me feel nostalgic for those games, might have to play them again soon.

 

[Beechos]

If I remember correctly parts of this game would run like it's in slow motion performance wise.

 

[Trunx81]

I loved the Game Boy version of R-Type, bought it from a friend for a 10 back in the day. Never beat it, but fond memories. The TurboGrafx 16 version is supposed to be great. Tried the snes “Remake” on the GBA by Raylight (the guys who made Wing Commander 5 for nintendos handheld and the Resident Evil 2 demo), but something just didn’t click.

 

[butane bob]

It's a fairly watered down port of the arcade game Rtype 2. They removed the checkpoints too making it even more of a nightmare.

 

[Crayon]

You have to love how the National Anthem of the Bydo Empire is full of slap bass and sounds like the instrumentals to a Bobby Brown song

That's my ringtone.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Mmmm, I replayed it on NSO recently and I’m not smitten.
I played it for what felt like weeks around 1992 or ‘93. Managed to beat it, probably on Easy seeing that the jump in enemy HP is very noticeable from Easy to Normal, and some patterns get way worse.

No checkpoints makes this game ridiculously brutal. The stages are so long, ffs, and Gradius had checkpoints more than half a decade before. Design and bosses kick ass, but it’s impossible to ignore the spectacular lag, and you have to wonder if it’s by design because some sections are absolutely unmanageable at the game’s supposed normal speed. There’s a passage towards the final boss that’s literally crawling with enemies, and you barely have the chance to avoid some of their shots while on full slowdown.

The game is mostly about the bosses. The stages don’t hold a candle to Thunderforce. The bosses are very creatively designed, and the music is legit. Overall though, I think the game isn’t exactly one of the best shooters on the console. No checkpoints makes you appreciate the rewind function so much.

Speaking of horizontal shmups, I started Lords of Thunder a couple nights ago on the Turbo, and it’s so awesome. Got to the final boss, but I got destroyed. It’s so hard.

Lords of Thunder is incredible. Way, way above Super R-Type in all respects. I, too, managed to get better at it until I reached the final boss, but that one’s a bitch. I could get there without savestates, but I still haven’t beaten the last boss.

If I remember correctly parts of this game would run like it's in slow motion performance wise.

Parts? Just hold the fire button and the game slows down to a crawl, especially if you have the rebounding laser. And it’s supposed to work like that, I guess. Try letting go of the fire button to dodge an incoming attack, and you’re very likely to lose control of your ship and crash against a wall when the game gets 3x faster all of a sudden.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Fab game and so underrated because of a bit of slowdown. The soundtrack was amazing too and really showed how much better the SNES soundchip was to the Mega Drive one

 

[alienator]

Nowadays the game is patched and fixed and playable without any slowdown on a real snes or misterfpga and its hard on another level

 

[jufonuk]

Mmmm, I replayed it on NSO recently and I’m not smitten.
I played it for what felt like weeks around 1992 or ‘93. Managed to beat it, probably on Easy seeing that the jump in enemy HP is very noticeable from Easy to Normal, and some patterns get way worse.

No checkpoints makes this game ridiculously brutal. The stages are so long, ffs, and Gradius had checkpoints more than half a decade before. Design and bosses kick ass, but it’s impossible to ignore the spectacular lag, and you have to wonder if it’s by design because some sections are absolutely unmanageable at the game’s supposed normal speed. There’s a passage towards the final boss that’s literally crawling with enemies, and you barely have the chance to avoid some of their shots while on full slowdown.

The game is mostly about the bosses. The stages don’t hold a candle to Thunderforce. The bosses are very creatively designed, and the music is legit. Overall though, I think the game isn’t exactly one of the best shooters on the console. No checkpoints makes you appreciate the rewind function so much.



Lords of Thunder is incredible. Way, way above Super R-Type in all respects. I, too, managed to get better at it until I reached the final boss, but that one’s a bitch. I could get there without savestates, but I still haven’t beaten the last boss.



Parts? Just hold the fire button and the game slows down to a crawl, especially if you have the rebounding laser. And it’s supposed to work like that, I guess. Try letting go of the fire button to dodge an incoming attack, and you’re very likely to lose control of your ship and crash against a wall when the game gets 3x faster all of a sudden.

The slow down into speed up is what caused me to die in game a lot. That’s my excuse.

 

[Business]

Not as old but recently I got to play and beat Sega Rally 2 on Steam Deck’s Model 3 emulator and I found a new love for this game. I’ve somehow only played it in the arcade back in the day and for some reason I always considered it inferior to Sega Rally 1 or other classic Sega arcade racers, but no more, this may be my new number one. What a thrill, pure class.

 

[jufonuk]

Not as old but recently I got to play and beat Sega Rally 2 on Steam Deck’s Model 3 emulator and I found a new love for this game. I’ve somehow only played it in the arcade back in the day and for some reason I always considered it inferior to Sega Rally 1 or other classic Sega arcade racers, but no more, this may be my new number one. What a thrill, pure class.

