R-Type - Versions Comparison (HD 60 FPS)

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Comparison video of R-Type / アール・タイプ (Irem 1987) that features gameplay of the first level of the following versions:
0:00 Arcade (1987)
2:47 Atari ST (1988)
5:43 NEC PC-88VA (1988)
9:17 Sega Master System / SMS (1988)
12:08 Commodore 64 | C64 (1988)
14:59 MSX (1988)
18:34 MSX (FM Sound) (1988)
22:09 ZX Spectrum (1988)
26:29 Amstrad CPC (1988)
32:26 Amiga (1989)
35:30 Sharp X68000 (1989)
38:12 TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine (1989)
40:41 TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD / TurboDuo (R-Type Complete CD) (1991)
50:05 Game Boy / GB (1991)
52:55 PlayStation (R-Types) (1998)
58:31 Game Boy Color / GBC (R-Type DX) (1999)
1:01:22 J2ME (2007)
1:04:13 Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 | PS3 (R-Type Dimensions) (2009)
1:06:53 Android / iOS (2010)
1:09:29 PlayStation 4 | PS4 / Steam / Nintendo Switch (R-Type Dimensions EX) (2018)
1:12:09 BONUS: Amstrad CPC (R-Type Reloaded) (2012)
1:16:13 BONUS: Atari ST (R-Type Deluxe) (2015)
Today we are pleased to cover another highly requested comparison from our users: the classic horizontal scrolling shoot'em up R-Type, developed and realeased by Irem in 1987.
We have added and additional MSX gameplay with FM sound. This configuration could be achieved thanks to a FM sound synthetizer cartridge inserted in the machine along with the R-Type game. At the end of the video you will find two popular unofficial remakes of the game.
Which one did you play? Which one do you think is the best Arcade port?
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@retrosutra 3 ай бұрын

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@peterhurn4045 3 жыл бұрын

I worked with Bob Pape who created the ZX Spectrum version of R-Type, great guy, very clever, we used to discuss all sorts of memory saving techniques back when you had such limited memory.

@andrewnorris5415 3 жыл бұрын

I were PM, he would be Sir Bob Pape :)

@sheeftz 3 жыл бұрын

If it's ture, I guess I have to thank you and your buddy for good childhood memories. I really liked R-Type when I was like 6-8 y.o. The first boss scared shit out of me. The game is hard as hell.

@SouthernInvasion 3 жыл бұрын

I work in the industry today, but I remember the ZX port. I had an amiga too back in the day (still have it though) and the limitations you guys were up against back then was nuts.

@noaht2005 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he did a decent job. It looks better that I would expect and plays pretty much as it should

@PoisonedAl 2 жыл бұрын

The ZX port was coding genius. But also it had hardware on its side. The Spectrum couldn't do sound or many colours, but it could refresh the screen way faster then the C64 and other 8-bit micros and with more resolution. With a talented coder it could do really respectable arcade ports. Chase HQ instantly springs to mind.

@pedazodeboludo 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the CD versions... 400kb for the game and 400Mb for the intro

@loutre_retro 3 жыл бұрын

The Master System version is superbly realized when you know the power of the console. There are some sprite flashes but this is due to the limit of the console's memory. And special mention for R-Type Dimension EX, the remake is damn good and being able to switch from 3D to 2D on the fly is a very good idea.

@Holammer 3 жыл бұрын

It's not the memory, the flickering happens when you have more than 8 sprites in a scanline. But you're still correct, it's an amazing conversion and had they tried to do it on the NES, they would have required a MMC chip and a lot of design concessions to make it work. Sharopolis did a fine video explaining the capabilities of the system and R-Type is mentioned right off the bat. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpqKmJRiv57Klok.html

@nosirrahx 3 жыл бұрын

The Master System version also had that amazing secret stage with equally amazing music.

@Hellwyck 3 жыл бұрын

Master System sprite flash is also because it's using background tiles in lieu of foreground sprites.

@paxhumana2015 3 жыл бұрын

@@Holammer , I call bullshit on that claim, let alone on that entire video, and the R-Type I and R-Type II game for the Game Boy/Game Boy Color perfectly disproves his claim. Also, a lot of aftermarket trickery on a homebrew NES/FDD/FDS cartridge/diskette could easily overcome those obstacles as well. Finally, though not a one for one port, this one homebrew sort-of attempt at the game proves that it is theoretically possible to make an R-Type game for the NES/FDD/FDS. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mqyCfZyk3qfdeZc.html&feature=emb_logo I await your moves, you smug, arrogant, and prideful assholes.

