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R-Type Complete CD (PC Engine CD) Playthrough [English]

A playthrough of Irem's 1991 shoot 'em up for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM², R-Type Complete CD. Since this version of R-Type was only released in Japan, for this video, I've translated the cutscenes and subtitled them in English. R-Type, Irem's 1987 arcade shoot 'em up phenom, was adapted for countless home platforms in the late 80s. Hudson's version, released in 1988 for the PC Engine, was the first and (by most accounts) the best of them. The graphics, though slightly downgraded, came amazingly close to matching the quality of the arcade's, the music sounded much better without the grating twang of the original game's FM synth, and the gameplay retained everything that made the arcade game such a success. All of this came at cost, though: in 1988, the max capacity of a HuCard was smaller than the four megabits (512K) the game required, and without major cutbacks, R-Type simply could not fit on a smaller cartridge. Rather than reducing the quality of the graphics, Hudson opted to split the game across two releases. R-Type I contained the first four stages, and R-Type II (released three months later) had stages five through eight. The following year, improvements made to the HuCard format made larger games possible, and the 1989 North American release combined the two on a single card. The game wasn't reissued on a single card in Japan, but a CD version was instead released in late 1991. R-Type Complete CD updates the game with a remixed Redbook soundtrack and fifteen minutes of animated, fully-voiced cutscenes. It wasn't as well-received as the original PC Engine released - the quality of the arrangements and the cutscenes was heavily criticized - but it's a nifty package. The story does indeed feel tacked on and the art isn't great (those facial expressions!), but the cutscenes are entertaining in how unintentionally campy and over the top they are. I didn't have any problems with the music, either. The style is a bit inconsistent, not to mention strange (R-R-R-R, R-Type... wtf?🤣), but I dug its funkiness. The game is the same as it was on HuCard, so it's still a top-quality arcade port, and I appreciated the new cutscenes and the music. Late 80s arcade shooters packed with gotcha moments don't typically appeal to me, so I'm not a big fan of the original R-Type, but R-Type Complete CD's extras drew me in. Hope you enjoy the translation! _____________ No cheats were used during the recording of this video. NintendoComplete (http://www.nintendocomplete.com/) punches you in the face with in-depth reviews, screenshot archives, and music from classic 8-bit NES games!