Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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2All clear of the third entry of R-type series (not counting spin-off Leo),
SNES/SFC exclusive and later ported on GBA,
it's been developed by Tamtex (actually part of Irem) and published by Irem in 1993.
This is the first R-type where is possible to chose different Force units
with their own set of weapons and abilities,
also there's a more refined charging system that let you choose between two cannon
in real time, Wave Cannon and Hyper Cannon.
Wave is the standard cannon , charged at full power shoot a powerfull beam (Mega Wave Cannon)
that pass trough everything (best weapon in R-type Final).
Hyper is a special cannon, charged at full power shoot immediately a short range spread shot
and after that let you shoot powerfull explosive bullets for a limited time,
also while Hyper is active the Bits (if equipped) spin around the ship dealing great contact damage
and erasing enemy bullets (can still pass trough gap though),
when Hyper ends the ship goes into overheat and can't use cannon until cooled down.
Like the first two R-type to 1CC the game 2 loops are needed,
while first loop is pretty easy, just learn and memorize enemy pattern,
second loop is unforgiving because of higher bullet density and speed and more tanky enemies,
also the erratic behavior of Mega Wave Cannon (sometimes skip some enemies) doesn't help.
I did this run using Round force that correspond to play on hard difficulty,
every Force has its own power/damage potential
which practically determines difficulty in a subtle way,
the line "for ace pirot use" in Round description should give a hint.
I played Japan version (to avoid silly censorship) on SNES emulator Snes9x
with Blargg's NTSC (rgb) shader.
00:00:00 Title
00:00:50 Stage 1-1 (Catapult Dimension)
00:05:51 Boss 1-1 (Guard Ray)
00:06:51 Stage 2-1 (Acid Creatures)
00:09:16 Boss 2-1 (Necrosaur)
00:10:10 Stage 3-1 (Heavy Metal Corridor)
00:13:27 Boss 3-1 (Course Crab)
00:14:13 Stage 4-1 (Fire Cask Factory)
00:16:45 Boss A 4-1 (Recojunator)
00:21:40 Boss B 4-1 (Creature 666)
00:23:30 Stage 5-1 (Bionics Laboratory)
00:26:55 Boss 5-1 (Phantom Cell)
00:30:02 Stage 6-1 (Galaxy of Abyss)
00:33:50 Boss 6-1 (Mother Bydo)
00:37:12 Stage 1-2 (Catapult Dimension)
00:42:04 Boss 1-2 (Guard Ray)
00:43:03 Stage 2-2 (Acid Creatures)
00:45:26 Boss 2-2 (Necrosaur)
00:46:42 Stage 3-2 (Heavy Metal Corridor)
00:50:05 Boss 3-2 (Course Crab)
00:50:52 Stage 4-2 (Fire Cask Factory)
00:53:18 Boss A 4-2 (Recojunator)
01:03:30 Boss B 4-2 (Creature 666)
01:04:52 Stage 5-2 (Bionics Laboratory)
01:08:45 Boss 5-2 (Phantom Cell)
01:13:55 Stage 6-2 (Galaxy of Abyss)
01:22:08 Boss 6-2 (Mother Bydo)
01:25:06 Ending + Credits