@AltimaNEO 3 жыл бұрын

Its crazy how smooth and fast it is. But then again, isnt the PC Engine similar in CPU power?

@TheWavepattern 9 ай бұрын

C64 soundtrack is still my favorite ♥

@user-ey9be4jd2x 3 жыл бұрын

PCエンジンは流石としか言えませんね。アーケードと遜色のない出来です。家庭用ゲーム機でこのクオリティは革命的でした。

@Games-bw5ee 3 жыл бұрын

32:26 - Shout out to the Amiga title music by the legendary composer 'Chris Huelsbeck', one of the best video game musicians ever.

@massivepileup 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he also involved with the C64 one or was he only handling Katakis (the clone that got its developers the official porting job) there?

@retrogamer33 3 жыл бұрын

Prefer the C64 version for the awesome SID music.

@barryhercules6486 3 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of a game composer called Tim Follin ?

@Games-bw5ee 3 жыл бұрын

@@barryhercules6486 Does the existence of one great video game composer somehow negate any appreciation of another great video game composer to you? Of course, they are both two of the greatest ... Among several others (no need to list them all here, out of context). I simply acknowledged the person who contributed directly towards the game music featured in this video. Which version of 'R-Type' was Tim Follin the composer for? ... Hrm?

@barryhercules6486 3 жыл бұрын

@@Games-bw5ee seem to have touched a nerve.

@Gigabyte1002 3 жыл бұрын

The C64 soundtrack is just friggen awesome!!!

@ianbrooke9313 5 ай бұрын

Playing this is boring

@totoonthemoon3593 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for adding as bonus our R-TYPE (2012) CPC version.

@BenLiuChungHin 3 жыл бұрын

I wish the modern Amstrad CPC version was the original that got released. definitely shows how good the hardware was back then if you pushed it enough.

@alexazn4578 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comparison! Used to play the PC-Engine versions back in the early '90s. That brings back some memories for sure. And I realized the PC-Engine version is the closest to the Arcade, just have this little vertical scrolling due to the lower resolution in height.

@Halbared 3 жыл бұрын

Just rewatched it, the speccy version still impresses (as does the gameboy version) and the PC-Engine CD version is amazing.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

I'll be honest, I preferred the HuCard version. I really liked the PC Engine port, but I really hated the music in the CD version.

@barryhercules6486 3 жыл бұрын

Great work retrosutra - thanks for the upload - brilliant job putting them all together. One of the best shmups ever created - didn't realise it came on so many formats. Never heard of the J2ME before, or the CPC and Atari ST remake. I thought I knew a lot about the game. 😅

@retrosutra 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Barry!

@thiagoones 3 жыл бұрын

ZX Spectrum will always be my favorite monster. No matter what. 🤣🤣🤣

@Andrecio64 2 жыл бұрын

Damm dude it's so f*cking cursed ☠️

@ClassicReplay 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video! I love R-Type, obviously the arcade version rocks, but I cut my teeth on the Zx Spectrum, Amstrad and Amiga efforts. Loved every minute of this vid.

@abooogeek 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the R-Type remakes on the CPC and ST being put in the video. Very impressive work that bring back justice to a honestly poor ports back in the days.

@MaxSpender 3 жыл бұрын

The ST remake looks stunning. Shame it runs so slow.

@dorianwright5999 3 жыл бұрын

R. Type is the game that changed the face of audio on the shooter platform and in the video game universe.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

No, that was probably Gradius. R-Type is one of the greatest (and possibly the most imitated) shoot 'em up ever made, though. 😊

@mrpolite3257 3 жыл бұрын

13:19 lovely background change effect. With such a small amount of memory they seem to have sacrificed the rotation of the enemy at 13:31, but it's nice to have the background change, something that even some of the 16 bit versions lack.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

It's a shame that Manfred Trenz had only six weeks to toss this one out. Imagine how good it could have been if he'd had six months!

@5HlNOBI 3 жыл бұрын

Great Comparison. That C-64 SID in-game music! That's my jam! Sub'd.

@HyRax_Aus 3 жыл бұрын

It's great, isn't it! Not the best port the C64 could have had, but the music more than made up for it!

@MidBoss666 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, so much YES! Thanj you for this magnificent video ^^

@retrosutra 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Luke!

