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[ Game    ]  :  Super R-Type
[ System  ]  :  SNES
[ Author  ]  :  Anthony M
[ E-mail  ]  :  MixedInception <at> yahoo <dot> com
[ Version ]  :  1.1
[ Date    ]  :  April 24th 2003

*Version(s)* - Version 1.0 the first submit and basic walkthrough.
(4-24-2003)  - Version 1.1 the breaking up of big paragraphs to make it
easier to follow, and proofreading and fixing spelling errors.

©/Copyright 2003 Anthony Martinez

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CONTENTS
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I.-Introduction

II.-Walkthrough

III.-Closing

IV.-Credits
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I. Introduction
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This walk through is for one of the hardest games for the Super Nintendo,
and one of the hardest games of all time being labeled by others. As you
all know Super R-Type is extremely challenging. This FAQ will be to help
you finish the game. Later the FAQ will be updated with a list of all power
ups. Now this game is really enjoying and fun, but it will be even better
knowing you can beat this game. So let’s get ready and have fun =)

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II. Walkthrough
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STAGE 1
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When you start off I suggest you get a feel for you ship, take the time to
test out the level first. Once you get a feel take out the first wave of red
ships with you normal attack. Soon after the wave you should see a power up,
pick it up. Get ready for another wave of red ships. Keep your ship in the
middle only moving up and down for the time being and destroy the red ships.
With that wave gone, you approach further down and a different type of ship
appears and a wave comes from the ground, do not worry still just fire your
normal attack. Now they are gone and you see three other types of ships,
there a little bigger but you can still destroy them with your normal attack.

Do that and be ready for bombs. Now you can either destroy these or just
avoid them, I suggest you only destroy the ones in your path as there is no
need to risk losing a life. Now if you decide to just avoid them, keep your
distance because these things do blow up after a given time. Now after about
the first ten of these bombs, there will be bombs and ships, stay in the middle
and fire like crazy, just clear a path, nothing else. Just keep firing, I
do not suggest using your charge up because it take to much time and you may
find your self blowing up so just keep your normal attack and fire a clear
path.

Ok so your past the bombs, now you see lots of little alien balls flying
around, but in two rows going away from you, now would be a good time to
charge your short (By holding down your normal attack button) and waiting
until it reaches the end on the meter on the bottom of your screen. Now
these balls can not be destroyed so just go in the middle of them and avoid
getting to close. Now as your trying to avoid these rows of balls be careful
because they shoot out orange little bullets that will destroy your ship, and
you do not want to lose any lives in the first level. Ok, so you pass the
balls and you have a charge up ready to go right?

Now sink to the bottom without touching and let it go, it will destroy the
whole bottom row of enemies for you so you don’t have to worry. Now upon going
further you see a big ship, do not worry this is not a boss, simply avoid its
shots while charging up yours and hit him with it a couple times and he is
destroyed. After defeating him you boost up and go onto the boss fight.

*********
BOSS ONE
*********

This boss is quite simple. What you want to do is first charge up a shot, not
to the second level but to the first, let it go in hopes of hitting his four
spawn on him. This will reduce his firing at you. Now just repeat this until
all four are off. Now, just keep moving in a circle and avoid his charging at
your ship and fire like crazy normal shots. Doing this he will fall with in
two minutes.


*******
STAGE 2
*******

Ok when you start level two there will be a mass wave of them red ships,
easily shoot your normal attack and destroy them until you reach a power up.
Once you get that power up quickly pick a side of the screen, In other words
lots of ships are going to come and you either pick top or bottom because
staying in the middle will only get you killed. So now that you picked shoot
your normal attack and destroy the next wave of ships. Ok so now you are
moving towards some sort of a space station, this is where it can get tricky.
As soon as you enter you will have to fight off two waves of ships pouring out
your only entrance, do this quick to avoid a lost life.

Ok so now that you’re in you need to be careful because big ships are popping
out from the ground and they take more then one shot to destroy, your best
bet is to avoid and only destroy the ones you absolutely have to. With that
said, get ready and continue on forward. These ships shoot long missiles at you so you need to be
ready to move quickly. Like I said just avoid them, don’t try and destroy them.
Now after the first wave there will be a pink power up at the bottom of your
screen, make sure you pick this up, you don’t want to miss it because this will
help you kill the rest of these things with one shot. Now that you have this
avoid the missiles still and clear a path.

