I one credited Rtype [Arcade] on 1 life !

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:55 am

PSX [arcade]. I reached level 11 w/o losing any life to finally lose all of them against the big ship. 3 months of intense practice finally paid off.the 2nd loop is really a bitch. My score was 505600

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:18 am

good job.

but how can you 1 credit on 1 life? Most wouldn't consider it beat till you beat it within a credit, if I'm understanding you correctly

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:05 am

God damn! One time I almost beat this game, but I lost all my lives.

Shit. I wish I could remember the name of that game.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:15 am

Congratz.

Neon wrote:but how can you 1 credit on 1 life? Most wouldn't consider it beat till you beat it within a credit, if I'm understanding you correctly

Huh? He 1LC'ed the game, which means he also 1CC'ed the game. And then he died in the 2nd loop. Not sure where the confusion is...

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:25 am

He said he lost all his lives in the 11th stage. I've never been an R type fan, got no idea how many stages there are. If that's somewhere in the second loop, I guess he's right.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:26 am

Whoa, I kneel before you. Indeed a great achievement, you're a master!

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:36 am

So, you mean you got to stage 2-3 (second loop/3rd stage?)
If I remember correctly there are a total of 8 stages. The last being a boss fight without any real actual "level".

I'm confused now, its been a long time since I played it.

1st stage...features those claws and the "Alien" boss

2nd stage...blood n guts with test tubes/ heart-vagina boss

3rd stage...attack big alien ship/shoot core engine

4th stage...that "forest like area" with green beads everywhere/ 3 part boss

5th stage...orange fire like backround with giant wormlike creatures/ clumps of rocks with eye boss

6th Green pipes with "engine blocks" floating around. (Factory?) Boss, engine blocks? Extra boss in PC-Engine version

7th... green area with lots of little enemies coming from the top as well as bottom. Boss?

8th...final boss fight

Its late, and my memory could be wrong...I haven't played the game in quite a while as it shows.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:51 am

TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:So, you mean you got to stage 2-3 (second loop/3rd stage?)

Yeah; R-Type just keeps incrementing the stage number, so it refers to 2-1 as "Stage 9", etc.

If I remember correctly there are a total of 8 stages. The last being a boss fight without any real actual "level".

There's a level, but it's a relatively short (and pretty repetitive) one. Other than that you've remembered the stages correctly.

I oughta fire this back up again sometime; last time I played I one-lifed my way into that wave-cannon firing mech right before the level 7 boss. Since I never mastered the Checkpoint of Doom[TM] that pretty much ended my run.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:06 pm

Congratulations. I've never done this myself, I'm consistent up to about stage 6.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:42 pm

I have one credited to stage 14 on the actual arcade version, but there it gets really tough, also the sprites start flickering disappearing because there are too many for the board to draw.

Nevertheless, psx version plays slightly different and getting even to the second loop is well done. I dont think I got any further than stage 11 myself.

But then you can also start from secons loop in the psx version, which is nice.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:57 pm

Ah, I understand now. Congrats on the 1cc then

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:11 pm

Aargh... I've never, ever gotten past the boss at the end of "The Decayed City" level. Congratulations! I'm absolutely impressed.

Bill

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:26 pm

MJR wrote:I have one credited to stage 14 on the actual arcade version, but there it gets really tough, also the sprites start flickering disappearing because there are too many for the board to draw.

Nevertheless, psx version plays slightly different and getting even to the second loop is well done. I dont think I got any further than stage 11 myself.

But then you can also start from secons loop in the psx version, which is nice.

thanks for all the praised guys, I appreciate it. I actually find the PSX version harder than the arcade one. The PSX runs at 60fps and the arcade one at 55fps which makes it much slower. It might not be obvious if you first play it, but after praticing the PSX rev it is pretty obvious.

After playing the the PSX rev so much I can easily get to 14on MAME because of it slower pace mode (100% no frameskip).

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:36 pm

Zach Keene wrote:
TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:So, you mean you got to stage 2-3 (second loop/3rd stage?)
Yeah; R-Type just keeps incrementing the stage number, so it refers to 2-1 as "Stage 9", etc.

If I remember correctly there are a total of 8 stages. The last being a boss fight without any real actual "level".
There's a level, but it's a relatively short (and pretty repetitive) one. Other than that you've remembered the stages correctly.

I oughta fire this back up again sometime; last time I played I one-lifed my way into that wave-cannon firing mech right before the level 7 boss. Since I never mastered the Checkpoint of Doom[TM] that pretty much ended my run.