@MidBoss666 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrosutra Really loved it, you guys are doing an amazing job with these compilations ^^

@Onechip2 3 жыл бұрын

MSX version also uses FM Music wtih FM PAC cartridge or internal fm in msx2+ or MSX Turbo R . Sigh!

@mrpolite3257 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely HD upload. Thanks.

@andreaandre9997 2 жыл бұрын

For me the best shoot'em up ever made. Flawless, simply perfect in every single aspect. Period. Forever in my heart.

@Halbared 3 жыл бұрын

All these versions are great, all look brilliant. I think a special shout out goes to the speccy, really something.

@thrillhouse_vanhouten 3 жыл бұрын

I just tried R-Type for the first time EVER the other day, so this is a well-timed video for exploring its history!

@headman82 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I hope you enjoyed it. There’s a third Kickstarter for R-type final 2 right now for a month www.kickstarter.com/projects/granzella/r-type-final-2-aiming-for-a-brand-new-the-best-shmup-ever

@phobos2k2 3 жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed the Sega Master System version as a kid, (minus the FM music). Wonderful port of a great game!

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, if Tonka had simply hired someone that knew what the hell they were doing, R-Type would have been a killer app for the system. The NES still had less than a dozen really good games by the beginning of 1988, the SMS could have been competitive even then with the right marketing and distribution.

@shredhead76 3 жыл бұрын

The sms version was impressive for a game on a 2meg cart?

@scarosone14 3 жыл бұрын

The SMS version is still great imo. SMS was very popular in S.America and in Europe. Did ok here on the states. Problem was Nintendo had a contract with 3rd party companies that kept alot of those games at least time exclusive to the NES. Sega couldn't do anything about it. SMS to me was still better than NES.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@scarosone14 Sega shot themselves in the foot a bit also. They spurned 3rd party publishers early on, wanting only their own games to be on their consoles. They often rushed game production in a vain effort to simply have a similar size library of games to the NES, leading to games that were more technically sophisticated than Nintendo's, but often inferior to the level design and gameplay of the better NES offerings due to a lack of time to mature all the details during development. And they never risked as much as Nintendo did in pushing marketing and distribution of their console in the United States. Granted, Nintendo had a larger profit margin to play with thanks to the huge success of the Famicom in Japan, but they really invested heavily in having the NES advertised and available in as much of the U.S. market as possible; whereas Sega only pushed in a limited number of larger metropolitan markets.

@shredhead76 3 жыл бұрын

@@scarosone14 yeah Nintendo had the us market cornered.

@infraredghostinthesmoke6998 3 жыл бұрын

GB monochrome w/ contrast dial, hands down!! The controls & sound where fluid and beheld a more indepth interactivity. I also feel it was graphically scaled more intelligently.

@uNiels_Heart 5 ай бұрын

It shows that the Game Boy was designed as a performant game machine from the ground up (hardware sprites, OAM with DMA, wrap-around tile-cell display with smooth scrolling in X and Y, help from the CPU instruction set for doing BCD addition (i.e. for scores) and saving power for longer battery life with the HLT instruction). For a few of the other machines where ports are shown for in the video it feels more like their gaming capability was an afterthought and they are missing some important features to make it a well-rounded experience.

@MudSluggerBP 23 күн бұрын

There will always be a place in my heart for the Master System and C64 versions of this classic 🤟🏻🤟🏻

@SouthernInvasion 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, so good to see the miggy version again. A grand old friend that one, and surprisingly close to the arcade too! Happy days. 😊

@mark12358 3 жыл бұрын

Arcade, Amiga, Playstation. And, a special mention for the extra smooth scrolling (in hardware) and a nice SID sound in the C64 version.

@unity6926 3 жыл бұрын

super dope channel dude, subbed

@PlasticCogLiquid 3 жыл бұрын

The C64 version has music and sound fx, that was rare for these games.

@Andrecio64 2 жыл бұрын

You mean the title bgm? Because every version had sound fx

@poble 2 жыл бұрын

@@Andrecio64 what they mean is that a lot of c64 games didn’t play the music and sound effects simultaneously, it was either one or the other

@lunarmodule6419 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved that game! Thx

@MarkWray1970 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the Spectrum version scrolls more smoothly than the ST version.

@barryhercules6486 3 жыл бұрын

Looking back, I'm often surprised how poor the visuals and sound for the Atari ST were considering it was 16bit. And it was supposed to be a rival the Amiga.

