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Information - R-Type

Genre	Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling	Year	1988
Language	Machine Language	Publisher	Electric Dreams
Controls	Joystick	Distributor	Mediagenic
Players	1	Developer	Images Design
Resolution	Low	Licensed from	Irem
Programmer(s)	Hylands, Rob / Jeffery, Karl	Country
Graphic Artist(s)	Jones, Mark A. [Mak Computer Graphics]	Software	English
Game design	Irem	Box / Instructions	English, French, German, Italian
Musician(s)	Beben, Wally [Hagar]	License	Commercial
Sound FX	[unknown]	Serial
Cover Artist(s)		ST Type	ST, TT / 0.5MB
MIDI		Version
Dump	Download / Pasti	Number of Disks	2 / Single Sided
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Other version with the same title:

Hit Squad (The) (version [Re-release]) ().

Other versions with a different title:
R-Type Deluxe.

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Awards:
Golden Joystick Awards: Best Coin-op conversion of the year runner-up 1989

Origins
Based on Irem 1987 coin-op.

Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 4 (2/1989, 3/1989)
Months on charts: 4 between 2/1989 - 5/1989

Releases
The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.