R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The game is made up of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each. The player's spacecraft has, by default, a weak but rapid-firing main gun; and a more powerful gun called a wave cannon, which requires...
It was released in Japan on December 15, 1986, and in North America in September of the following year. Suddenly, a shadowy kami called Khan rises from the lake and coalesces into the form of a man. The player earns coins by killing monsters, and can trade ludder at shops in the dungeons for new equipment....
Image Fight is a 1988 vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Irem. Their trademark evil exploits being a dead giveaway, invaders from the Boondoggle Galaxy had arrived to take over the Earth. However, the term OF-1 does appear in the NES version's instruction manual,...