@reillywalker195 3 жыл бұрын

@@barryhercules6486 The Atari ST got some great ports and original games, but it was really known for being a music machine. Electronic musicians loved the Atari ST. That said, if you want to see what some better games for it look like, check out how its ports of _Parasol Stars_ and _The New Zealand Story_ turned out.

@Cowclops 3 жыл бұрын

@@barryhercules6486 A reply to me elsewhere on this video said that i'm "bias" for saying that the Atari ST version is put to shame by systems that are way lower spec, as is the Atari ST port of the turtles arcade game. I think its possible to make a smooth action game on Atari ST but it appears like lots of people just didn't bother. I would not ever want to play a shooter or a beat 'em up at

@barryhercules6486 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cowclops I agree with you mate 👍

@auralunaprettycure 3 жыл бұрын

The Spectrum version is a technical achievement I'm so glad I got to play it x3

@sergicarotresserras1057 3 жыл бұрын

gran canal, una salutacio desde Angles!

@retrosutra 3 жыл бұрын

¡Muchas gracias, Sergi!

@user-vd4ew9fg8l 3 жыл бұрын

外国人さんも Rタイプ、ファンがいますねありがたいです。実写版出るとなるととこまで通じるのか難しいですね。

@user-ck9js4sk5g 9 ай бұрын

いろんなアールタイプがあるんですね！本当に超名作ですよね！

@johnnyreese965 3 жыл бұрын

オリジナルから各機種への移植が凄いなぁ～

@borncolmos3882 3 жыл бұрын

ますますR-TYPEFINAL2が楽しみになってくるなこりゃ

@shaunbebbington6411 10 ай бұрын

On pure playability, the ZX Spectrum version is one of the best and most fun R-Type games I've played. It beats other versions from technically superior machines.

@NikTehWafel 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand how you only have 10k subs, like how? You deserve a million more!

@retrosutra 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nick! Hopefully soon :)

@ShwappaJ 2 жыл бұрын

He has over 30k now

@GermanWerleckOutofCaveChannel 3 жыл бұрын

A big mistake was not putting Snes' Super R-Type, that first stage there and the second stage, but many who have never played or know it. The first phase and a new phase and the second and exactly this is the first phase of the Arcade, in the Snes version there are several new phases, it is certain that the Snes and as if it were really an R-Type 2, because then comes the R -Type 3 of Snes too, but I should have played a little to get to know and see that this phase there and the second phase. And I could put a bonus against the classic Boss of the first phase in his version of the R-Type 3 kkkkkk

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

Super R-Type isn't R-Type, though. It's mostly based on R-Type II, but should be considered its own entry in the series.

@drjulesd 3 жыл бұрын

My all time fave shooter, owned it on spectrum, master system, game boy, pc engine and ps4. Master system (I'm not counting mame) was the only console I completed it on, but pc engine was my fave even though it was released as 2 separate games with 4 levels on each

@prismdragon97 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the new R-Type game coming out next spring

@sooperheep 3 жыл бұрын

me neither, almost here! I played a ton of final so I'm hyped

@nirv 3 жыл бұрын

Nope it blows.

@sebastiann.8088 3 жыл бұрын

@@nirv it does?

@nirv 3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastiann.8088 yup

@Perplexer1 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow I didn't know there were all these ports of R-Type.

@daishi5571 3 жыл бұрын

The Bonus Atari ST R-Type Deluxe 2015 is not for the ST, but the STE which was the upgraded later released (late 1989) system. From what I can find the game was never actually finished which is a pity. It definitely needed a bit more polish, as when the action is supposed to be getting frantic is when it goes slo-mo. The Amstrad CPC R-Type Reloaded look really good compared to the original.

@carbonara2144 3 жыл бұрын

So it is especially for ste? I was already wondering how 2015 version could be so much better. Nice that there are some games that use ste's strengths. Old st version did not look good. I actually liked even c64 version better. You could get nice screenshots of the old st version but gameplay looked too jerky.

@gillesbouthenot7696 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. This "deluxe 2015" version is way slower than the original when the X-fire is shooted. I really prefer the original version.

@ezequielgomez7083 Жыл бұрын

My all-time favorite R-Type version was Turbografx-16

@noaht2005 3 жыл бұрын

The pc-88, pc-cd -and Ps1 version’s intros are so cool although I wish I knew what they were saying in the first 2.Also, you can tell they sacrificed a lot to get the original CPC one running as it should, but it’s still impressive to see it run a non-homebrew game so smoothly, although the ‘reloaded’ homebrew version is better. Speccie and especially C64 versions are also very good for the systems, and even the Java version looks pretty fun

@reillywalker195 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: in North America, this game was distributed by Nintendo for arcades.

