R-Type

[thordog]

Basically, R-Type was your standard space shooter game where you got the ship and flew through the galaxy to blow up the bad guys. Very much like the Gradius games.<BR><BR>One of the major things that makes this one different, if memory serves, is that while Gradius gave you the ability to either customize your ship or pick a &quot;package deal&quot; before you started playing and power up the options as you go, R-Type required you to find the extra weapons in the levels. This lead to the thing I most remember about the game: the huge-ass orb on the front of your ship when you had the powerups.<BR><BR>The thing I find most amazing about this game is how new it is. I mean, I remember playing this one long before I switched from Sega to Nintendo for video games, which is about the time this game was copyrighted. I guess I'm older than I think.<BR><BR>Either that, or I just liked the Gradius games I played later better.