Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling · 1991

R-Type II

Published by Activision UK · Developed by ARC Developments

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Round, Tim
Graphic Artist(s): Harrison, Jon, Tonge, Gary, Walker, Paul, Michalak, Paul
Game design: Irem
Musician(s): Walker, Martin
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1991
Publisher: Activision UK
Distributor: -
Developer: ARC Developments
Licensed from: Irem
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.2/10 · Votes: 245 · Downloads: 5,562 · Hits: 16,287

Screenshots (8)

R-Type II — screenshot 1

R-Type II — screenshot 2

R-Type II — screenshot 3

R-Type II — screenshot 4

R-Type II — screenshot 5

R-Type II — screenshot 6

R-Type II — screenshot 7

R-Type II — screenshot 8

Cover Art (4)

Disk 1

Disk 2

Disk 3

Disk 4

Posters (1)

R-Type II Poster (The One)

Trivia (2)

Origins

Based on Irem 1989 coin-op.

Development

Copy protection by (C)1989 Rob Northen Computing. All Rights Reserved.

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

ST Format · September, 1991 · Rating: 78%

Comments (1)

Christos — 6 Feb 2017
One of the better Atari ST shoot em ups. I think its engine is much better than R-type 1 and that makes all the difference.