Ok so you have a path now and you see some reactors moving up and down, this
can be hard but you need to time it and jam forward to make it through with out
them crushing your ships. So time it, when you think its safe just jam forward
and make it through. Also watch out behind you because they will be shooting
little orange bullets that will destroy ship. You’re through that now and you
should see another power up that is light greenish/bluish with an "M" entitles
on it, pick it up and continue on forward. This power up will drop bombs from
the bottom of your ship and this proves to be very helpful. While still
avoiding the orange bullets prepare for a couple more waves of ships. This
shouldn’t be hard, all you need to do is don’t stop firing and constantly move.
Now that you’re out of harms way for the time being continue forward.
Now you will see a lone soldier ship come along, shoot it and get the power up.

As soon as you get this power up start firing your normal shot like crazy
because more waves of ships are on the way. The best way to go now is to stay
on the bottom path and just clear a path while not moving to the top or middle.
The top ships will not move down to you but only drop a few orange bullets that
wont be hard to avoid at all. So continue on the bottom and don’t take your
finger off that fire button. Ok so you clear you way through and now you see
another big ship identical to the one right before the first boss. Do the same
and avoid his big lasers while charging up your big shot and fire that at him
a couple of times. Now after he is destroyed pick up your new power up that
lets your shots reflect off the walls. Now continue forward firing like crazy.
Try to pick a spot and fire; don’t move around to much as that will sometimes
recklessly result in a lost life. With only one wave of ships, you destroy
them and head onto the boss.

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BOSS TWO
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This boss is huge but don’t worry because he does not move. Now the first thing
you need to notice is the wall closes so you don’t have much room to squirm
around. So pick a spot and just fire as best you can. I don’t suggest using
the power up shot because it takes to much time and this boss shoots stuff
that bounces around so you need to get your shots in quickly. So when the
boss shoots his beams just move but don’t jam up or down because you don’t
have much space. So when he shoots you keep firing like crazy and crazy. Do not
stop shooting. Doing this should bring him down in no time. If however you
do choose to use power up shots, then power up, move up let it off, and
quickly but safely move to the bottom screen, see where he shoots his beam
then back off and avoid it. (While of course charging a new shot) and repeat
this. This takes longer, but for some it may prove to be easier.



********
STAGE 3
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The game starts to get a bit harder here, more swarms of enimes and the need
to move around a lot. So when you start this level hurry and go right to the
top of your screen. Why? So you can get the attachment to your ship on the
front where it will be more useful rather then on the back. So now that you
have that out of the way, start firing like crazy because lots of ships
are going to be crashing down from the stop of your screen. Just get
through this and keep firing. After the first dozen or two you will see
a power up, get this and continue on. Now the first wave is over with
and you come to what looks like a waterfall, get your ship up high and
continue forward because the waterfall pushes your ship down.

Now as soon as you pass that kill the only ship coming and get the power up.
This power up will let you shoot fire beams up and down the screen. Now
here comes a huge wave, and it will be tough. The best thing you want to
do is fire up and down. Don’t stay in one spot because these ships are going
to be coming from all over the place. So keep moving and fire like crazy
yet again. Now as you fight off the first small wave you should see a pink
power up right before another one of those water falls, pick that up and
do the same as the last waterfall. Now when you pass the waterfall you will
be able to choose a path, up or down, choose the up path and fire the whole
way through, make sure you stay low to the ground because water sprouts
will be popping up and try to make your ship crush at the top of the screen.
So continue on and fire through. On your way out that path watch your back
because some aliens will be behind you, Just hurry forward and be ready to fire
some more.

Now watch the bottom of the ground because some alien type sea worms
will be coming out from the bottom, so don’t go fast just take it slow and
keep on firing. As your firing gradually go up to the top of your screen,
upon killing an enemies up there will be another power up, get this and continue
on. Now there will be a ton of enemies and it gets really hard, what
you want to do is take your time and slowly go back so you have more screen
to work with. Now the red alien ships are coming out from the ground and the
little other aliens are tagging along following your ship. So mixed in with
luck go slow and fire like there is no tomorrow. After a huge wave of them
you will come across a big alien ship.

Nope not the boss yet, but watch out because this one is fast. Just fire and
kill everything around it first, then after that start to avoid him and
charge up your shot. Make sure not to charge up until everything around him
is gone. Defeat him and fight a very small wave of easy red ships. After this
wave get ready, you have a boss to fight.


