R-Type II - Atari ST [033] PlayThru
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NOTE: A trainer was used for making this capture.
Here we have R-Type II, for the ST, unfortunately not ported by Electric Dreams, but still a decent effort by Arc Developments for Activision.
My biggest gripe is the game feels slow, very sluggish. I am not sure if this game would work on a Mega STe, but I wonder if running it at 16 Mhz instead of the ST's stock 8 Mhz would improve the game.
Otherwise, take out the sluggishness, the controls are decent, and the graphics are drawn quite well. I have never played the arcade version of R-Type II, so I can not really compare on how well the port was done. This game does have both music and sound effects, but I think the sluggishness of the gameplay sort of adds a detractor from that.
Verdict? Want to see where R-Type went after the first issue? Worth a try. Like side scrolling shooters? Give it a shoot. Casual gamer? Probably a pass.
Capture info -
This video was captured on January 27, 2019.
Game was played on an Atari 1040 STf, TOS 1.4, 1MB, equipped with a CosmosEX from Jookie.
A Best Electronics ST Monitor to VGA cable was used, connected to an OSSC 1.6 (processing the video in Line4x mode), with the output being captured by a Startech USB3HDCAP.
Video was edited with Shotcut.
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