Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Released back in 1998, R-Type Delta was the first entry in the ...

Few arcade shooters have left fingerprints as deep as R-Type. Its imagery is burned into the collective memory: the Force ping-ponging about the screen, the Wave Cannon charging in silence, levels ...

R-Type Dimensions III brings the intensity, precision, and creative enemy design of the arcade originals to a new generation. Every stage, boss, and projectile pattern has been rebuilt with high-end ...

Following the news that the classic shmup R-Type Delta was getting an HD remaster, we now know that the game will come Westward this November. Called R-Type Delta HD Boosted, it has all the modern ...

Ah, yes the 1980s. The decade that brought us oversized blazers, poofy Aqua Net hair and a certain side-scrolling shoot-em-up known as R-Type. Chronicling the struggle between humanity and the ...

ININ Games and Tozai Games announced the latest entry in the R-Type franchise, as R-Type Dimensions III is in the works for next year. The team boasts that this game will build upon the previous two ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Developer Granzella is taking a very bizarre step with its shoot-'em-up revival game R-Type Final 2. Via a free update later this year, the game is ...

Here's your look at gameplay and more from R-Type Delta: HD Boosted in this latest trailer for the upcoming game in the side-scrolling shoot-'em-up series. R-Type Delta: HD Boosted will be available ...

Have you played any good shoot-’em-ups lately? If the answer to that is yes, I would be willing to bet it wasn’t made recently. The shooter genre has become so much of a relic that the term ‘shooter’ ...

IRVINE, CA - MARCH 28, 2008 - Atlus today unveiled the playable demo for R-Type Command, the upcoming PSP ® (PlayStation ® Portable) system turn-based strategy game, exclusively at the PLAYSTATION ...

For a limited time, every copy of R-Type Command TM for PSP ® (PlayStation ® Portable) purchased from GameStop, Amazon.com, GameCrazy, EB Games Canada, and other select retailers will come with a free ...