For 1,200 Microsoft Points ($15), the download includes both the R-Type I and R-Type II arcade games in their entirety, and both have been entirely re-created in high-definition 3D. The new artwork is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Back in the July of 1987, a new and unique shoot-em-up was ...

This Wednesday on the Xbox LIVE Arcade, retro fans are going to get a dose of the new R-Type Dimensions which is R-Type I and R-Type II skyrocketed into this generation of downloadable titles. You’ll ...

Have you played any good shoot-’em-ups lately? If the answer to that is yes, I would be willing to bet it wasn’t made recently. The shooter genre has become so much of a relic that the term ‘shooter’ ...

After lingering on Xbox Live Arcade for the past few years, the Bydo Empire will soon be nesting on the PlayStation Network. Prepare yourself, "shmup" fans, for R-Type Dimensions on PlayStation 3. In ...

All things considered 1987 was a good year for gaming. It gave us the original R-Type and its subsequent progeny. Fast forward to 2021 and an all-new R-Type game has been released, which is ...

R-Type wasn’t supposed to come back. When the studio behind it, Irem, released R-Type Final in the early 2000s, it meant the name literally. Final was supposed to be the last proper game in the ...

Microsoft has released R-Type Dimensions on the Xbox LIVE Arcade today combining the classics, R-Type and R-Type II. You can play the game in the original 2D or brand new 3D graphics, and switch back ...

If perchance you grew up with arcade games in the 80’s, you may have come across R-Type, a challenging side scrolling shooter from Nintendo and Irem. Featuring a ship going up against a devastating ...

Just got started with R-Type Dimensions and the neatest addtion is the graphics filter. This Xbox Live Arcade “game” is actually two games. Tozai Games remade R-Type and R-Type 2 with prettier 3D ...