I think everybody knows R-Type, right?
(If not, feel free to check it on Wiki.)
I came in contact with the game on my faithful ZX Spectrum and damn if it wasn't one of my favourite shoot'em-ups back then. You can see it in its primitive galore in the movie below :
Indeed, looks like quite some time has passed since then. A whole saga was told, the last episode suggesting the end of it (R-Type Final).
I started reminiscing about R-Type, however, because (in contradiction with the aforementioned title) there seems to be a sequel of sort in development for the PSP. The strange thing is that it is actually going to be a strategy game (!) - I am having hard time imagining this, but hey, I've seen weirder things.
But that's not all, folks.
While still on the subject of R-Type, I would like to present a homebrew PSP game, called R-Gear, that is a tribute to R-Type. The graphics were redone, the music is totally new and the overall atmosphere is very retro 16-bit-ish. I know how silly it sounds, but if you download the game (for example from here) and give it a try, you'll see some obvious influences of Amiga demoscene.
I have to say that this is one of the best homebrew games on PSP, very playable, very stylish, very old-school and very hard. The only downside to it is that it won't run on my custom firmware 3.40OE...
(If not, feel free to check it on Wiki.)
I came in contact with the game on my faithful ZX Spectrum and damn if it wasn't one of my favourite shoot'em-ups back then. You can see it in its primitive galore in the movie below :
Indeed, looks like quite some time has passed since then. A whole saga was told, the last episode suggesting the end of it (R-Type Final).
I started reminiscing about R-Type, however, because (in contradiction with the aforementioned title) there seems to be a sequel of sort in development for the PSP. The strange thing is that it is actually going to be a strategy game (!) - I am having hard time imagining this, but hey, I've seen weirder things.
But that's not all, folks.
While still on the subject of R-Type, I would like to present a homebrew PSP game, called R-Gear, that is a tribute to R-Type. The graphics were redone, the music is totally new and the overall atmosphere is very retro 16-bit-ish. I know how silly it sounds, but if you download the game (for example from here) and give it a try, you'll see some obvious influences of Amiga demoscene.
I have to say that this is one of the best homebrew games on PSP, very playable, very stylish, very old-school and very hard. The only downside to it is that it won't run on my custom firmware 3.40OE...
