Amiga Longplay R-Type

[@JayArgonaut]

For Amiga heads who still play this on their real machines, you can use the Sega controllers (or anything with two independent buttons) with this game and fire with button 1 and attach/detach "The Force" with button 2. I'm shocked that people found this difficult. I used to storm through this on one credit and without cheating. You just have to memorise the patterns. The arcade machine with the DIP switches on hard, that's tough! R-Type II for the Amiga, that was insanely difficult.

[@MEGAMIGA]

Yes, R-Type II is not as good, graphics are bland and it is way more difficult. Too bad R-Type Leo was never ported!

[@devonwilliams5738]

I only ever played the Turbografx version, but that port is soul crushing. I have no idea how you would even begin to beat that game without savestates, let alone on the default two continues.

[@GameplayandTalk]

Doesn't seem to be quite on par with the PC Engine version, but still, this is pretty solid. More so than the ST version.

[@MrKeefaz]

I don't know how many times I played this game. Millions. One of the few games I completed on the Amiga, probably: that computer had some TOUGH games.

[@lucius1976]

Was the game i used to show my parents and brother to impress them with marvellous graphics and sound. Well back then it was :-)

[@samhardy6319]

Wally Beben really did the best job with the music conversion for the ST - while the Amiga may have had the more advanced soundchip, the ST music in this game just seems to bounce along better, despite the less sophisticated chip.

[@valalex2223]

A good adaptation from the machine, the background was of course combined and the animation was simplified, but in general it is very good and the music on the computer is even more contrast..On a 377kb machine on an Amiga 635kb, but considering the capabilities of the computer, this is a typical port! 1987....!!!!!!!

[@craiganderson7085]

Great conversion of the arcade. I remember playing this back in the day and really enjoying it. It's also a better conversion than the X68000 port despite the 68000 being more powerful - there was terrible slow down in that version. (I'm also looking at you Super R-Type on snes lol) Oh yeah and the music is great. Was really enjoying the title screen music that the arcade didn't have, and then I noticed that it was composed by Chris Hueslbeck - No wonder it was awesome :) Btw I know the obvious choice for best Chris Huelsbeck music is the Turrican Soundtracks, but for me I prefer his Apidya music. That soundtrack was epic, heartfelt and had some awesome 90's dance music to rival Yuzo Koshiro's Streets of Rage tracks on the Genesis :)

[@afriend9428]

*I think they over did it with the 5th level stage music but the rest is fine!* ⭐️

[@nextai2003]

Congratulations for this beautiful play-through. Brings back wonderful memories.

[@robertobruno778]

But is possible remove music or sound fx during game here? Some music or sound fx (like multidirectional blue laser like in KATAKIS, double coloured red-blue spyral laser) are fantastic. Starting game music seems to be like journal tv theme...

[@jairovirtual]

Os melhores gráficos de R-Type que já vi...

[@djaliplume]

they bring a ton of joy to the people who do watch them, though.

[@maza5ren]

Great playing. I remember throwing my joystick around in frustration.

[@Supersaiyan79]

Commodore 64 has parrallax scrolling in this... lazy port?

[@lionelblanc-guilhon6505]

It wasn't. R-type 2 on Amiga is simly unplayable since the slowdowns are TERRIBLE. The fist one was so better adapted on the miggi so.

[@felipesigne901]

Shadow of the beast

[@ShadowTenReal]

Id love to correct people who think they know something but in reality what they represent is spreading false information. Amiga has hardware suport for parallax scrolling. It is called Dual Playfield mode. Thanx to other hardware capabilities Amiga games can even have 4 independent playfields like in the game AGONY. I guess you didnt have Amiga hence your knowledge about it is poor.

[@ShadowTenReal]

Well, the competition with ATARI ST has its sideffect where multiplatform games were downgraded to lower spec computer then ported to Amiga with small or even none enhancements. R-type is such example. There are some games which were programmed directly for amiga and those can shine. Check this website. You will find plenty of examples of what Amiga hardware can do.codetapper.com/amiga/sprite-tricks/

[@ShadowTenReal]

-Axel: We WERE NOT talking about comparisions to other systems. We were talking about possibility on paralax on Amiga and if you cant understand what you are reading then i Wonder what you did in the school... You are right thought X68000 was superior to Amiga. The problemm was you couldnt buy it or software to it. One last thing SEGA GENESIS was just console, Amiga was far more than that. There were the time where all TV studios used it.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

It's only now that I realize, that the first level not-xenomorph boss has a not-chestburster in its chest, haha!

