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R-Type (1987)

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The new R-Type remake for the Amstrad CPC is now out!!

*NOW AVAILABLE!*

Download from (plus full information) -
http://cpc.rtype.fr

1 year on since the first preview video was put live, finally the game is complete! And it's amazing!!! *SPOILER ALERT* This is the full game, with intros, ending, music in full, etc. If you still play Amstrad games then GO PLAY THIS FIRST and don't ruin the surprise and fun!!

01:50 Intro
05:17 Title Screen
06:31 Level 1

The story...

A long time ago, the Amstrad received the port of the legendary coin-op R-Type, it was OK but it was a rush job and was just completely ported from the (excellent) Speccy version. Very little enhancements were made, apart from workarounds to get it displaying correctly on the CPC, this resulted in further overheads and thus ended up being slower and far less impressive than the Spectrum original. The Easter Egg team began work on improving the game back in December 2009, now two years later you get to see the completed job! What started out as just improving the graphics, sound effects and music, turned into a massive rewrite of the game improving and enhancing many aspects and introducing even more new stuff. The original Amstrad programmer Keith Goodyer even turned up on the CPC Wiki forums to assist and give his side of the story! Then Bob Pape the Spectrum version programmer came forward with some of his original code! That then became the base for this remake...

Now we have an amazing improvement and a port all Amstrad fans can be proud of...

Enjoy!

(re)Programmed by - Easter Egg team

Code : Fano
Graphics : TotO
Sound effects & Music : iXien

(** PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ON AN EMULATOR, THINGS LOOK AND MOVE A LOT NICER ON A REAL AMSTRAD! **)

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