Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Welcome to my BRUTAL SHMUPS series, starting with my Top 5 Hardest Shoot Em Ups on the PC Engine. Every episode I will cover a new console focusing on the hardest, most brutal Top 5 Shooters on the system. The PC Engine was the mecca of shooters during the early 90s with over 100 shmups released for the system. It was a gaming console for shoot em up enthusiasts so Hudson Soft, NEC Avenue, Konami, and other developers pulled no punches in releasing some of the hardest shooters of the time. And these are my Top 5 picks for the hardest shoot em ups of them all. Do you agree? Or which shmups would you pick instead? Let me know in the comments!
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Games featured in this video
Image Fight 2
Tatsujin / Truxton
Rayxanber 2
R-Type
Gradius 2
Finale
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Welcome to my BRUTAL SHMUPS series, starting with my Top 5 Hardest Shoot Em Ups on the PC Engine. Every episode I will cover a new console focusing on the hardest, most brutal Top 5 Shooters on the system. The PC Engine was the mecca of shooters during the early 90s with over 100 shmups released for the system. It was a gaming console for shoot em up enthusiasts so Hudson Soft, NEC Avenue, Konami, and other developers pulled no punches in releasing some of the hardest shooters of the time. And these are my Top 5 picks for the hardest shoot em ups of them all. Do you agree? Or which shmups would you pick instead? Let me know in the comments!
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Games featured in this video
Image Fight 2
Tatsujin / Truxton
Rayxanber 2
R-Type
Gradius 2
Finale
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![The Final History of R-Type
The Final History of R-TYPE Shoot Em Ups - From the original Arcade R-Type in 1987 to R-Type Final 2 in 2021, a complete history of IREMs iconic shoot em up series. R-Type is arguably the most well known shooter next to Konamis Gradius and has graced over a dozen home systems, from the Sega Master System to the Super Nintendo, TurboGrafx, MSX, Playstation, Amiga and many more. Often imitated but never duplicated, the combination of devious, puzzle like gameplay and alien atmosphere made R-Type one of the best selling arcade games of its time. Do you have a favorite R-Type? Do you know them all? With the new R-Type Final 2 release just around the corner, discover something new about this legendary IREM series. And pay homage to the almighty Dobkeratops, the most recognizable boss monster in all of shmups.
#r-type #shootemup #shmupsareshooters
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Special Thanks to the following for contributing gameplay footage:
JAIMERS - R-Type Arcade I & II 2-ALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShwgvkhJcug&t=209s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDADP2Lecs&t=1735s
CHINOPOLIS
Armed Police Unit Gallop 1-ALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNx6ChNJWM&t=55s
R-Type LEO 1CC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WJkqiN-o0A&t=58s
Check out the No Slowdown SA-1 HACK of Super R-Type by Vitor Vilela
https://github.com/VitorVilela7/SA1-Root
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - R-Type: The Bydo, the Myth, the Legend
03:59 - R-Type Arcade: A Smash Hit
05:15 - Home Ports Galore: Turbografx, Sega, Playstation and more
09:14 - A New Dimensions
11:16 - R-Type II
15:15 - SloMo-Type [Super R-Type Super Nintendo]
16:53 - No Mo SlowMo: SA-1 HACK Super R-Type by Vitor Vilela
17:58 - Nintendo Strikes Back! R-Type III Third Lightning
20:59 - R-Type Metal Slug: Armed Police Unit Gallop
23:08 - R-Type LEO: The Lost Gem
25:24 - Disaster Strikes IREM Closes
26:37 - Rising from the Ashes: R-Type DELTA in HD!
31:41 - The Coolest R-Type EVER - DELTA Deconstructed
34:48 - Never say FINAL [R-Type Final]
39:25 - R-Type FINAL 2 PREVIEW
41:17 - R-Type FINALE
44:18 - The Almighty Dobkeratops [CREDITS]
Games Shown in this video:
R-Type Arcade I & II
R-Type TurboGrafx16
R-Type Sega Master Systems
R-Types Sony Playstation
R-Type Dimensions EX Xbox360, PS3, PS4, Switch
Super R-Type SNES
R-Type 3 Third Lightning SNES
Armed Police Unit Gallop
R-Type LEO
R-Type Delta
R-Type Final
R-Type Final 2
R-Type Tactics/Command I & II
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