I recently celebrated my 29th birthday, so in celebration, this essay – and it is an essay, before you start getting too comfortable – is one man’s ill-informed but highly personal exploration of the world of the shoot ‘em up. For the uninitiated, shoot ‘em ups, or ‘shmups’, are a sub-genre of games where the player is faced with a fairly [...]
You can now play the classic shoot-em-up R-Type on your iPhone or iPod Touch thanks to EA Mobile. It costs £1.19 and is available now from the iTunes store. This version of R-Type includes all 8 levels from the arcade version and 3 different control methods: Touch (self explanatory really, control your ship with your fingers, or thumb) Tilt (move [...]
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Strike back at the evil Bydo empire, in 3D!
Finally, we English speaking folks can get our little mitts on Irem's classic shooter which is now a turn-based strategy game.
I know this isn’t exactly new news but… R-TYPE RETURNS AT LONG LAST!!! Yep indeedy, R-type is a comin’ to the Wii (via virtual console) – nice. R-TYPE – Woooo!!! Shame this site won’t allow background images :( , could really do with a scrolling starfield right now.
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