If you can one life it to the end of level 7 you have pretty won the game. With the 2 clip on balls around you (above and below) the last level 8 boss is a joke. They shield you against the "Bydo's babies" (for lack of a better word) that fly around you. You don't even have to move one inch, stay on the far left and shoot your force module into Bydo's mouth and Voila !. Just wait for that S.O.B. to die.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:01 am

The PC-Engine port may be more difficult than that...the last boss I mean.

I pretty much get to stage 7 1/2. I can get past the checkpoint, but cannot reach the boss, so I have to start from the checkpoint without powerups...which is an effort in vain imo.

BTW: Nice playing! I'm sure it feels really cool to have 1CC something like R-Type. The only R-Type I've 1CC, was Super R-Type on the SNES.

I think I may try the first one again, but using my X-Arcade along with MAME on the Xbox.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:08 am

well, gotta dig this one up. I've been trying for YEARS to beat this game on one life- sometimes for the life of me I can't even do it on a few credits. At least reading this I know I'm not the only one that the Checkpoint crap screws with.

CecilMcW00t · Post by **CecilMcW00t** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:34 am

TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:The PC-Engine port may be more difficult than that...the last boss I mean.

Hmm... So what makes the last boss harder in the PCE version? And, is the rest of the game pretty accurate to the Arcade? Been thinking about getting the PCE R-Type.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:02 pm

Nice1 yojo!
You should press on the the 2-ALL. Reason being; if you leave it now you will forget the routes and have an uphill struggle should you try to do it later on.

The Irem games of this era all ended at the completion of the 2nd loop: R Type, X Multiply, Image Fight.

Nakano · Post by **Nakano** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:41 pm

This really is one of my all time fav! Only ever got good upto level 4 as I only ever had the pc engine version. But recently I've just bought the ps1 r-type compilation, I can continue where I left off and try to 1cc the 1st loop!

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:44 pm

Congrats. I can 1C to Stage 3 (first loop), then I'm toast.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:48 pm

DEL wrote:Nice1 yojo!
You should press on the the 2-ALL. Reason being; if you leave it now you will forget the routes and have an uphill struggle should you try to do it later on.

The Irem games of this era all ended at the completion of the 2nd loop: R Type, X Multiply, Image Fight.

So you get a different ending than the one at the end of the 1st loop ?

Devilsheep · Post by **Devilsheep** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:15 pm

Congrats man! I've been practicing for a few weeks now and I can get to Stage 6 on one life, but I still need more practice. Try and get that second loop down. R-Type is one of the best and hardest shmups I know of.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:05 pm

congratulations.

my previous area manager used to have the US original arcade cab of this game in his house

(sold it to a friend of bloodflowers, incidentally)

the toughest part of this game, is a death on stage 6 onwards will basically mean the end of the credit. there is no 1ccing r-type, it really has to be done perfect on 1 life.

well done

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:56 pm

jpj wrote;

it really has to be done perfect on 1 life.

Well, not really. You have to suicide on Stage 7 or 14 in order to milk the trash dumper for a 2mil+ score.

yojo! wrote;

So you get a different ending than the one at the end of the 1st loop ?

My memory of the 2-ALL is hazy, 19 years hazy. All I can remember is that the 2-ALL is a fairly anticlimactic ending. You'll have to ask tviks, du-ku yac or Ben Shinobi for a clearer answer. My mate KAC did it a few times with a 1.1mil 2-ALL. We used to play a 2 Player game in London's Chinatown arcade. One of us would start and the other would go off for a meal and return before Player 1 lost his first life. We used to do this on Gradius II Vulcan Venture too - the 1LC would make Player 2's game different (I've explained this before).

Anyway yeah, just keep going a bit more yojo!

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:28 pm

My personal best - was stage 15 -on the original arcade machine. -I must have 1cc'd it coz if you lose a life in the later levels -you'll not likely get back into the game.

I've also completed- Rtypes on the PS1- thats all the way round the levels- twice- you get a new FMV sequence- that you'd not get in the original arcade.

My-score tho- i'm not sure- i dont remember it being over 1million - i seem to remember it being about 800,000 roughly.

-great game- loved playing it

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:59 am

Nice work, yojo! I can only get to the end of the 4th stage on the first loop. I really need to play R-Type more.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:54 am

I wonder how many of you realize this thread is over 2 years old.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:17 am

Usually you make fun of someone because they don't use search

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:27 pm

shinsage wrote:I wonder how many of you realize this thread is over 2 years old.

Does it matter?- the game itself is about 20 years old now!

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:03 pm

JoshF wrote:Usually you make fun of someone because they don't use search

I've never done that.

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