Editing R-Type (section)

===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.