Which SNES R-Type Games Are Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk 

You're officially my authority on SNES games. I love what you do. Seems I'm a bit late (no pun intended) but SNES games are a huge bonding thing for me and my son. Thanks for being awesome.

I'm a shump/R-Type nut and I love both Super and III. And the thing hanging in front of your ship is the Force Pod.

The stage select in super r-type helps with trying to finish the game, here's how to acces it: On the title screen, Hold R and press Up 9 times, you'll here a confirmation jingle. At any time you can now pause during gameplay and press R, L, A and select at the same time. In the lower left corner you'll see what stage you're selecting, press start to enter that level.

R-Type 3 is just incredible.

I recently discovered your work dude. Top notch reviews that are not only useful and insightful, but ACTUAL reviews. Too many RU-vidrs' "reviews" end up being recounts, which are totally less good. My favourite part of this one was where you say "Any S.N.E.S. game" which when I first heard it, I thought you said "NES NES.". 😂 Anyway, keep up the good work!

I love Super R-Type and R-Type III! 👍

Just wanted to offer a contrasting opinion: Super R-Type is my favorite shooter of the 16-bit era. Its combination of graphics, art design, sound effects, score and atmosphere is unmatched in its day. The slowdown in no way hinders the gameplay (helps actually). I may be alone in this, but I'd recommend the game without reservation. Thanks for another great video!

I really dig this channel. it says alot of things nobody else talks about involving the SNES library. I was just about to write off the R-type series altogether cuz of Super R-Type.

R-Type for the PC-engine in Japan was also a weird release, it was half the game since the HuCard couldn't store the entire game when it launched. So the following game was from level 5 onward and you needed a password from the first release to get the power-ups to enjoy the game. This was fixed with the western release where it was fully released on 1 HuCard and later a PC -engine CD release in Japan. It's more or less the arcade version so enjoy the Irem difficulty.

Your reviews are a priceless resource for building playable libraries, thank you!

I remember having the Super R-Type cart (think I picked it up used somewhere), although I don't have strong memories of playing this game. I'm sure it was something I'd throw in from time to time, get immediately frustrated at the lack of checkpoints, and then stop playing at the first game over screen. The consensus seems to be that R-Type III is the better game. I have both on my SNES Classic.

Super R-Type is such a fun game! And you are missing a lot of the features that you use to play this game. I played it just as much as Zelda, Super Mario World and Metroid.

Very cool series and the cat (dog) doing them is informative and interesting. I have added a lot of games to my snes classic because of this channel

Super R-type can be considered difficult because it does not depend on your reflexes but on your memorization skills. Every enemy pattern, bullet shot and background shift is kind of scripted. So if you're not into that, you better skip it for some aerofigthers or super aleste. And even if it looks random, slowdown can be used to your advantage especially when having the lasers, because if surrounded spamming the blue lasers will slowdown the damn Snes. Thanks to this, R-type was the first SNES schmup I 1cc'd. I don't know what's wrong with me but I really enjoy games that ask you to play die rinse and repeat.

Rtype 3 was the one I owned, while my friend owned Super Rtype. I messed around with Super Rtype a little but never got into it. Loved Rtype 3 and completed it. The second round is pretty brutal, after completing the first loop. Would like to return to the game and try that again.

I loved R-Type 3, but back in the day when I first got Super R-Type I just hated it! I remember when it came out Ed Semrad (if you remember him? lol) from EGM said the slow down took so much away from a great looking early Snes title. These days I have MAME, so I just play the arcade version of R-Type II which is much better. Oh and check out R-Type Leo if you haven't. It's great :)

snesdrunk what have you been playing? its been 6 months and you are on a roll with all these super reviews anyway. Now i really want to see your letsplay super R-Type ;D

You've got to love that classic Nintendo slow-down. Sometimes it's not so bad, but other times it leaves you questioning how the game passed through the quality control department.

good old classic IREM with their signature Grey and Beige graphics. lol

I have never played R-Type 3, but super R-Type is to this day my favorite snes game

Super Nintendo was well know to have CD-style music soundtrack that sounds like real music.

