Top 80’s Shoot’em’up R-Type™ soon on Android devices

Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:20

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For Immediate Release


Top 80’s Shoot’em’up R-Type™ soon on Android devices
Available on September 12th 2011


Paris, France – August 25th 2011 – DotEmu, developer and publisher specialized in bringing retro games back to life, is proud to announce the imminent release of the emblematic R-Type™ for Android devices.

Initially developed and published by Irem in 1987, R-Type™ has become an essential game on arcade cabinet, Amiga, Atari, Amstrad, Commodore 64 and PC. Today this masterpiece is ported for Android devices by DotEmu. The publishing will be handled by DotEmu in Europe/USA and by Worker Bee Inc in Japan.

R-Type™

Pilot the R-9a Arrowhead, the last hope of human race in its war against alien invader Bydo!

R-Type™ for Android is a real diving in your youth and will include all the feature of the original:

  • A large amount of items and powers-up to collect through various and sharpened sets.
  • Strong enemies and bosses at the end of each level (8 altogether).
  • The famous « charge shot » for more power!
  • Share your results with your friends with OpenFeint!

    • R-Type™ for Android will come along two difficulty modes and a new intuitive control system - full touch mode - to directly control your spaceship. Get your hand on a real blast from the past and (re)discover all the hype from the 80’s!

    R-Type™ will be available on September 12th 2011 for Android Market and Amazon AppStore for Android.

    Stay tuned with all last R-Type™ Android news on:
    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dotemu
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dotemu

    Assets and screenshots are available on
    ftp://press:dotemu@ftp.dotemu.com/R-Type


    About DotEmu:
    DotEmu, a publisher/developer has the mission to bridge the gap between the best of the old video games on today and tomorrow devices: Flash, iPhone and PC. In May 2010, DotEmu opens its own gaming digital distribution shop and distributes today over downloadable 80 titles. DotEmu has a strong community of gamers who have played DotEmu's Flash titles over 100 million times. DotEmu has worked on several projects including Street Fighter II – Champion Edition on Adobe Flash, R-Type, and Gobliiins on iPhone and Boulder Dash on various platforms. Created in early 2007, DotEmu provides services and technologies to customers in Europe, USA, and Japan.


    Contact:
    For Media enquiries please contact Jessica IRAGNE jessica.iragne@dotemu.com
    For Business enquiries contact Xavier LIARD xavier@dotemu.com