— CAN YOU GUESS IT? —
GUESS R-TYPE FROM SCREENSHOTS
Irem's R-Type defined the methodical side of the shoot-em-up in 1987 with the Force, a detachable pod that blocks bullets and bolts onto your ship's front or rear. Its biomechanical alien empire, chargeable wave cannon and demanding, memorization-heavy stage design influenced horizontal shooters for decades.
- 📅 Year:
- 1987
- 🎮 Platforms:
- arcade, commodore-64, iphone, nintendo-3ds, sega-master-system
- 🏷️ Genres:
- 2D scrolling, Action, Arcade, Sci-fi, Shooter, Side view, Space flight
- 💀 Difficulty:
- Hard
- 🕹️ On Game Guessr:
- 1 × screenshot
The mystery game is randomly picked — will you land on R-Type? Browse the full list of playable games.
▸ IN-GAME SCENES
▸ R-TYPE ON GAME GUESSR
In the quiz rotation, R-Type is represented by 1 in-game screenshot. We rate it Hard difficulty: that reflects how quickly players typically name it from a scene alone.
Want to test yourself right now? Launch a round above, the game shows you a screenshot pulled at random from the catalog (R-Type among them) and challenges you to name it before the timer runs out. No account or download needed.