Only the third one is still worth playing. If you can get a hold of them I suggest playing the arcade versions of 1 and 2.

Welp, super R-TYPE just got added to nintendo switch online, so maybe it'll be a little better with rewind and save states

Great review man !! I Subbed you !

The biggest problem with the slowdown is how suddenly it comes and goes. Makes it real easy to crash in to something when the game speeds back up

I lovee these to death,i cant decide which is best arcade version of R-2 or R-3...

I still own this cartridge for my old SNES. It's a damn brutal game. Never did finish it.

Before I watch the video, I will answer the question. All of them!

To think I actually beat this as a kid. All R-Type games are hard, but Super R-Type is for the wrong reasons. Trail and error (and patience...) helped be through this game!

I thought shoot em uo genre are your favorite, looks like i am wrong

4:45 lol this is exactly how I explain what it's like to train Capoeira.

Love this game and the first one presented a decent challenge for early gamers

To anyone that says the snes was lacking in shooters show them R-Type 3 and prepare to be amazed!! What a absolutely phonenamal entry into the series. Incredible level design, some of the best music ever to grace a 16 bit shooter and one of the best looking games on the console that uses all the Super Nintendo's graphical tricks. A timeless classic 👌

If you play with emulators and over clock super r type its actually a very strong game with no slow down! Also some may disagree with me but starting over is the best option when you die because being fully upgraded makes a difference to going in with just a peashooter! R type 3 is amazing

That ship with the pod part reminds me of the ds mii space shooter

I've played the crap out of Super R-Type, but never played the 3rd one. I'll try to snag a copy if I see it hunting.

thanks for clearing up what you don't like about super r-type. i've been watching a lot of your videos, but i however owned super r-type, so i'm biased to like it.

You should do an episode on caveman style platformers for the snes, as their were a ton of them. Just to name some: Prehistorik Man Flintstones: Treasure of the Sierra Madrock Radical Rex Joe and Mac 1 and 2 Chuck Rock etc

Nice review. I don't agree but we are all individuals. Still well put togethe, you do good work.

Whenever I wanted a good sweaty upper body work out, R Type was my jam. Any of the R type games require intense focus and twitch nerves. Good game franchise.

I think that Super R-Type would have been great with some finetuning. The slowdown doesn't bother me, as it was developed early in the SNES's lifespan. They should have included a checkpoint system. The music was great.

First to admit I am not the biggest shmup player but R-Type III is probably my favorite of the genre.

Which shmup would you recommend SNES drunk considering difficulty and availability ?

Good video; I might just check these shmups out. On an unrelated subject, what's your opinion on emulators?

First system with decent Colors for less than $1000. The SNES will always be great for that reason.

SA-1 turns Super R-Type in a Top 5 snes shmup. Give it a try!!

Never did beat the first Super R-Type. My dad (who isn't a big gamer) managed to beat it twice!

The "pod" is called "Force"

Its worth trying the msu version if this game. The cd quality musics make this game a completely different game. Ypu feel like playing a super nintendo cd game.

This game has a very creative mechanics.

Does anyone know why R-type 3 uses the same sound effects as spiderman?

I LOVE SUPER R TYPE!!! THE MUSIC IS AWESOME!!!

The biggest flaw with R-Type 3 is the price... :(

Super R type has the dest music and sound.

THe pod thingy is called the Force. Taht is all.

I've just beat Super R-Type it using the odd save state on the bosses. It really takes a dive in quality halfway through and the opening level is crappy. I think it only takes 2 or 3 levels from R-Type 1 (the first stage certainly isn't there) and there is one a bit like the 2nd level but a stripped-down version of it. The level with the huge ship is there and is bigger but that's it. Managed to somehow kill the final boss just by shooting the force pod into it and it died within 10 seconds. I'd say without the slowdown this game would be broken. I think the Amiga and PC Engine versions were better.

I could almost visualize SNESDRUNK doing this review whilst sitting at a bar playing video strip poker drinking with some loaded nachos off to the side.

It's fun if you play on an emulator, and take advantage of save states.

