Editing R-Type (section)

===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" />