Title: | R-Type |
Date: | 1988 |
Material: | Silicon chip on circuit board, plastic shell |
Company: | Sega/Compile Co. Ltd. |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Successful in Europe, less so in the U.S. and Japan, partly due to Nintendo's requirement for exclusivity from 3rd-party game developers.
R-Type was initially developed as an arcade game in 1987 by Irem. It was ported to the Sega Master System by Compile.
