Editing R-Type (section)

===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>