Super R-Type (Euro)
Super R-Type is a shooter game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed and published by Irem in 1991. It is a remake of R-Type II in a manner similar to the SNES version of Gradius III. The game has been re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in North America, Japan, and PAL regions in 2008.
Super R-Type borrows four stages from R-Type II and adds three new ones. The game is known for its high difficulty (even compared to other games in the series), particularly because of its lack of checkpoints, since dying means restarting the level from scratch. Also, this game suffers from slowdown, which was also a problem in many early SNES games. But unlike the others Super R-Type slows down to virtual standstill when there are many things on the screen. However, it was useful for players when there were too many shots because it was easier to avoid them.
Super R-Type borrows four stages from R-Type II and adds three new ones. The game is known for its high difficulty (even compared to other games in the series), particularly because of its lack of checkpoints, since dying means restarting the level from scratch. Also, this game suffers from slowdown, which was also a problem in many early SNES games. But unlike the others Super R-Type slows down to virtual standstill when there are many things on the screen. However, it was useful for players when there were too many shots because it was easier to avoid them.
Super R-Type (Euro)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 5A22 (@ 21 Mhz)
- soundcpu SPC700 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- SNES Custom DSP (SPC700)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 240
- Frequency 49.858937 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
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Super R-Type (Euro) Screenshots
Clones of Super R-Type (Euro)
Weapon types
- Red: The Counter-air Laser, a powerful red and blue double transverse wave. This also fires its first-level equivalents, a red and a blue arrow-shaped laser shot, from the Bits, should the player have any.
- Blue: The Rebound Laser, three long, thin, cyan lasers, one straight, two at 45° angles from the Force, that reflect off walls.
- Yellow: The Counter-ground Laser, two long fireball chains released vertically from the Force that slink along the ceiling and floor.
- Green: The Spread Laser, which fires a spread arc of eight orange fireballs.
- Gray: The Shotgun Bomb, which launches a shell that explodes powerfully a short ways from the R-9.
Re-releases
On March 14, 2008, the game was released on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console service in Europe and Australia. The game was made available on the Virtual Console in North America on March 17, 2008. However, it was removed from the Virtual Console on March 30, 2012 in North America and on March 31, 2012 in Europe.
