Players of R-Type sometimes qualify the weapon's name with words such as ' Pod ', or ' Unit ', or even ' Droid ', but officially it is simply a Force.

In the history of the R-Type saga, Bits are the product of incomplete research that was intended to independently mimic the bioenergy technology of the Bydo, namely, the Force Device itself ; only with human life force.

R-Type was later represented in the Japan-only Game Boy title, Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter along with three other Irem franchises: Mr. Heli, Ninja Spirit and Hammerin ' Harry.

As well, some of the other " burgers " were filled with game discs, the one for R-Type Final proudly on display right below the top bun.

Game quality improved over time, most notably with Vanguard ( 1981 ), a side-scrolling space shooter that many people consider the precursor to modern classics such as Gradius and R-Type.

R-Type, an acclaimed side-scrolling shoot ' em up, was released in 1987 by Irem, employing slower paced scrolling than usual, with difficult levels calling for methodical strategies.

Factor 5 started out developing games under partnership with Rainbow Arts for the Amiga computer, where they had their earliest moderate success with Katakis, a R-Type clone of impressive technical performance that even granted them the official conversion rights of the Irem game to those platforms, acquired by Rainbow Arts.

Their weapon sets parody those used in the R-Type series, but the weapons are also implemented with functions from Xexex ( such as search laser ).

* Mike and Ran, a pair of cats with what looks like bandages between their legs, a comical way of suggesting they've been neutered. Mike's weapon set is heavily based on first Darius, while Ran takes her weapons from the R-Type Leo.

It has a rotational period of 4. 7012 hours, and is classified as an R-Type asteroid due to the presence of strong absorption lines in olivine and pyroxene with little or no metals.

The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies.

Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the original R-Type to the TurboGrafx-16 with the title R-Type II, but the Hudson release is unrelated to the game described in this article.

Along with the original R-Type, the game was ported to the Xbox 360's downloadable service Xbox Live Arcade as " R-Type Dimensions ".

** In the United Kingdom and Ireland Alexander's R-Type body attracted substantial orders for the Olympian with operators like Dublin Bus, various companies of the Scottish Bus Group ( SBG ), Lothian Regional Transport ( LRT ), and Strathclyde Transport / Strathclyde's Buses.

These operators developed loyal ties with East Lancs who met their requirements with a variety of body styles for the Olympian-including the E-Type which was essentially a clone of Alexander's R-Type body.

All three were the ship designation and Force names in R-Type Delta.

On December 3, 2009, Irem released another space to Japan for their game R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate called the Sparkling Flash Space, which is based in space and features displays of three R-Type Shooters and a mini-game.

The R-Type series, until recently, never really explained much about the ubiquitous enemy of the series: the Bydo Empire.

Irem has used R-Type and its Bydo villains for more than a few of their trademark elaborate April Fool's Day pranks.

As if that weren't enough, they also had a triple-wide " Bydo Monitor " as a peripheral, that of course R-Type Final 2 would support.

R-Type is recognized as one of the classics of the shooter genre from the 1980s arcade.

The original R-Type was well received by most gaming critics.

The gameplay of R-Type is noticeably distinct among shoot ' em ups.

* The pre-mission text for Stage 5. 0 of R-Type Final is a perfect summation of the background plot of the game:

The Force is R-Type < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s most notable and unique innovation.

For example, in R-Type II, if the cannon is not fired when the ' BEAM ' bar has been charged completely, the gauge is able to enter a second stage of charging, and if the cannon is fired during this time, it launches a wide spread shot of medium power energy shots instead of a single large shot.

This trend continues in later R-Type games-some Bits have the ability to use a miniature version of the Red weapon of some Forces.

It was considered by many C-64 players to be technically better to that computer's R-Type port, due to the C-64 version of R-Type being a rushed production.

A fairly accurate port of R-Type was released for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx 16 consoles, although both versions suffered from a slightly lower resolution, reduced colour palette, sprite flickering and slow down-due to the slightly reduced resolution, the playfield also scrolls slightly in the vertical axis whenever the player's ship approaches the top or bottom of the screen.

The Japanese release for the PC Engine was split across two game cards ( HuCards ) titled R-Type I and R-Type II and the later North American release for the TurboGrafx 16 contained the entire game on a single card.

