R-Type II

Description

One of the first great side-scrolling shooters. Fly through tunnels, shooting organic and metallic aliens with a boss at the end of each level. Cool power-ups, including a detachable floating gun/shield combo.

R-Type II was produced by Irem in 1989.

Irem released 90 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period R-Type II was produced include: Meikyuu Shima, Ninja Spirit, Tsukikage (The Legend Of The White Wolf), Image Fight, Saigo No Nindou, Dragon Breed, Kengo, X Multiply, Legend Of Hero Tonma, and Air Duel

Specs

Name	R-Type II
Developer	Irem (Japan)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9220
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	R-Type II Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireShield Detach
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Arcade Longplay [064] R-Type II

Playing R-Type II arcade in orginal decicated R-Type Cabinet through GoPro

R-Type II KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op R-Type II Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 75 known instances of this machine owned by R-Type II collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 67 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra R-Type II circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for R-Type II. There is one active VAPS member looking for a R-Type II circuit board set.

This game ranks a 25 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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