Editing R-Type (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
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| ARC = true
| AST = true
| GB = true
| SMS = true
| TG16 = true
| ZX = true
| ACE_SMS = 900<ref name="ACE">{{cite magazine |title=Console Wars |magazine=[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]] |date=October 1989 |issue=26 (November 1989) |page=144 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/ACE_UK_26.pdf#page=144}}</ref>
| ACE_TG16 = 940<ref name="ACE"/>
| ACE_ZX = 871<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ACE/Issue15/Pages/ACE1500050.jpg ACE<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| Allgame_ARC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=R-Type (Arcade) - Overview |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=10943 |website=[[AllGame]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114112314/www.allgame.com/game.php?id=10943 |archive-date=2014-11-14 |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
| Allgame_SMS = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=R-Type (Sega Master System) - Overview |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1784 |website=[[AllGame]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114111244/www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1784 |archive-date=2014-11-14 |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
| Allgame_TG16 = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allgamereview">{{cite web |url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2686&tab=review |title = R-Type - Review (TurboGrafx-16)| author = Sackenheim, Shawn |publisher = [[AllGame]] |access-date =March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115132759/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2686&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref>
| CVG_ARC = Positive<ref name="CVG70"/>
| CVG_AST = 85%<ref name="CVG85">[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue085/Pages/CVG08500021.jpg Computer & Video Games<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| CVG_GB = 85%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Group Test: Aiieee! Aliens! Head-to-Head – The Best Shoot-'Em-Ups Ever! |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 May 1994 |issue=151 (June 1994) |pages=106–11 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/df/CVG_UK_151.pdf#page=106}}</ref>
| CVG_SMS = 84%<ref name="CVG">{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46}}</ref>
| CVG_TG16 = 92%<ref name="CVG"/>
| CVG_ZX = 93%<ref name="CVG85"/>
| CRASH_ZX = 92%<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue59/Pages/Crash5900027.jpg Crash<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| SUser_ZX = 90%<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue081/Pages/SinclairUser08100091.jpg Sinclair User<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| TGM_AST = 82%<ref name="TGM15">[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=TheGamesMachine/Issue15/Pages/TheGamesMachine1500035.jpg The Games Machine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| TGM_ZX = 90%<ref name="TGM15"/>
| YSinclair = 9/10<ref name="ysrnry">{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/rtype.htm|title=R-Type|publisher=ysrnry.co.uk|access-date=2015-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626201818/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/rtype.htm|archive-date=June 26, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Commodore User]]''
| rev1_ARC = 9/10<ref name="CU48"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Computer Entertainer]]''
| rev2_SMS = {{Rating|6|8}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=SEGA Software |magazine=[[Computer Entertainer]] |date=January 1989 |volume=7 |issue=10 |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-7-10/page/12}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
| rev3_SMS = 92%<ref name="MM7"/>
| rev4 = ''[[Sega Power]]''
| rev4_SMS = 91%<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 1991|title=Readers top 10 – Master System|magazine=[[Sega Power]]|issue=18|page=7|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ASegaPower_UK_18.pdf&page=7}}</ref>
| award1Pub = [[Golden Joystick Awards]]
| award1 = Best 8-Bit Coin-Op Conversion (runner-up)<ref name="GJ"/>
| award2Pub = ''[[Computer and Video Games]]''
| award2 = Game of the Month<ref name="CVG70"/>
| award3Pub = ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]''
| award3 = Crash Smash
| award4Pub = ''[[Your Sinclair]]''
| award4 = Megagame
| Allgame_GB = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17053&tab=review |title=R-Type (Game Boy) Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115063350/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17053&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===Arcade===
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''R-Type'' on their August 1, 1987 issue as being the most-successful [[table arcade cabinet]] of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=313|publisher=Amusement Press|date=1 August 1987|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> It went on to be Japan's highest-grossing table [[1987 in video games|arcade game of 1987]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=87' ゲーメスト大賞 〜 ベストインカム |trans-title=87' Gamest Awards – Best Income |magazine=[[Gamest]] |date=December 28, 1987 |volume=17 (February 1988) |url=https://archive.org/details/gamest0017/page/n40/mode/2up |pages=25-38 (36-7) |lang=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v017.html alternate url]</ref> Later [[1988 in video games|in 1988]], it was the year's third highest-grossing arcade conversion kit<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '88 ''/ "Game of the Year '88" By Game Machine'' |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=348 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1989 |pages=10–1, 26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19890115p.pdf#page=6}}</ref> and sixth highest overall arcade game.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 27, 1988|title=第２回ゲーメスト大賞 〜 年間ヒットゲームベスト100|trans-title=2nd Gamest Awards – Best 100 Hit Games of the Year|url=https://archive.org/details/gamest0029/page/n44|magazine=[[Gamest]]|language=ja|volume=29 (February 1989)|pages=25–41 (41)}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v029.html alternate url]</ref>