@reillywalker195 3 жыл бұрын

@@sottoletna Indeed. Nintendo and Irem had a fairly good relationship in the mid '80s, so it's a bit odd that _R-Type_ made it onto the Master System instead of the NES. Irem developed _Kung Fu_ and _10-Yard Fight_ which both made their way into the early NES library published by Nintendo, which makes it a little surprising then that Nintendo didn't get both the arcade and console licences for this one.

@paxhumana2015 3 жыл бұрын

@@sottoletna , or someone could just have the balls to do a straight up completely original homebrew port of the game. I mean, even the Game Boy/Game Boy Color has not just R-Type I, but also R-Type II on the same damn Game Boy/Game Boy Color cartridge, and it is essentially almost like an NES/FDD/FDS in every regard, so making ports of R-Type I and R-Type II for the NES/FDD/FDS, let alone also doing so for the SNES/NSFC, is not only a no-brainer, but that it is also inevitable, as well as perfectly doable for both of those systems. Finally, I wish that someone would make an expanded port of Gradius III, as well as port Gradius I AND Gradius II to the SNES/NSFC as well, as in perfect arcade ports of each game.

@GameZik_officiel 3 жыл бұрын

Good evening. Very interesting video as usual. Thank you for thinking of adding the Amstrad CPC remakes. I discovered the Atari ST remake of 2015. The only problem with the video is that we are always cut by advertising. This is unbearable.

@Pooby1000 2 жыл бұрын

R-Types, along with Raiden Project are a couple of my favorite PS1 titles.

@rosstee 17 күн бұрын

For me too, absolute classics. I also recommend Parodius and In The Hunt on PS1.

@FLCL75 3 жыл бұрын

Good compilation, very comprehensive. I did not know about the remake on Steam. Most of the versions turned out quite good, even Spectrum version has decent use of color. Original Amstrad and ST ones are the worst, even they got remakes though.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

It should be noted that the remakes are fan remakes rather than official ones. FWIW, I think the Game Boy and MSX versions are the worst. I was also really underwhelmed by the Sharp version given how powerful that platform was.

@danielt.8573 7 ай бұрын

So glad I got a ZX Spectrum back in the day, not an Amstrad CPC, a C64 or even an MSX. There's also a remade R-Type for the ZX Spectrum with in-game music that you could've included as a bonus. For some reason the Mega Drive never got a port of R-Type, until now. It looks and sounds awesome. Go check it out.

@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 2 ай бұрын

The mighty master system port holds a special place in my heart.

@TheLemminkainen 3 жыл бұрын

Commodore 64 u cant unhear it!

@Andrecio64 2 жыл бұрын

26:43: Not gonna lie, the Amstrad CPC enemy explosion sounds satisfying

@theprophet2444 3 жыл бұрын

1987 and Arcade blew everything at home away, even 5 years later any 16bit Console was no match for the arcade version with it's high FPS count

@JudgmentStorm 3 жыл бұрын

While X68000 and PC-88VA are the best computer versions, the Amiga's version does hold up nicely (if only more of the Amiga's arcade ports could've been this good). Sega should've brought the FM Sound Unit into other markets. C64's soundtrack is a good remix IMO.

@HyRax_Aus 3 жыл бұрын

It is unfortunate that Atari's name was still strong enough in the mid to late 80's that many arcade ports were written for the ST first and then ported over to Amiga (and both were subject to tight deadlines too - in some cases programmers only had 6-8 weeks to dump the graphics from the arcade board and write and test the game). Robocop is another one that suffered ST to Amiga cloneship, but ultimately was still better than the Atari version because they did add a handful of Amiga-specific tweaks.

@jimkrom Жыл бұрын

There were other arcade ports that good (or better in the case of Ghosts and Goblins) on the Amiga. Toki, Pang, New Zealand story, Rainbow islands, Silkworm (for many people better than the arcade), Double dragon 3 (awful game in the arcades to begin with, but still a faithful and smoother scrolling version on the Amiga), just to name a few.

@uNiels_Heart 5 ай бұрын

Well, the quality of the Amiga version is down to the team working on it. Rainbow Arts (and later Factor 5) consisted of people who were really eager to show their skills and the capabilities of the system they tackled.

