Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is more of a stage showcase than a ship showcase. It's the legendary R9 - what more needs to be said? But I'll talk about it anyway.
Pros
- The red weapon fires in a helix pattern and is very powerful.
- The blue weapon is the classic reflective laser that fires three beams, two from the top and bottom of the Force at 45 degree angles, and a beam from the front. Pretty powerful too.
- The Standard Force fires in the four directional pattern, vertically from the Force, and two at angles from the front of the Force.
- Homing missiles are great for catching enemies that you can't shoot dead on.
Cons
- The yellow weapon is often outclassed by the blue weapon - not in this stage though.
The stage -
This is an homage to R-Type's very first stage and plays the opening classic "R9 to the Front." The new rendition of the music is excellent. You can see that it's not just a mechanical space base here either - it's overgrown by lethal foliage.
Enemies -
- flying Bydo - popcorn enemies in the beginning of the stage. Just be aware of them coming from behind you at the beginning and near the middle/end of the stage. Solved by keeping the Force behind and shooting. I like to keep it detached when I can so I can spray bullets everywhere.
- humanoid gunner - takes quite a few bullets or a Wave Cannon shot. Watch out because it shoots a laser blast at you from its cannon. It only appears in the outside of the stage before you get in.
- Cancers - those metal flying robots that fire streams of bullets at you. Typical popcorn enemies that you can kill in one shot.
- gun pods - all over the ceiling and floor in the stage. Get the yellow weapon with the R9 and you'll see why I like using it here - you don't even have to aim. Just let the beams crawl all over the floor and ceiling and it will take care of everything for you. Just be aware of the pits that your lasers will fall down, so you do have to shoot some with your machine guns.
- plant tendrils - you can see the spores on the ground before they grow, and if you kill them fast enough, they won't. If they do, you'll need to work fast because destroying the base of the tendril is the only way to kill it.
- mushrooms - shoot the top of the mushroom to destroy it. It fires off lethal spores that can kill you.
- the gun turret - easy enough in R-Type - not so easy here because the guns are covered by foliage. If you don't have Bits and you don't shoot, you can avoid spawning the guns, but if you have Bits you're going graze the turrets and you'll to need to kill it. Look for the main crystal, detach your Force, and start shooting before you go in. If you don't have a shooting Force, I don't know - I hope you're good at dodging. I'm not, hehe.
- Dobkeratops - the boss. I like to detach the Force so it shoots up the boss's pods, eliminating their ability to shoot at you. They respawn, so you'll need to work fast. Plant tendrils and mushrooms grown in the middle of the room, so stay on the left side in the tunnel that you come out of. Shoot the mushrooms as they spawn. You'll hear Dobkeratops charging its laser, so go up as high as you can to avoid it - the tendrils and the boss's laser destroy the boss's bullets, and if you're using a shooting Force, you'll kill it in no time.
I did this stage a while back during the original Ship Showcase playlist for this game with the Ladylove, but I wanted to play it again on R-Typer 3 difficulty. I had to do it with the iconic R9 as a throwback to the first game. I hope you enjoyed it!!
**this is a reupload. My raw video footage made the video screen smaller than it should be for some weird reason. The raw footage is still 1080p, so I went back into my video program and used the Pan and Zoom feature to zoom in and get rid of some of the black bordering. It's not perfect, but it works. Sorry about that.
This is more of a stage showcase than a ship showcase. It's the legendary R9 - what more needs to be said? But I'll talk about it anyway.
Pros
- The red weapon fires in a helix pattern and is very powerful.
- The blue weapon is the classic reflective laser that fires three beams, two from the top and bottom of the Force at 45 degree angles, and a beam from the front. Pretty powerful too.
- The Standard Force fires in the four directional pattern, vertically from the Force, and two at angles from the front of the Force.
- Homing missiles are great for catching enemies that you can't shoot dead on.
Cons
- The yellow weapon is often outclassed by the blue weapon - not in this stage though.
The stage -
This is an homage to R-Type's very first stage and plays the opening classic "R9 to the Front." The new rendition of the music is excellent. You can see that it's not just a mechanical space base here either - it's overgrown by lethal foliage.
Enemies -
- flying Bydo - popcorn enemies in the beginning of the stage. Just be aware of them coming from behind you at the beginning and near the middle/end of the stage. Solved by keeping the Force behind and shooting. I like to keep it detached when I can so I can spray bullets everywhere.
- humanoid gunner - takes quite a few bullets or a Wave Cannon shot. Watch out because it shoots a laser blast at you from its cannon. It only appears in the outside of the stage before you get in.
- Cancers - those metal flying robots that fire streams of bullets at you. Typical popcorn enemies that you can kill in one shot.
- gun pods - all over the ceiling and floor in the stage. Get the yellow weapon with the R9 and you'll see why I like using it here - you don't even have to aim. Just let the beams crawl all over the floor and ceiling and it will take care of everything for you. Just be aware of the pits that your lasers will fall down, so you do have to shoot some with your machine guns.
- plant tendrils - you can see the spores on the ground before they grow, and if you kill them fast enough, they won't. If they do, you'll need to work fast because destroying the base of the tendril is the only way to kill it.
- mushrooms - shoot the top of the mushroom to destroy it. It fires off lethal spores that can kill you.
- the gun turret - easy enough in R-Type - not so easy here because the guns are covered by foliage. If you don't have Bits and you don't shoot, you can avoid spawning the guns, but if you have Bits you're going graze the turrets and you'll to need to kill it. Look for the main crystal, detach your Force, and start shooting before you go in. If you don't have a shooting Force, I don't know - I hope you're good at dodging. I'm not, hehe.
- Dobkeratops - the boss. I like to detach the Force so it shoots up the boss's pods, eliminating their ability to shoot at you. They respawn, so you'll need to work fast. Plant tendrils and mushrooms grown in the middle of the room, so stay on the left side in the tunnel that you come out of. Shoot the mushrooms as they spawn. You'll hear Dobkeratops charging its laser, so go up as high as you can to avoid it - the tendrils and the boss's laser destroy the boss's bullets, and if you're using a shooting Force, you'll kill it in no time.
I did this stage a while back during the original Ship Showcase playlist for this game with the Ladylove, but I wanted to play it again on R-Typer 3 difficulty. I had to do it with the iconic R9 as a throwback to the first game. I hope you enjoyed it!!
**this is a reupload. My raw video footage made the video screen smaller than it should be for some weird reason. The raw footage is still 1080p, so I went back into my video program and used the Pan and Zoom feature to zoom in and get rid of some of the black bordering. It's not perfect, but it works. Sorry about that.
