[R-Type] [ST]

There are eight levels to this game.  

Leave your finger on the fire button at all times.

When your picking up the power chips for the drone, keep the reflecting
lasers.  

When you have the drone, use it the way it was designed for, ramming and
absorbing bullets. 

LEVEL 1:

Stay back, be patient and pick up upgrades for your drone.  Its best to
have the relecting lasers.  Watch for the creatures that try and sneak up
behind you and the big robots.  The red monster can be dealt with by
shoving your drone up its stomach and keep firing.  In fighting the
rotating guns, get in, blow the blue gun and get out as fast as possible or
try to go up as you approach, shoot at the blue gun emplacement. Hit it and
it will start a chain reaction.


LEVEL 2:

Use reflected lasers to handle the tadpoles.  Go reverse clockwise around
the first worm and hide at the bottom left corner of the mother.  Then jump
to a position just above the eye and shoot away.  Move up to avoid the
third worm.

LEVEL 3:

Go low, hugging the dirt and be patient and lay back.  Go forward at the
last minute to the next gap and then immediately move forward again.  Bring
the drone to the back of your ship.  

BACKDOOR TIME:


When asked to insert disk two, press the HELP key and type ME and press the
up arrow.  Now insert the disk.

F5      Toggles between invuln from aliens and walls
F6      Toggles invulnerable from alien fire
F7      Infinite credits
F8      Toggle control of the orb to mouse. 


or for the ST

Those with Afterburner can try this:

Play the game up to level two.
Let your self die.
Let the game reload the title screen.
Insert disk B of Afterburner.
Press fire button.
After game starts reload diak B of R-Type.
You should have all sorts of weapons.


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ST owners:

Using Atari Basic type in and run the following program:

20      ADDR=&H7FD00
30      DEF SEG = 0: REM ONLY FOR OLD BASIC
40      FOR F = 0 TO 37 STEP 2
50      READ W$: POKE ADDR F,VAL("&H"+W$)
60      NEXT F
65      A$ = "RTYPE.DAT"
70      BLOAD A$,&H50000
80      POKE &H50F5E, &H6026
90      POKE &H50EDA, &H6000: POKE &H50EDC, &H82
100     CALL ADDR
110     DATA 42A7, 3F3C, 0020, 4E41, 46FC, 2700
120     DATA 41F8, 0400, 43F9, 0005, 0000, 203C
130     DATA 0000, 55FA, 20D9, 51C8, FFFC, 4EF8, 0408
140     CHEAT = &H50000
150     CALL CHEAT

Insert R-Type disk A and run this program.

Lines 80 and 90 are optional.  80 will give you infinite lives and 90 will
let you keep all collected weapons.

[This is reprinted from The Gaming Machine, April 89 issue, 47 Gravel Hill,
Ludlow, Shropshire SY8  1Qs]