R-Type Dimensions

[MechDeus]

I said earlier it looked shitty, so there's another vote.

Eh, why's everything gotta be a revolution? It's a faithful HD remake of two good games with widescreen support, online co-op, and leaderboards, and it'll probably cost $10. Sounds like a damn decent deal to me.

Especially when considering Super R-Type is half the game with none of those features and goes for $8 on VC.

He's talking about Pulstar.

[parallaxscroll]

Super R-Type on VC for $8 is a terrible deal. It's half the levels of R-Type II, downgraded for SNES (with slowdown) and the other levels were SNES-exclusive. It wasn't a terrible game, but not too great. R-Type III was better, but still not as good as the original arcade R-Type.

R-Type Dimensions for probably $10 will be a tremendously good deal -- Full R-Type and R-Type II arcade games with both original graphics and remade HD graphics plus new angled perspective, that are all switchable on-the-fly, 2 player co-op, plus other modes, leaderboards, and more. There's no question what I'd buy.

[Melf]

Achievements!

[parallaxscroll]

If you didn't have the full coin-op arcade machine in your home, this was the best way to play R-Type in the late 80s, if you wanted a more faithful rendition than what the PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16 could offer:

R-Type on the Sharp X68000


It blew away all other home computers versions, including MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari ST and Amiga!

[bVork]

I don't think any home port until R-Types toppled the Amiga conversion of R-Type II.

[parallaxscroll]

I don't think any home port until R-Types toppled the Amiga conversion of R-Type II.

I disagree, the 1991 Amiga version of R-Type II was nowhere near the quality of the 1989 X68000 port of the original.

Amiga R-Type II: significant downgrade from the arcade
X68000 R-Type: nearly exact to the arcade

[bVork]

I meant for R-Type II specifically.

[Beefy Hits]

I hope it's not a shooter/TBS

[Clash!]

The 3D remake looks pretty good, simple, not getting too crazy or ambitious. There are certainly MUCH worse XBLA games out there, and XBLA Shooters. Looks like a solid packaged for R-Type fans, unless its got some bizarre game crippling issues like that GBA Port of R-Type.

That "Arcade Mode" is one of the dummer things I have seen though. Last time I played an arcade cabinet I was not standing so far back that I could see the joystick and buttons while I looked at the screen.

[NeoZeedeater]

I don't think any home port until R-Types toppled the Amiga conversion of R-Type II.

It helps that the only other ports were on ST and Game Boy. R-Type II on PC Engine is just the second half of R-Type 1 so it doesn't count.