In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire. There are seven stages you must go through, picking up power-up items to defeat the stage bosses which have returned from the arcade versions of R-Type and R-Type II. Your R-9 ship can also be united with FORCE, which are invincible units that surround your ship to protect you and can also power up and attack.
ShooterArcadeScience fictionshoot 'em upside-scrollingnintendo switch onlinewii virtual consoleSuper Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Super Famicom
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Super Famicom
- Developer
- Irem
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Irem, Playtronic
- Released
- July 13, 1991
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.8/10 from 19 ratings.
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Gradius IV: Revival 199984% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Super Contra 198883% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Mission: Impossible 198861% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, grave; this one is more effortless.
UFO 197060% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, classical in form; this one is more effortless.
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