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R-Type Series

R-Type Delta

Shooter Action Science fiction
80
User Score
11 ratings
November 19, 1998
Released 10021 days ago
PlayStation 3 PlayStation PlayStation Portable

About

R-Type Delta is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game released only on the PlayStation. It is the fourth game in the R-Type series (hence Delta, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet) and also the first game in the R-Type series rendered in full 3D graphics.

Storyline

It is the year 2163. The trans-dimensional fighter R-9A Arrowhead has returned from its mission to destroy the evil at the center of the Bydo Empire. Badly damaged, it has been rescued by the battle-cruiser Croque-Monsieur, and brought back to Earth's orbital space fortress, Aegis.

Astronomers in Central Asia watched as strange objects began to fall from the sky. As the objects approached closer to the Earth, they shrank in size and disappeared from sensors. The astronomers, assuming the objects to be meteorites, paid them no further attention.

Before long, the electronically-controlled weapons systems in a number of cities went haywire and several abnormal heat signatures were detected by astronomers. Bydo influence caused control of the orbiting annihilation platform, Moritz-G, to be lost and it was subsequently unleashed upon the Earth.

The Moritz-G descended on a city in Asia, its planet-destroying capability has not yet activated, but its self-defense system has thwarted all attempts to approach it. An emergency military operation has been put into effect, and the test fighter R-9A2 Delta has been assigned to the attack force.

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Release Dates by Platform

PlayStation Worldwide
Nov 19, 1998
PlayStation Worldwide
May 14, 1999
PlayStation Worldwide
Aug 10, 1999
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Feb 22, 2007
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Feb 22, 2007
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
May 7, 2009
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
May 7, 2009

Game Info

Developer
Irem
Publisher
Agetec, Irem
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
Japanese, English

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