Excellent. I still stand by the “a good game is forever” quote or mantra ? What ever it is. I love it when I get to experience games from my childhood again sometimes they are better than I remember sometimes. I have a “what was I thinking”

A lot more older 3D games are shabby compared to now but I find if they have good game design and gameplay it don’t matter.

But the 2D ones hold up rather well. From the nes onwards. Atari/colleco era ones. Not so well.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Speaking of horizontal shmups, I started Lords of Thunder a couple nights ago on the Turbo, and it’s so awesome. Got to the final boss, but I got destroyed. It’s so hard.

Gate of Thunder is pure fire as well.

 

[Hudo]

Have you tried R-Type Leo? It's the best R-Type, imho.

 

[Damigos]

Had to look it up and I immediately recognized it. I'm sure I played it when I was younger

Makes me wonder how many games I played that I totally forgot

This is a good reason to have trophies, at least for me. From 2007-2008 onwards everything is tracked and i usually check to see the old days.
Ofc that doesnt apply to periods older than that

 

[Vindicator]

R-Type III is the real deal.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Nice OP, we need more threads like this one.

R-Type III is the real deal.

This is the one I've played the most, even if that's not much since I suck at those games.

Cool music tho. Maybe one of the best on the SNES?

 

[IAmRei]

and the ship design is my favorite <3
i played again in emulator in my phone few years ago,
the game still hard as hell for me even after these decade : ))

 

[jufonuk]

Nice OP, we need more threads like this one.


This is the one I've played the most, even if that's not much since I suck at those games.

Cool music tho. Maybe one of the best on the SNES?

RTYPE 3 you say. Cool

 

[demonstr8]

People always disagree with me but R Type Delta is the best one for me.
The game kind of went beyond that feeling of playing something and becomes experiencing something instead. The levels and their designs, the music that goes with them and the bosses that you encounter just turn it into a feeling like you're being reborn as you close in on the end of the game - it has this kind of embryonic feeling in the last level as well. I'm probably articulating it poorly but playing it at night alone with some good speakers you almost can't pull away from the immersion. You really have to just experience it for yourself.

 

[jufonuk]

People always disagree with me but R Type Delta is the best one for me.
The game kind of went beyond that feeling of playing something and becomes experiencing something instead. The levels and their designs, the music that goes with them and the bosses that you encounter just turn it into a feeling like you're being reborn as you close in on the end of the game - it has this kind of embryonic feeling in the last level as well. I'm probably articulating it poorly but playing it at night alone with some good speakers you almost can't pull away from the immersion. You really have to just experience it for yourself.

You know what. Super r-type at the end level felt amazing what system is delta on ?

 

[demonstr8]

You know what. Super r-type at the end level felt amazing what system is delta on ?

PlayStation only as far as I know.

 

[Vindicator]

There was also some 3D R-Type content for Playstation Home, japan only iirc.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Love old school shmups, and love that people will still make threads to talk about them 30 years after, on a forum not dependent on upvotes for visibility.

I haven't actually played Super R-Type, but I should since it's on NSO. I cut my teeth on R-Type Final and really enjoyed it, and have played the original a little bit.

 

[jufonuk]

Speaking of old school shmups on the snes. I gotta rate super Aleste over Axlay.

Axlay had the better graphics’s but in my minds eye super aleste plays better.

Oh and I remember Phalanx being good to

Any other recommendations?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Any other recommendations?

My favorites are Ikaruga and Zero Ranger, but I haven't played that many shmups.

 

[Vindicator]

SNES wise Pop'n Twinbee and Parodius on the more colorful side, also Darius Twin.
On the PC-Engine there's the first Cho Aniki (the later titles got more and more absurd).

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Was good with a good soundtrack.

You try the Thunderforce games?

 

[Beechos]

Speaking of old school shmups on the snes. I gotta rate super Aleste over Axlay.

Axlay had the better graphics’s but in my minds eye super aleste plays better.

Oh and I remember Phalanx being good to

Any other recommendations?

Horizontal besides like gradius/parodius I guess carrier wing. My favorite though is m.u.s.h.a on genesis but it's vertical though.

 

[Marcinkowski]

Nice OP, we need more threads like this one.


This is the one I've played the most, even if that's not much since I suck at those games.

Cool music tho. Maybe one of the best on the SNES?

Even better with the Intro

 

[nush]

Love old school shmups, and love that people will still make threads to talk about them 30 years after, on a forum not dependent on upvotes for visibility.

I noticed that no matter how big my TV was that I did not play as well at shumps as I used to. I’m just too far away from the screen as they were designed to be played.

Had a little think about this. PS4 VR cinema mode. The scores don’t lie, I was scoring way higher. OG Darius amongst others was perfect. I recognised this was an insane level of tech advancement for a 16bit shump, but was totally worth it.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Going to give this a go. Nice thread.

 

[Knightime_X]

I remember when this was game fairly new, I used a cheat to see if I can beat the final level from a fresh start on the hardest setting.
It's damn near impossible. lol