R-Type Command

Also known as: R-Type Tactics
It sounds crazy: Take a beloved 2D arcade shooter and turn it into a turn-based strategy RPG played on a hex grid. The funny thing is: it's brilliant.

Genre: Strategy
Release date: May 7, 2008
Published by: Atlus
Developed by: Irem Software Engineering
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
2 player VS
8 GREAT
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Screenshots updated Apr 18, 2008
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Purchase R-Type Command, Get R-9 Spaceship Free N4G
Atlus revealed today that purchasing a copy of its upcoming PSP title R-Type Command at select...
News from N4G Apr 30, 2008
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Achilles, Cancer and Nidhoggr round out the fleet
Apr 18, 2008
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More R-Type Command screens, anyone?
Have eleven more, anyway
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R-Type Command demo for PSP available on PSN N4G
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Sweet new R-Type screens
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Mar 31, 2008
R-Type Command
Shiny new screens show off this tactical RPG's big guns
Mar 4, 2008
Believe it or not, the fact that someone has taken a beloved, 2D arcade shoot 'em-up and turned it into a turn-based strategy game played on a hex grid is not the craziest thing about R-Type Command. No, the nuttiest thing is just how beautifully the bloody thing works. Borrowing equally from strategy RPGs and Nintendo’s Advance Wars series, this is an experiment that succeeds beautifully.   ...
ESRB Rating
R-Type Command is rated:
Everyone 10+
Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence
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