R-TYPE app for iPhone and iPad
4.2 (
8512 ratings )
Games
Action
Arcade
Developer:
DotEmu
1.99 USD
Current version:
2.4.6, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 18 Jul 2013
App size: 28.5 Mb
R-TYPE, THE CLASSIC ARCADE SHOOTER, RETURNS AS A UNIVERSAL APP!
Revisit the 80s (mesh half-shirts and Keds optional) with this classic, old-school shoot em up! One of the decade’s most popular arcade games will awaken fond memories of jangling quarters, Jolt Cola and week-old popcorn. Fire up your iPhone or iPad and get ready to go back... to R-Type!
FEEL THE BLAST!
Blast off and attack the evil Bydo Empire. Use everything in your arsenal to take them down – don’t be shy! Its retro, its fun and its a “10” on the difficulty scale. Finish this masterpiece and carve your name amongst the greats!
INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL FEATURES…
Remember how damnably difficult R-Type was? Well it still is, because we stayed true to the original, just the way you remember it! Choose between two difficulty settings, utilize two different control options and soar through eight jam-packed levels, each with its own unique boss. Upgrade to new weapons, power-ups, and attachments as you battle wave after wave of enemies.
... AND SOME NEW FEATURES TOO!
- Universal version
- Enhanced Touch mode
- Eight levels and two different control options: touch and virtual D-pad
- Two difficulty settings
- Available in 10 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese
- Full Retina Display support
- Game Center: unlockable achievements + online leaderboards
Pros and cons of R-TYPE app for iPhone and iPad
R-TYPE app good for
I loved this as an arcade game and its just as good on my iPad! And its just like the arcade game, but I dont have to pay a quarter for three lives.
R-TYPE awesome game best times and memories, just found it at the App Store
Thank you ?
Very nice.
Would be better if the sounds were brought up to date technically, they are scratchy and unpleasant.
A little bug: the sound fx and music settings are reversed.
It is like traveling 20 years in the past when I played r type only master system
A good waste of time, typical retro game reminds on own childhood. Pretty good work! Waiting for upcoming contents! <3
I loved this game growing up, and have been glad to see this now on the iPad. Love the game. You wont be disappointed. Game play is just like I remembered.
For the developers, please improve the controls such that either there is a more tighter joystick, or a separate track pad on the screen. This way our joystick controls are closer together eliminating accidental drift, or ones hand/finger is not in the visual way of the very busy screen.
Some bad moments
Way too hard for its sub-par controls. Please develop an option to make it a bit easier and to keep your power-ups after dying like in Super R-TYPE for the SNES. Take a look at the mobile version of Final Fight as a reference on how to properly adapt this for the iPhone/iPad.
Cool game, but touch controls are a bit off, you cant do subtle moves. I thought it would be easier on an ipad, than on my phone, but there is more ground to cover with your thumb, so its worse. Also the tiny little bullets hit me every time. As though they were heat seaking.
I recommend the smaller screen so your thumb has room to maneuver without getting in the way of the ship.
This game is just as hard as it was when I played it on my turbo grafix 16
Just as I remember it as a young man first starting out on my own. A blast from the past, a cool way to relax after a hard day at work. Love this game!!!
Over the years I have looked for this game... Finally found it here for ipad and bought it instantly!
I thought I would be bored with it after a few hours.. But No... I play it a lot and its been a few. Chances are your like me if you found this game in that you played it in the Arcade. And if you played it in the arcade Im sure you spent Quite A Bit more than it costs here so just buy it.. You wont be disappointed considering that.
This game is just as i remember it, awesome and hard! Ive had it for about a month and i cant even pass the first stage. I love it though, hey maybe you should consider bringing Gradius to iOS.
