A fight 36 years in the making, finally on your Mega Drive /Genesis.*

Mega R-Type™ DEMO

It's R-TYPE arcade action for your SEGA 16-bit System!

The galaxy is in deep peril: foul creatures from the evil Bydo Empire have warped across space to invade and conquer our planet! There is only one hope for victory. The Earth Defense League has chosen you to pilot R-9, a nuclear-powered space fighter that can cut through invading aliens faster than a light saber through butter.

Fly R-9 through eight exciting levels of high-powered action. Use your plasma gun to rip through armies of nasty creatures and their deadly machines. And when the going gets really tough, pick up Droid Units to make your ship even harder hitting.

You'll be up against creatures so mean and ugly they'll make your hair stand on end. But Earth is depending on you. So strap yourself in the cockpit, put your fingers on the triggers, and blast 'em out of the skies!

This DEMO features:

• 4 Stages
• Arcade and Remixed Soundtracks 
• 2 Difficulty levels
• Music Player
• Tons of Mega Options

To play the demo: download the binary ROM file to use with an emulator of your choice. We recommend BlastEm.

BlasEm for Windows

BlastEm for 64-bit Linux

BlastEm for 32-bit Linux

If you have a SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive and an EverDrive or compatible device, all you need to do is copy the binary file to an SD card to play with the demo.

CREDITS 

PROGRAMMING & GFX : @TheRoboZ (Andrea Baldiraghi) 

Arcade GFX Rips : Goemar (Richard Ashmore)
                                Carsten666 

Mega Remix Music : CYBERDEOUS (Cyan & @laurent_crouzet) 
                                   youtube.com/@cyberdeous

Arcade & Amiga Music : CLBNA - Claude El Banna (@ClbnaVgm)

*Based on original work by Masato Ishizaki and Chris Hulsbeck. 

Artworks : Thomas Pringle

Testing : CYBERDEOUS CLBNA Carsten666

SGDK Libraries : Stephane-D 

Special Thanks : Michael T, MrThunderwing, thegaminghubby

Mega Drive Hardware Courtesy of @AVKStudio

PLAYERS: 1

LEVELS: 4

PERIPHERALS: Sega Control Pad™ or Control Stick™

*Full game will be released in the future with all missing levels.

"R-TYPE" is a trademark and/or copyright of IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC. All rights reserved.

This ROM is a fan creation not affiliated with IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC. It doesn't contain any pre-existing or reverse-engineered code from any available version of the original game.

Any existing media appearing in the game is available online on websites not affiliated with the production team.