[@OtaKing77077]

Ahh, I see. Yes, that would explain it. I've seen the Amiga when used to its full potential (those Shadow of the Beast backgrounds for instance) so this rather disappointing conversion took me aback a bit.

[@Mark-pr7ug]

The music and choices of colour in-game left me feeling dissapointed. Just like how I felt when I played midnight resistance.

[@robertwilson3866]

I thought this was superb back in the day. This was the best conversion apart from the PC Engine version

[@rafaellima83]

​@@robertwilson3866 I still think the Amiga could have a better version of R-Type. But back then they had to work with the 512 kb RAM limitation and they were still learning about the Amiga Hardware You just have to see what the same team of developers achieved with Turrican 2 a few years later.

[@robertwilson3866]

@@rafaellima83 Yes no doubt. That's the same for any game made now. Much better tools now too.

[@Rufiowascool]

Incredible performance. Bosses go down a tad easy though doncha think? As in, you'd think they'd take a few more bullets before kicking it...

[@Krigarkaj]

yeah that intro in R-type, are nice and sweet sound!

[@davehirst]

Some great R-Type playing, I take off my hat to you.

[@meman887]

Brings back alot of memories :) thanks for sharing.

[@lebeardotnet4372]

I might have to get myself another amiga!

[@walter0bz]

disagree: even r-type1 is actually quite different to the ST version. -the ST didn't have backgrounds, used OR rendereing (color-clash..) instead of propper masking and preshifted sprites in 4 pixel increments - the amiga version does appear to use hardware scrolling and blitter, and hardware sprites for the player's craft and force and yes r-type2 also used sprites for a paralax background

[@TeeDohJackson]

I love the Amiga but I was very surprised of how much better even the hu-card versions of the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine is compared to sound and graphics, it came out at around the same time, not to mention the CD versions of both the PCE and TG-16. I mean Shadow of the beast was amazing for the Amiga and compares nicely to the cd versions of the TG-16 and PCE versions (except for the cut scenes)

[@donraggo77]

even my mum loves R-Type !! :D

[@steveoz32]

Best Amiga tune ever

[@SendyTheEndless]

I always thought that last level was a terrible anticlimax. Favourite level is the green battered spaceship, and of course the first level :)

[@JayArgonaut]

@MattTheSpratt I'm forced to agree and I'm an Amiga die-hard who loved this game. Compared to the arcade original and considering the talent of the Rainbow Arts/Factor 5 programmers, it's a disappointing conversion. Far from dreadful but falls short. The magazines back then got carried & away hyped this as being a flawless translation. There's loads of enemies and features missing and yet they're all in the PC Engine/TurboGrafx version and that was far less powerful than an unexpanded A500!

[@OtaKing77077]

Whoa...! What the...? This is really not using the Amiga's power at all, is it? No parallax scrolling on the stars, black background instead of the parallax mecha landscape inside the base... and the music is okay but hardly at the level of the arcade or the iconic C64. Speaking of which, even the C64 version had the proper parallax and whatnot... The Sega Master System version had a tiny tiny fraction of the Amiga's processing power, yet still has the backgrounds and parallax stars, etc...

[@JudgmentStorm]

Amiga R-Type is decent, but I just wish it had the "Bonus Game" 2nd loop.

[@Perplexer1]

Best version of them all!

[@tatsujincorp]

🤭

[@TheRealityJack]

Omg i feel so stupid now lol... I always thought Level 3 was the final boss xD

[@dmangolden842]

these graphics are cooler then graphics now

[@DIABLOVT12]

Wow! R-Type is an awesome game. But it's soo hard.

[@Korgi_Polymer]

i had the one for playstation, i always like the older sounds beter thou idk, this is a great game :3

[@artoodiitoo]

intro music is awesome :D

[@musicmadantidevil3688]

Good music alright be in the to 20 or so games on the amiga :)

[@mikedski9698]

Blast Off And Strike The Evil Bydo Empire! R-TYPE! From Irem!

[@Amix]

Love the intro,...

[@ZXSpectrum128K]

Is this a new version?

[@JasonsDigitalStuff]

The graphics and gameplay on this version look great. The soundtrack is definitely watered down and lacking though

[@Jlausitz]

remembers very much pf katakis, C64

[@robertleeoneill4334]

the best version was deffo the Amiga one

[@slitor]

BRING BACK THE ONLY DEMOSCENE ART!