@amerigocosta7452 3 жыл бұрын

There is also an unfinished early C64 version which surfaced on the net in the early 2010's and was being worked on in the UK by the same developer behind the ZX, Amstrad and ST versions. A 1 level preview demo was featured in a C+VG covertape (the UK magazine). That version was canned and replaced by the one made in Germany that eventually came out. The two versions apparently don't share any code. This early version (known a R-Type V1) is kind of playable, but each level has to be played separately, and later levels are very incomplete.

@massivepileup 3 жыл бұрын

Would have surprised me if those versions had shared any code since the German devs got the job after making the R-Type clone Katakis which was so similar that they got in trouble with Irem for it (so instead they got hired to port it...) and this really looks like it's based on the same code and even shares some assets. The devs previously got into trouble with Nintendo for making the Mario clone Giana Sisters... After that they were more careful, shuffling more influences together so it's not a clone of a single game and made Turrican.

@RaptureMusicOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

I had & played the Sega Master System version, Super R-Type and R-Type III on SNES. Also the C64 version!

@user-vd4ew9fg8l 3 жыл бұрын

すべての開発者、たのしさを、ありがとうございます。といいたいですね。これでもかといいながらゲーム作ってますからね感謝 Switchから Rtype新作が出ますから、たのしみです

@deviancepurplehaze6045 3 жыл бұрын

The BGM evolved throughout every remake is the most noticably thing.

@joshbrekke6374 Ай бұрын

Master System, Turbo Graphics, PC Engine, 68,000, XBOX 360, Switch. Are all great. Just got it for this 8s phone. Learning the controls

@turbolenza35 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@vebxenon 3 жыл бұрын

Genial vídeo :-)

@maelstromexceptions5984 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew about pc-engine cd version of this game, Damn, I been dead asleep.

@clay890 3 жыл бұрын

I remember buying the CD version from Telegames in Leicester! Cost me £80 which was half a week's wages in 1991!!

@rvounik 3 жыл бұрын

I love R-Type, great video. Some terrible ports as usual :D Sharp and Turbografx CD versions stand out, IMO.

@wobedraggled 2 жыл бұрын

The PCE/TG version is so nice, especially R-Type Complete. Also the C64 and Amiga ports are pretty damned decent, the first game I've seen for X68000 that wasn't such a great port, which is a shame.

@chrisholland5138 Жыл бұрын

I can add a bit more information about the deluxe ST version. As at least one other person observed, this was made for the later model Atari STE. A preliminary version was released at the ST News Computer Coding Convention (STNICCC) in Gouda, NL in 2015. I was at that party. Even more pertinently, I shared a hotel bedroom with the programmer, Steven Jones. To put it mildly, he was a somewhat dysfunctional alcoholic. He resolved to clean up his act and finish the project, but sadly deceased the following year. So this will remain unfinished and in need of a few extra Mhz.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

What a shame. ☹

@philipthompson4885 6 ай бұрын

I had this for the Amstrad when I was a kid. A hard as nails game but a classic.

@bakisha 3 жыл бұрын

Android port is nice one, i had so much fun with Xperia Play's physical control buttons. But C64's version is on top because of SID music and nostalgia :-)

@thesledgehammerblog 3 жыл бұрын

Another one that might have been interesting to include as a bonus version would have been Pulstar on the Neo Geo, which is very heavily influenced by R-Type (created by the same Irem developers after they moved to SNK).

@speedyreidy575 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’ve never heard of this and it looks brilliant! I’ll blast off and strike more of the evil bydo empire!

@paulosergioribeiro7200 3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the music on SMS version is more similar to the arcade when FM chip is off.

@infantiltinferno 3 жыл бұрын

I've yet to hear a single example of the SMS FM chip actually sounding any good, people are fascinated by it for scarcity reasons I guess. As far as I understand it's mostly presets, it's nothing like the Mega Drive/Genesis equivalent. Meanwhile the SN76489 is a fine, fine chip.

@camulodunon 2 жыл бұрын

@@infantiltinferno rampage, but that's about it.

@ShwappaJ 2 жыл бұрын

@@infantiltinferno I once heard an SMS remix of Metal Squad from Thunder Force 4. It sounded just as badass as the Genesis version, if a bit harsh. It's capable of mostly the same sound, but you have to know how to use it.