The original ''R-Type'' was well received by most gaming critics. However, it was also infamous for its relentless difficulty.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/21/top-10-tuesday-toughest-games-to-beat |title=Top 10 Tuesday: Toughest Games to Beat - IGN |date=March 21, 2007 |publisher=ign.com|access-date=2015-09-04}}</ref> Clare Edgeley of ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' selected ''R-Type'' as the "game of the month" in July 1987.<ref name="CVG70">{{cite magazine |last=Edgeley |first=Clare |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 July 1987 |issue=70 (August 1987) |pages=110–2 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-070/page/n109/mode/2up}}</ref> The following month, ''[[Commodore User]]'' magazine gave it a highly positive review and noted that it drew large crowds queuing up at arcades.<ref name="CU48">{{cite magazine |title=Arcades |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=16 August 1987 |issue=48 (September 1987) |pages=76, 81 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-48/page/n75}}</ref>

===Consoles===
According to ''Mega Guide'' in 1992, ''R-Type'' had sold "[[squillions]] on hand-held".<ref>{{cite news |editor1-last=Gregory |editor1-first=Mark |title=The Buzz: It's All the Rage 2 |url=https://archive.org/details/MEGA-guide/The%20Sun%20MEGA%20Guide%20%281992-11-28%29/page/n1/mode/1up |work=Mega Guide |date=28 November 1992 |pages=2–3}}</ref>

A successful 1988 port to the [[Master System]] was immediately recognized as one of the best games available in the [[Sega]] library. A ''[[Mean Machines]]'' magazine review praised in particular the graphics and the high quality of the challenge offered by the game, awarding it an overall rating of 92%.<ref name="MM7">Mean Machines, [[iarchive:mean-machines-magazine-07/page/n87/mode/2up|R-Type Review]], Issue 7, April 1991, pp.88-90</ref> In 1989, ''[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]]'' listed it as one of the top five best games available for both the PC Engine and Master System.<ref name="ACE"/>

A 1995 article in ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' stated that the "PC Engine [TurboGrafx-16] conversion of Irem's arcade smash ''R-Type'' is still regarded as the system's definitive contribution to the shoot 'em up genre."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 1995|title=Hudson Soft|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-003/page/n81/mode/2up|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|issue=3|page=78}}</ref> The following year they listed both it and the arcade original (but not any other ports of the game) at number 98 in their "Top 100 Games of All Time", praising its art direction, graphics, design innovations, and huge bosses.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 1996|title=Top 100 Games of All Time|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-021/page/n41/mode/2up|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|issue=21|page=38}}</ref>

In a retrospective review, [[Allgame]] editor Shawn Sackenheim described the TurboGrafx-16 version of R-Type as "(the) most accurate home conversion (of the arcade version) of the game", furthermore stating that "it's the shooter that started it all and it's still a thrill ride from beginning to end".<ref name="allgamereview" />

===Computers===
The [[ZX Spectrum]] version of ''R-Type'' was awarded 9/10 in the January 1989 issue of ''[[Your Sinclair]]''<ref name="ysrnry2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/rtype.htm |title=R-Type |publisher=ysrnry.co.uk |access-date=2015-09-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626201818/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/rtype.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and was placed at number 6 in their official top 100. ''The Games Machine'' praised the "incredible use of colour" and that it "blows away almost every other shoot'em up on the Spectrum". ''Crash'' congratulated Electric Dreams for "retaining the frenetic arcade feel and producing such a brilliant game". ''Sinclair User'' praised the weapons system and difficulty curve. ''[[Computer and Video Games|C+VG]]'' concluded their review by saying "an excellent shoot'em up that's both challenging and addictive. An absolute must for Spectrum blasting fanatics".

The game was runner-up in the category of Best 8-Bit Coin-Op Conversion of the Year at the [[Golden Joystick Awards]], behind ''[[Operation Wolf]]''.<ref name="GJ">{{cite magazine |title=Golden Joysticks 1989|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue092/Pages/CVG09200062.jpg |magazine=[[Computer + Video Games]] |issue=92 |date=June 1989 |page=63 |access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>

The implementation of the music in the C64 version was well received, however this port got average reviews due to performance issues and glitches.