It annoys me how expensive R-type 3 is. As a CIB collector this thing is a fortune.

I've only got Super R-Type, and boy is it frustrating when you have to start over every time you die. But R-Type III is rather pricey, at $110...

One thing is for sure - R-Type is no Thunderforce!!

Is R-Type III a 2 player game?

when you are 10 years old and this is your only space shooter game. as they say with Dark Souls. Git Gud. I loved this game as a kid :)

WEIRD! Super R-Type was the only R-Type I really finished. I thought all R-Types were as such....

Imo Gradius's Slowdown is just as bad!

I love r type snes but the one on ps2 was fucking amazing

Just got r type 3 by luck :)

There's only 2

haha nice 1 luke

Oh wow R-Type III sounds great, let me just check Ebay and get a copy! *check Ebay prices* Oh....

The suk about r type is no respawn after death

Um, both of them? :P

I discovered "Super R-Type" six days ago and I immediately started on Hard. xD I can make it to the boss of the third stage, and I might beat him next time.

i think u talk too fast. its a legend of a game and i dont think u really appreciate it for what it is. it is nothin like ghouls and ghosts. good luke dude thank u u r a legend

HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Fuckin’ NINNY...!!! (Don’t be “frightened” by the “tough talk”. There were plenty of hard times had by this guy & R-Type games...) FIGHT! WIN!

Who's the shmuck who didn't put a back door in this place?!?

That "pod" ...lol. If you had checked out R-Type Delta on PSX, you would have read its a "Force" ... ;p

I defy anyone to beat the android port of super r-type.

I actually enjoyed Super much more than 3. Don’t know what that says about me…

And to think that journalists whine about "Metroid Dread" being "too hard". Imagine playing these games back in the day with no unlimited continues, zero save points, a lack of rewind option and, in the case of "Super R-Type", no checkpoints. They'd hurdle their controllers through the TV and then throw the TV out of the window.

then what is your favourite genre?

I never got into Shmups either.

I don't like R-Type 3. It does not feel like a shooter game. You are only dodging things constantly and, meanwhile, you hold down the shoot button to kill enemies unintentionally.

This game ....This fucking game. R-Type 3... Quit by level 2

Rtype has always been dishonest about its genre. It's not a shooter, it's an endurance game.

Ehh.. Weirdo? Super R-Type is one of the easiest shoot em ups I've played. I used to finish it every time for relaxation. You don't need checkpoints because you never die. R-Type 3, OTOH, is very hard.

This guys not a gradius fan.

Super R Type was a big letdown, the 4 new levers are crap and are not worthy of the name...It's just a slow difficult port of R Type 2. R Type 3 I loved though but could never get past the 2nd stage spider boss thing.

Well to be fair, you were playing it horribly and terribly.

Everything looks ugly AF in those games

Horrible review. Fair challenge on R-Type III??? Yeah, like that part at 5:34 where you have to memorize which ways the Lava Beams go to dodge them? And every time you die, you go back to a check point which is really far away? And how can you complain on "slow moving backgrounds" in Super R-Type? They move way slower in R-Type III in Stage 3 and 4, but you don't complain there, do you? You complain about the lack of checkpoints in Super R-Type, although starting at the beginning of a Stage allows you to power up for the latter, more difficult half of the stage and the boss. This is not possible in R-Type III. And how long does it take to complete a stage in Super R-Type? Around 4 minutes. So if you die, you lose up to 4 minutes progress at maximum right? Now how far are the checkpoints stretched out in R-Type III? You guessed it: About 4 minutes. If you die in R-Type III, you lose about the same amount of time as you do in Super R-Type due to the very slow scrolling. Not to mention, in R-Type III, there are many parts, particularly in stage 4, where there is just nothing happening. You are flying around for 15 seconds, no enemies, no walls ahead. It's just a waste of time, many empty sections that have to be redone over and over again everytime you die and go back. Graphics and sound are also better on Super R-Type, as they are just way too soft on R-Type III, but that is not so important. Super R-Type is the game which has more action and is much more fair than R-Type III.