@leerobbo92 5 ай бұрын

Just imagine owning an Amstrad and this game, then going to a friend's house and seeing the Amiga version 😂 the difference is crazy!

@cucho69 3 жыл бұрын

C64 ❤ ❤ ❤ Amiga ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

@50MGG 3 жыл бұрын

After Arcade i'd pick Amiga version and the PC-Engine version hands down :)

@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 3 жыл бұрын

For me, it was & always will be the Mighty Master System version of this game.

@nejiniisan1265 3 жыл бұрын

same here

@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 3 жыл бұрын

@@nejiniisan1265 the master system has such a recognisable sound chip, some don't like it yet I always think it sounds like a happy machine. Has to be my favourite 8bit gaming console.

@nejiniisan1265 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 yeah, I had one when I was a kid, miss it, playing R-Type, Alex Kidd, Shinobi and Kenseiden. The sound chip is awesome.

@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029 3 жыл бұрын

@@nejiniisan1265 I recently finished off my master system collection with this cartridge which pretty much contains EVERYTHING, all on one cart. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hqyKpq6J3dSqoKc.html

@oksanabulkina6796 3 жыл бұрын

NICE

@stevesmusic1862 3 жыл бұрын

That C64 soundtrack is banging!!

@auralunaprettycure 3 жыл бұрын

That's thanks to Christopher Hulesbeck who composes the Intro in collaboration with Ramiro Vaca. If you wanna hear more music like this you should check out the Turrican series which Huelsbeck also worked on and it rules

@HyRax_Aus 3 жыл бұрын

The music more than made up for the otherwise poor port. The original unfinished port for the C64 that never saw the light of day because of deadlines was much better and showed the C64 was very capable of doing this game. Still, I grew up on the C64 version having ploughed all my pocket money into the arcade version after school and still couldn't satisfy my R-Type fix!

@Halbared 3 жыл бұрын

@drencoss 64 Ghosts'n'goblins is a good one.

@Halbared 3 жыл бұрын

@drencoss What others have you got? I want to add some to my playlist.

@Gigabyte1002 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, that's the first thing I thought of after going through them all. The C64 soundtrack stood out as the best one to me. It's the awesome retro samples, perfect!!

@luisonl1563 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias máquina por el trabajo tan inmenso que haces, tan solo mencionar, por qué razón no incluiste la version de SNES? Super r-type, si bien es verdad q el primer nivel es inventado, el segundo ya se asemeja bastante al original con ligeras pinceladas de novedad en supernes. Me llamó la atención simplemente no encontrar esta version. Quizás lo explicas en otros comentarios, pero no los he visto. Tambien indicar que desconocía por completo los remix de amstrad y atari, q la verdad, son autenticos lavados de cara muy recomendables. Un abrazo crack.

@retrosutra 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias por tus palabras Luison. En este vídeo solo queríamos centrarnos en ports directos del Arcade y por eso no incluimos esa versión aunque quizás hubiera estado bien añadirla al final como extra al final del vídeo.

@ambersummer22 3 жыл бұрын

imagine r-type dimensions with r-type final sfx

@tec5x5 3 жыл бұрын

The NEC PC-88, Turbo Duo and OG Gameboy where my faves That PS1 version intro does not hold up any more

@johnnysavior4538 3 жыл бұрын

Commodore64 version is impresive how smooth it is.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

I remember Manfred Trenz stating in an interview he had to produce that port in just six weeks!

@SeekerLancer 3 жыл бұрын

I have a soft spot for the Master System version.

@Argonisgema Жыл бұрын

fun fact. If you slowed the turbografx portion to 0.5 it will sound the exact same as the beginning part of the trailer to r type command on the psp.

@stiffels0ear 8 ай бұрын

ZX Spectrumというハードは日本においては聞いたことがないですが天才的な移植ですね。MSXも頑張っていますがミサイラーが出演しませんでした。少し残念。 NESへの移植はありませんでしたがMagic Dragonという中国の海賊版がありました。これのグラフィックや音楽は残念でしたが、プログラマーは良い仕事をしていました。

@WorKoHolik84 3 жыл бұрын

I owned the GB version:) was fun back than in the nineties

@retrogamer33 3 жыл бұрын

Wow R-Type deluxe on the Atari ST looks and sounds good.

@HyRax_Aus 3 жыл бұрын

Shows what proper programming can do. Still some limits I can see there, but significantly better than the original version. I'm still amazed at what is bring cranked out of the C64 these days too.

