R Type DX. What are your thoughts?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:46 am

I recently bought R Type DX for 9 bucks. I'm looking forward to playing it and would like to get your opinions about the game. The gameboy color never seemed to get a lot of shmups and I thought this might be nice for my shmup fix on the run away from my PC,ps2,dreamcast,genesis,gamecube ect..

So I read a bit about it but I'd rather hear a the thoughts of members here your opinion is more valid to me.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:09 am

I am trying to buy one.. I just missed one at the local auction site... got so pissed , the guy pulled out the auction before it's endtime.

I hope I can find another one soon.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:12 am

There was a good review by szycag in the Game Boy thread

Seems to be of quality title

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:19 am

Shatterhand wrote:I am trying to buy one.. I just missed one at the local auction site... got so pissed , the guy pulled out the auction before it's endtime.

I hope I can find another one soon.

It might have been me I just ended one for 7.99 USD.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:44 am

no no, it was from the brazilian Mercado Livre

not from ebay.

I'd pay 8 dollars + shipping for one copy of it like right now.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:18 am

its the best shmup on the system! congrats on scoring a copy.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:26 am

Dudes, just try it on emu. Any computer can run a GB/GBC emulator.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:05 am

Is it somehow becoming hard to find? I owned a cart-only at first, until I found a complete copy in a local EBgames, of all places.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:36 am

It's missing a level or two from both games, but it's about as good a version as you could hope for on the GBC. Having B&W and color versions of the first two is a nice touch, and combining them both into one big shmup was a great addition as well. The missing levels are downer, but they're not game ruining by any means.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:08 am

What I really want to know is how Nintendo dropped GBC compatibility with DS. How difficult was to emulate a Z80, damn you big N.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:29 pm

Flicker ruined the game for me.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:02 pm

Just for the record, I don't want to "try it on an emu". I want to play it on the bus !

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:12 pm

I thought it was kinda crappy compared to Gradius: Interstellar Assault.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:37 pm

Shatterhand wrote:Just for the record, I don't want to "try it on an emu". I want to play it on the bus !

are you one of those "I want it mint complete" guys, or would you do with a loose cart? A store nearby might have one.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:26 pm

Sometimes it is nice to have the book and box with the art and info.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:36 pm

I'm saying "try before you buy" since we all know how bothersome it's to get rid of stuff if it blows.

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:33 pm

Turrican wrote:What I really want to know is how Nintendo dropped GBC compatibility with DS. How difficult was to emulate a Z80, damn you big N.

Not hard to emulate, just not as stylish when a huge cart is sticking out of your DS

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:31 pm

They did it for the Gameboy Advance.

ubersaurus · Post by **ubersaurus** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:43 am

The GBA didn't emulate it, they had the processor built in.

So does the DS, I believe, but GB and GBC carts need a higher voltage than the DS was designed to output. Thus compatibility was dropped since the alternative was unfeasible.

Skyknight · Post by **Skyknight** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:51 am

They also didn't include as much music--just "Battle Theme", "Monster Beat", and the boss theme for R-Type I, and "Counterattack", "Water Splash", and the boss theme for R-Type II.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:55 am

I should probably mention a lot of this stuff in my thread @_@;

I didn't say nearly enough about R-Type DX for it being the winning game.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:52 am

I bought my R-Type DX cart in Hawaii (!) and at first I didn't like it much.

I gave it more time, though, and I was playing it pretty regularly for a while. Haven't touched it in a while, though. I think maybe R-Type 1 is the better of the games on it.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:59 am

szycag wrote:I should probably mention a lot of this stuff in my thread @_@;

I didn't say nearly enough about R-Type DX for it being the winning game.

You also didn't mention that the colored version of Gradius Interstellar Assault is called Gradius II on the Konami collection.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:44 am

Zebra Airforce wrote:
szycag wrote:I should probably mention a lot of this stuff in my thread @_@;

I didn't say nearly enough about R-Type DX for it being the winning game.
You also didn't mention that the colored version of Gradius Interstellar Assault is called Gradius II on the Konami collection.

To be even more anal, it's called Gradius II - Return of the Hero

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:53 am

To be so anal even a proctologist would vomit, it's called "Gradius II: The Return of the Hero."

*vomits*

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:30 pm

Turrican wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:Just for the record, I don't want to "try it on an emu". I want to play it on the bus !
are you one of those "I want it mint complete" guys, or would you do with a loose cart? A store nearby might have one.

No, I am a "I just want to play the goddamn game" guy. It could be just the internal chip, as long as the thing works with my gameboy

mice · Post by **mice** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:52 pm

The invisble bullet syndrome renders them unplayable at later stages.
But surely you've played it by now so you already know that?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:14 pm

mice wrote:The invisble bullet syndrome renders them unplayable at later stages.
But surely you've played it by now so you already know that?

I can play it reasonable well despite the flickering. Have it in my gamecube now.