[@AfroNeko]

And, a amiga did the cgi in terminator 2 when something would morph, need I go on?

[@Rilyn666]

im sure there is a level were the eviroment is like its from the movie Aliens

[@lurkerrekrul]

I always wondered why they left out the background in the second part of the first level and the level edges on level 3. It's not like they would have required any more processing power to do. The other levels prove that it could have easily been done.

[@Steril707]

Always asked this one myself. My theory is, that they lacked the colors to do that, since they only used a 16 color palette. It's weird though. With some copper tricks, they could have done wonders.

[@simonebernacchia]

The factor-5 of 1988 was not the factor-5 of 1990, i guess they did not eviscerate the Amiga secrets yet...

[@PeterPan-ul2yl]

That's part of the reason and the other part is that we only had 3 month development time which made it impossible to do conversion as good we'd loved to.

[@AquamentusZero]

You bet!

[@malducci]

@bobyard123 Only when you're wearing your Amiga fanboi glasses ;) Arcade>TG16 port> Amiga port

[@fredsta786]

how the hell did u complete it without the cheat? its next to impossible without it lol! man u guys r skilled players!

[@xboxnangable]

Didn't Rainbow Arts get sued because Katakis was a direct rip-off or R-Type...then they had to get them to do the port as the in-house version was so awful?

[@LexTalionis75]

It's not that hard actually. The amiga version is lots easier to beat than the original arcade, the bosses in particular are far less tough. Still an excellent port, each element of the original is there, I'm particularly surprised at how accurately level 1, 5 and 6 were adapted.

[@fredsta786]

@LexTalionis75 well i for 1 would always overpush the control stick and get killed :-/

[@janmansde3dede]

@turbografx Yes, but a X68000 wasn't a computer you could buy for a mere 500 Dollars/Euros, And this port isn't perfect NOT because the Amiga isn't powerful But the Amiga can't do a perfect port because it differs in hardware, the X68000 is identical to the arcade machine therefor much closer, And Stardust shows that Amiga kicks ass ! >:) (is there a game that rivals it ? on the X68?)

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

Nah, the PC engine one blows it out of the park, but that's more because of the porting itself, this version is ok though.

[@afriend9428]

*it was made by IREM themselves the PC Engine copy* 💡

[@tatsujincorp]

No, it was actually ported by Hudson Soft themselves. But they sure had way better access to the source material by Irem.

[@DrDress]

3:58 Wasn't he supposed to die there?

[@Amethyst_Friend]

No

[@janmansde3dede]

@auritone Yes, But of course not without a lawsuit ;)

[@retronostalgic]

Sound isn't as good as it should be...

[@fanoplusplus64k]

Disapointing version , was expecting more from Amiga !

[@GregDaniel78]

This was a rush job. I think Factor 5 were up against the clock to get this out on time and it shows. Other than the title track, the sound is awful. I'd say it's inferior to the c64 soundtrack which is much rockier than the arcade!

[@paoloretrogamer]

Factor 5 Designed It. Rainbow Arts Did This.

[@jamesoffutt2801]

Awwwwwwweeee yaah!!!!!

[@giuseppecalabrese396]

👌!

[@donraggo77]

I'm soo gonna MAME the shit out of this now...

[@casamoney]

Are you human? loowwwwwwwwwwwwww. gongratulations.

[@albertodiez4215]

Amiga mal aprovechada. El sonido es un desastre, el resto cumple pero podría haber sido mucho mejor. Se notaba mucho el poco interés comercial

[@DrDress]

and again at 9:41

[@Midwinter2]

Disappointing graphics - and no parallax scrolling. Not even a basic scrolling starfield. The C64 version is technically a lot better.

[@jimmybiggs9230]

Pc engine did better.........Even c64 because it had two backgrounds and better music.

[@Atombender]

PC-Engine version was released on two(!) cartridges which you had to buy separately. First four levels on Cartridge One, last four levels on Cartridge Two.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@Atombender That was solved for the US "TurboGrafx" release where they had it all on one cartridge.

[@gumdeo]

Total ownage.

[@Krigarkaj]

BOOOORING , (irony) lemmy-man doesnt give the enemy a fighting chance :D

[@AfroNeko]

Which amiga? there were different amigas at that time. I own a amiga that kicks the x68000 ass FUN FACT Until more powerful systems came along a amiga actually animated some of the CGI in star trek the next generation. I would like to see a x68000 do that.

[@psi-man]

Atari ST music was better.

[@Gamevet]

No!