The PC Engine version of R-Type is notable for having a boss at the end of Stage 6, rather than a prolonged wave of enemies as in all other versions.

The Turbografx 16 version of R-Type was one of the first games confirmed for Nintendo's Virtual Console.

The whole third level is made of a ship similar to R-Type.

The Xbox Live Arcade game R-Type Dimensions was released on February 4, 2009.

It is a port of the original R-Type and the sequel R-Type II.

In the PlayStation 3's communitarian-based social gaming network, PlayStation Home, Irem has released a Game Space in the Japanese Home to promote the release of R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate on the PSP and PSPgo.

In 2010, DotEmu developed an iOS port of R-Type, published by Electronic Arts, released also for Android in September 2011.

Dobkeratops, the R-Type level 1 boss can be seen in Irem's Undercover Cops, on a television screen, which can be picked up for points.

It has played a supporting role throughout its history, and shares much of the credit for its survival and development.

In two, The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate, a friend from his circus years, Nick Cravat, played a key supporting role, and both actors impressed audiences with their acrobatic prowess.

Along with Bubba Ho-tep, he also played a supporting role in Sky High, He also was featured in the Jim Carrey drama The Majestic.

Chaplin is also a supporting character in several other films, such as The Cat's Meow ( 2001 ), in which he was played by Eddie Izzard and The Scarlett O ' Hara War ( 1980 ), in which he was played by Clive Revill.

In the 2008 film August, directed by Austin Chick, he played a supporting role as Ogilvie, alongside Josh Hartnett and Rip Torn, with whom he had worked in 1976 for The Man Who Fell to Earth.

During the next 10 years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films.

These upgrades have played a key role in supporting Greece's economy, which in the past decade has come to rely heavily on the construction industry.

During the latter part of the Roman period British agricultural products, paid for by both the Roman state and by private consumers, clearly played an important role in supporting the military garrisons and urban centres of the northwestern continental Empire.

Dark Victory ( 1939 ) was one of the last films in which he played a supporting role

The supporting cast, which Harold Hobson denigrated, included many actors who went on to successful Shakespearean careers: Ian Holm played Donalbain, Keith Michell was Macduff, and Patrick Wymark the Porter.

He is also known to have played a large role in keeping string theory alive through the 1970s and early 1980s, supporting that line of research at a time when it was unpopular.

Militias have played an important role supporting Pakistan's Military since Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 when Pakistan, with the support of militias, was able to gain control of the region which is now known as Azad Kashmir.

During World War II, he played Othello in the United States while supporting the country's war effort.

Gades played a supporting role in this field, but Hannibal visited the local temple to conduct ceremonies before launching his campaign against Rome.

In 1990-91, Saudi Arabia, fearing attack from Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait, played an important role supporting military action by the US and its allies.

He also had a supporting part as a TV advertisement producer in Charlie Chaplin's A King in New York ( 1957 ) and played Master Henry in Outlaw Money an episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood.

They played their first date, supporting Andy Paley ’ s band The Sidewinders, in September 1970, barely a month after Richman's return.

From the beginning, Christian theological learning was therefore a central component in these institutions, as was the study of Church or Canon law ): universities played an important role in training people for ecclesiastical offices, in helping the church pursue the clarification and defence of its teaching, and in supporting the legal rights of the church over against secular rulers.

Curry first became well known with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he played in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show, then later for his supporting roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie ( 1982 ), Lord of Darkness in the film Legend ( 1985 ), Wadsworth in the film Clue ( 1985 ) as well as a starring role as Pennywise the Clown in the horror TV miniseries It ( 1990 ), which is one of Curry's most acclaimed performances aside from Rocky Horror.

Meryl Streep played the role of Alice, with additional supporting cast by Mark Linn-Baker and Betty Aberlin.

The Blue Angel ( 1930 ), directed by Josef von Sternberg with the leads played by Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings, was filmed simultaneously in English and German ( a different supporting cast was used for each version ).

It gives Beavers, usually featured in small roles as a maid, her best screen role, and features the largest supporting role played by a black person in a Hollywood film up till then.

They played their first gig as the Stone Roses on 23 October 1984, supporting Pete Townshend at an anti-heroin concert at the Moonlight Club in London, Brown having sent the demo with an accompanying letter stating " I'm surrounded by skagheads, I wanna smash ' em.