@jimkrom Жыл бұрын

@@HyRax_Ausit isn't even an ST version but an STE one. And on that "upgraded" system it still manages to run slow as fcuk. That is how limited the ST family was...

@headman82 3 жыл бұрын

I have played R-type so much on my phone that I’ve memorized exactly when and where things show up. Looking at some versions I’ve noticed enemies moving faster in the c64 version and the msx version you see two powerup bots at once at the entrance where you fight a whole barrage of enemies.

@headman82 3 жыл бұрын

@Apple The games work perfectly fine to me. I have an iPhone 7. Maybe it’s not optimized for older phones. There is an iOS version of R-type dimensions. It’s a damn shame that people with older phones gets left in the dust

@headman82 3 жыл бұрын

@Apple Apple are pretty anti consumer when it comes to games

@headman82 3 жыл бұрын

@Apple I’m considering switching over to Android because Apple’s products are way overpriced

@Keezawea 3 жыл бұрын

omg the R-Types intro kicks so much ass!! How i´ve never seen it before??

@HyRax_Aus 3 жыл бұрын

I bought it when it came out. Was a Japan-only release unfortunately, so I had to import it. Arcade perfect for the first time on a consumer platform.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

@@HyRax_Aus Not true, I bought it when it came out in the UK. I gather it was released in the US, too.

@HyRax_Aus 9 ай бұрын

@@sjake8308 At the time I bought it, it was definitely Japan only. The EU release was nearly a year later later, and NA was the following year, according to Wikipedia. I'm glad they formally got released in those regions!

@dcocz3908 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing the ST versions and how slow they appear yet still have the background graphics unlike the Amiga version is very interesting

@Claudius_Nero 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the ST seems like an overly ambitious port--as usual. The decent 8 bit console versions (like Master System and PC Engine) chose the right compromise: they had the star field and the main background as a single layer to keep the speed/frame rate up and employed a few extra sprites as stars moving at a different speeds to give the parallax effect. The ST opted for a true parallax background that basically cripples the game to running in single digit fps. There were a surprising number of games that followed the formula of looking much better while playing much worse than its "inferior" 8-bit competetors on the ST.

@MrJorgalan Жыл бұрын

@@Claudius_Nero Possibly many games looked good and played much worse, because at the time, in video game magazines, screenshots were much more attractive to innocent buyers.

@Claudius_Nero Жыл бұрын

@@MrJorgalan I understand what you're saying but don't think it applies in this case. Parallax isn't shown by a still screenshot or box art, only in motion and if you see the Atari ST version in motion, it's terrible. Somehow worse than most 8-bit versions of the game. This is just another case of terrible baseline decisions made in porting a game to the ST.

@MrJorgalan Жыл бұрын

@@Claudius_Nero they overestimated the capabilities of the st.

@colonelkomarov622 Жыл бұрын

all consoles and computers had their r-type, except nes ... best music is c64 version with very techno style !!

@Lilithe 3 жыл бұрын

I'm always sad to see Super R-Type left out but it's I guess *technically* a different game? The first level plays like an almost arcade perfect port. I guess it diverges a bit from there. Cool to see you added the CPC / Atari fan made versions because those systems got shafted. (The CPC always got bad Speccy ports though I guess.)

@troywright359 3 жыл бұрын

people do seem to rag on that entry into the series a bit much these days

@reillywalker195 3 жыл бұрын

_Super R-Type_ is a partial port of _R-Type II_ with some different enemies and stages added.

@sjake8308 9 ай бұрын

@@reillywalker195 Essentially R-Type II with the checkpoints replaced by slowdown. 😆

@rodrigogirao8344 8 ай бұрын

There's a fan-made Mega Drive version under development now.

@Tor-Erik 2 ай бұрын

Sad to not see R-Type 3 which were on the Super Nintendo. Oh well.

@martin0499 7 ай бұрын

Turbografx-16 and Master System win here, but C64 is also very impressive

@jimmyjryan6645 2 жыл бұрын

one of my all time fav played on the master system for hours then upgraded to amiga, such a simple game that has evolved well over the years the ps3 r-type final was awesome :) of the 80's amiga was thebest for both sound and graphics especially when they brought out the 1200, i had it on the Gameboy loved it for an 8 bit game it was better then the atari st version lol but then once you hit PlayStation you basically got the arcade in your home in fact they got better then the arcade never owned one but always wanted a neogeo, :)