***********
BOSS THREE
***********

Ok this boss is easy, be lucky you get this tip because I sure didn’t and well,
lets just say it took me a while. First off don’t pay much attention to
the two worms like creatures he sends out, those are just to distract you.
I was shooting at them forever until I realized it made no difference.
Ok now that you know not to fire at them, look at the boss and every once in a
while a blue like eye will come up, have a power shot saved up and blast it at
him each time. So just charge up your shot while avoiding the worms and blast
his eye when it comes out. Also know that the eye comes out not only in the
front but the back. So always look at what side it pops out from. Continue
doing this and you should be fine. The best way to avoid the worms is to stay
in the middle and see which way they go, there not to fast so you should be
able to judge on where to go once they start to come, that is why staying in
the middle is important.


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STAGE 4
********

Ok to start off this level you will see the attachment coming from behind you
and then you will a power up come by also, first go for the power up and get
that, then get the attachment and hook it to the front of your ship. It will
help you much more this way again. Ok there will be a small wave of ships
after this but just shoot and continue. Then you will see a big red ship, not
a ship you will have to fight but the level, but you still need to watch out
because the ship fires blue beams.

Now as you approach the ship you need to know that there will be a ton of
aliens on the bottom of your screen, not only that but the ship will be
firing a lot also. The best way to go about this is to stay on the bottom and
fire a path the whole way through. Make sure you stay on the bottom and fire
a lot because you do not, I repeat to not want to die because you will be
stripped of all your power ups and this is one level you will be glad you
have them. So now start to fire at the bottom and clear a path for your self.
Oh and you need to watch out because not only will this ship be firing blue
beams it will also be dropping little bombs. So watch the ship and move from
the bottom only when you need to avoid the bombs the ship drops. Sorry there
is not much to explain in this level like the others because this level is
just really short, all you do is fly through these big red ships. So follow
the above advice until you reach the boss.


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BOSS FOUR
*********

Ok this boss is a little tough. The basic strategy for this boss is the power
up shot. The ship takes these clear lenses and uses them to fire these beams
all across the room, basically while he is getting these lenses you charge
your shot and then blast him. Then avoid his beams, it gets a little hard
but nothing really you can explain. Like I said if you charge your shot and
blasts him every chance you get, he should go down quick and fairly easy. Also
you need to watch out for the little orange bullets, but they are not much to
worry about because they are easy to avoid.


*******
STAGE 5
*******

First off let me tell you this level has some great music in it, and it makes
it all the more fun. Ok with the personal issue out the way let’s get on with
it. The level starts off with your ship attachment coming from behind, go
up and make sure you get it on the front. Although this wouldn’t be a bad time
to test out how you like it on the back, this level isn’t swarming with tons of
enemies like last level. Ok so now that you have your ship equipped, move to
the bottom and destroy the first couple of ships that come your way. Now
watch out for the top because there will be sips on the top too shooting
them orange little bullets. Now when you destroy the first couple of ships
a power up will come along, get it. Continue on and you see the level
moving with you, well now here is the tricky part, you have to take the right
ups and down to avoid being smashed. I will list from the first point on
weather to go up or down, they are as follows:

Down
Middle on your way up from down hit the middle but only for a little bit and
then head;
Up

Ok so you’re out of the maze now and you see a wave of ships coming, destroy
them and take the power up. Now there are going to be a new type of ship
that takes more then one normal shot to bring down and they are a little
bigger. What you do not want to do is charge up your shot, I know it's
tempting but don’t, just take the time and shoot off a couple extra shots
it will save you believe me, because you don’t have time to charge you need
to kill off all the little enemy ships coming too. Any way’s so kill these
ships off and continue on forward.

Now you will enter another one of those mazes but this one is so easy I don’t
even need to type it, I mean you can just keep going forward and get out of it.
But go to the top of your screen so you can destroy the enemy ship for another
power up. After you get that continue on forward and you get out and you see
those ships that take a couple shots to bring down greet you. So do the nice
thing and greet them back with tons of shots. Once you pass this wave of ships
there will be an another power up for you. Get this and continue forward,
take out the second wave of ships and get the last power up before the level
ends. Now its boss time.



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BOSS FIVE
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Well there is not much to say on this boss, he is probably one of the easiest
bosses in the game, the only thing you need to do is avoid the obstacles when
chasing him, and hit the eye that pops out. Since this level is at a pretty
high speed just make sure your reaction time is up to snuff. Avoid the
obstacles and hit his eye with your charged up blasts and you bring this
boss down in not time.


