
Your nightmares, now in High Definition! R-Type Delta HD Boosted brings back the dark, iconic shooter with modern enhancements, new music, razor-sharp graphics, and all the intensity you remember.
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R-Type Delta is one of the finest shoot ‘em ups ever and took the gaming world by storm upon its release in 1998. Now, 27 years later, history repeats itself with R-Type Delta HD Boosted. With its tight level design, three selectable ships, powerful Delta Attacks, and the brilliant Force mechanic, this new edition proves that gaming classics of this caliber are truly timeless. If you played R-Type Delta back in the day, this is the perfect opportunity to return to its dark science fiction action. If you've never experienced this essential piece of gaming history before, now is the time.
R-Type Delta HD Boosted features high-resolution graphics that hone the polygonal edges of this PlayStation masterpiece until they’re sharp enough to cut glass. You simply haven’t experienced R-Type Delta until you've played it in high definition! Of course, the game also comes equipped with modern quality-of-life improvements.
What has always made R-Type Delta so fantastic is its dark, eerie atmosphere. Shoot-'em-ups are not typically known for storytelling, but R-Type Delta HD Boosted excels with its simple, minimalist environmental storytelling, characteristic of the late ’90s. It’s a narrative that is as fascinating as it is unsettling, as adrenaline-pumping as it is deeply disturbing. And all this without a single word being spoken.
The name “Delta” carries several meanings. Firstly, the Greek letter delta resembles a triangle, which coincidentally has as many sides as there are playable ships in the game. It is also the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, and R-Type Delta is the fourth game in the R-Type series. Additionally, the delta triangle is the simplest type of polygon, which is fitting since R-Type Delta was the first game in the series to use three-dimensional polygon graphics instead of two-dimensional sprites.
The year is 2163, and the badly damaged R9 Arrowhead fighter has just returned to Earth after its mission to destroy the Bydo Empire. The vessel is rescued by the battle-cruiser Croque-Monsieur and transported to an orbital space station. One year later, astronomers in Central Asia observe mysterious objects falling from the sky, and moments later, control is lost over the orbiting annihilation platform Moritz-G. This high-tech machine, capable of destroying the entire planet, descends over a city and levels it to the ground. Although its planet-destroying weapons have not yet been activated, its advanced defense systems make Moritz-G virtually impossible to approach. A desperate military operation is launched, and the prototype ship R9aII Delta is deployed to resolve the situation. Thus begins the epic battle that is R-Type Delta!
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Languages: English, Japanese
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it's so obviously a great game and to a Casual like me a very solid effort to remaster such a cool, important shmup and bring it to PC and modern systems. there are a few things that are a little basic in presentation and options, but so far as I can tell it's a must-have for fans of the genre. being remade to remove slowdown is awesome, making it to me the definitive version to experience. so it's a great effort for a truly great game every shmup fan SHOULD play, but to not even include even a barebones CRT filter is simply too much for me. I've gotta use this vote as my measely way to protest this lack of care about such a small thing that at least to me is so important. the game only looks the way it does because the designers knew it'd all be seen through CRT scanlines. that was all that available - even to them, I bet - when it came out. small thing but a critical one. so easy to implement, too. very frustrating, especially when it's otherwise so GOOD. I do recommend it. I do. but I'm using this vote as protest. I'll change if ever they add one, I do doubt they will. if they didn't think of it while making it, why would they think of it now??
プレイステーションでプレイ済み。オールクリアは…したかな…わからん。 特に思い入れのないゲームですが、タイトルが懐かしいのでセールということもあり購入。 タイトル知ってるゲームだと、なんか買っちゃう。そしてあまりプレイされずコレクションと化すのであった。(久しぶりにすることはあります)
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very glad i bought this game! if it were a barebones 30 fps port - it wouldnt have been worth it but it seems like actual care was put into this port- the only issue is having to press escape to quit instead of just the B button and prompt me to quit or have an exit game setting but its hardly an issue when everything else looks,sounds, and runs so well!
Exactly how I remember it! Still just as hard…
CINEMA
Delta Is The Best R-Type In The Entire Series:) I'm Happy To Say This Is My Favorite Game On Steam Now... There Is Not A Day In The World I Won't Support R-Type Delta... Already Purchased R-TYPER's DIGITAL EDITION With No Regrets:P The R13 Cerberus Is My Baby, He Is Best Boy:)
全実績を解除しました。 PS1の名作が、改良されて現代に蘇ったと言っても過言ではありません。 音楽もアレンジに切り替えられるのですが、これもまた原作の雰囲気を壊さないアレンジで良い。 PS1の頃は、処理落ちが激しく1周するのにも、凄く時間がかかりましたが 今回は、少しの空き時間で1周できるくらいテンポが良いです。 難易度はKIDS(EASY)モードでも難しいのですがパターン化すれば最終的にノーミスクリアも余裕になります。 生存時間による難易度上昇もありませんのでパターン化もしやすいゲームです。 HUMAN(NORMAL)は、さらに難易度が上昇するのですが、やっつけではない、しっかりとしたバランス調整をしてあります。 パターンを全部覚えたら1コインクリアも苦ではありません。 難易度BYDO(HARD)はプレイしていません。 全体的に自機の当たり判定が見た目通り大きいのですが、地形やられはありませんので結構雑にプレイしても大丈夫です。ただ、納得感のいかないやられ方もするので、もう少し小さく調整した方が良いとは思います。 あと、個人的なこととしてR9の対地レーザーはもっと強くしてほしかったです。 シリーズ通して不遇な扱いをされている対地レーザーに光を当ててほしい……(レーザーだけに)。 そういうことなので名作なので買いです!
I voted for this in the Steam Awards for the Best Game I Suck At. But it is so much fun. If you like horizontal shmups you need to give it a try. Cool visuals. Cool weapons. Cool music. It's got that retro look because it is a retro game remade for the current graphical interfaces. But you can play it in the original low def graphics if you so choose. It has lasers, but it's not lazy.
Ugly "remaster" without any screen filter or option to improve texture stability. No rewind. Worse in every way than what any decent emulator offers. The Huelsbeck tracks don't make this a good product. Refunded.
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