R-type

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Factor 5 had only 2 month for the R-Type Amiga port. Sure, it could have been technically better but the gameplay is decent enough.

yes the game plays correctly.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Retro1234

The amiga version has parallax and the graphics look better than the ST version and seems faster.

yes they have added a few things here and there, but it's basically the ST program running on the Amiga.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Factor 5 had only 2 month for the R-Type Amiga port. Sure, it could have been technically better but the gameplay is decent enough.

Agreed, if they had more time I'm sure if could have been better, but at the time that R-Type was released on Amiga, I'm unsure which development team at the time could have done a better job.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

yes they have added a few things here and there, but it's basically the ST program running on the Amiga.

I disagree. The blitter is MASSIVELY used in R-Type 2, the sprite hardware is MASSIVELY used for some of the parallax scrolling layers, the music is improved, the sound fx are improved.

Sure, the ST version might well have been the basis of the conversion, but its clear Arc made some effort between ST and Amiga versions.

A typical ST port might have better music and not much else, R-Type 2 had considerably more than simply better music.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

I disagree. The blitter is MASSIVELY used in R-Type 2, the sprite hardware is MASSIVELY used for some of the parallax scrolling layers, the music is improved, the sound fx are improved.

Sure, the ST version might well have been the basis of the conversion, but its clear Arc made some effort between ST and Amiga versions.

A typical ST port might have better music and not much else, R-Type 2 had considerably more than simply better music.

Well i do agree. R-type II is quite a pleasurable game.

here codetapper's job on lookin' the insights of R-type II :

http://codetapper.com/amiga/sprite-tricks/r-type-2/

I wonder where enhancements could have been done on this game if it had been an amiga only release.....