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STAGE 6
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Start this level by moving to the top of your screen so you can get the ship
attachment. After that continue onwards and take out the first wave of them
red ships. Mid way through the wave you should find a power up, get that and
keep on shooting. Now some more ships are going to come from tubes, from the
top and bottom of your screen, but don’t worry just keep on firing all the
shots you can. Take then out and be ready for a second wave of red ships.
This time there will be a couple ships on the bottom of your screen but you
don’t really need to worry about them. As you go forward your going to see a
platform lowering down aliens. Kill the aliens and time it so you make it
right on through. Do the same for the second one, after the second one there
will be a power up, get that and continue. Now from the top of your screen
there will be some more aliens dropping from the top and into red slime if
you don’t take care of them on there way down. So wipe out these guys and
pick up the power up at the end. Now get ready to pass a third platform
and fight some ground aliens.

Just shoot them with your normal shot and keep on going and pick up the power
up. Now here comes a tricky part, it is going to be a straight turn, better
to explain like as soon as you get the power up your going to want to jam up
on your up arrow key and then hit right on your arrow key as fast as you can
while shooting. Do exactly that so you don’t loose any lives. Now that you’re
on the top of your screen fire at the ground aliens and enemy ships until you
clear them out.

Now your going to see a ton of enemies from behind you, dropping from the top and
ones flying, this gets tough but what you want to do is move around as much
as you can and fire in all different directions. About half way through this
wave you will see a yellow power up, get that and your life will be much
easier because this fires up and down and will take care of anything dropping
on your ship. Now continue to fire all over the place and clear all these
ships and aliens out. Now you see a big ship with a beam forcing you to lower
your ship to the ground, do not worry and go as low as you can and when his
beam breaks up jam up and go to the top of your screen. Now just go right
above him and fire with the power up you got with the flame that just goes
up and down. Destroy him and get ready for the boss fight.


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BOSS 6
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Ok this boss is really easy, all you have to do is watch how low you are to
the ground and your movements. Now when you’re at the boss stage watch out
because the boss this time comes from behind so stay at the top until he
passes by. After his passes go under him and hit his eyes with the beams of
flames. There will be no point in charging up any shots for this boss.
So just go under him and destroy each part one at a time until they are all
gone.


*******
STAGE 7
*******

Ok like all other levels start this off by going to the top so you can hook
on your ship attachment to the front of your ship. Ok so now that you have it
get ready to start to fire, alien snakes are going to start to fly around all
over the screen so just keep shooting and then the little ships will start to
come, just fire, fire, and fire. There will be a power up after the first about
three ships/ and one snake get that and after about two more snakes there will be
another power up, get that and continue on and keep firing until they are all
destroyed. As you are still fighting off this huge wave another power up will
be in the middle, get that and keep on firing.

Now go to the bottom of the screen because soon there will be another power up
that will try and sneak by you, of course get the power up and keep on firing.
Then move back up to the middle of the screen and get the pink "M" power up
and yet again continue to fire. After a lot of them snakes and ships you will
start to come across these yellow type aliens, they take a lot of shots to
bring down so I suggest to just avoid them and only destroy the ones you need
to. So now just fire and get by all of these yellow aliens and other ships.
Now you will soon approach a reactor of some kind with only one way in, so
you know what the means, you are going to have to fire a lot so you can get
through and get through alive. So make your way in the reactor and soon you
will be taken to the final boss of the game.



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BOSS SEVEN
**********

Ok you have got this far, you are now at the final boss and he is pretty
tough. The first thing you want to do is charge up a shot the second form
that sprays fire all over and take out all of his tentacles, this will make
it much easier. From there on out you want to avoid his shots and fire at
the fetus when the hatch opens. So once you destroy his tentacles just
keep charging your shoots and avoiding his and then blasting him each time
the door to the fetus opens. Soon he will be destroyed and you will have
conquered Super R- Type.


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III. Closing
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I really love this game and I remember how mad it use to make me, not knowing
what to expect and then all of a sudden dieing and having to start all the way
over. So I hope this FAQ has helped you complete this game because this is one
hell of a game and one hell of an accomplishment. Now this FAQ is not done
because I still plan on making a list of all the power ups and what they do,
and also a more detailed boss section. With that said if any of you have
anything you would like to add, or new strategy’s or even some ways to make
this FAQ better please email me at [email protected] just title it FAQ
issues or something like that. Also any and all comments are welcome just
send it to the email above. Thank you for viewing this FAQ and I hope you
had fun with this game because it is one of the best shooters to date =)


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IV. Credits
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-CjayC- For letting this FAQ be on his site and hosting all my
other work.

-Ricky H- My friend who told me about this great game, if it wasn’t for him I
would have missed out on a classic game.

-Matt M- My brother, for just being, well my brother.


-Version 1.0- the first submit and basic walkthrough.
End.
-Version 1.1- breaking up of the big paragraphs to make it easier to follow
and proofreading and fixing spelling errors.

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