I'm sorry but Deep Blue still sucks

[Arkhan]

Tats, your killing me! Why Knight Rider?

cause deep blue doesnt hassle the hoff.

[Necromancer]

Tats, your killing me! Why Knight Rider?

Because K.I.T.T. knows how to OBEY:

[DesmondThe3rd]

I won't be playing Deep Blue all Knight.

[Obfuscate]

Deep Blue wouldn't be so bad if it were not for those falling urchins? on the 4th stage. Never get past that part.

[Joe Redifer]

I thought I was looking into the eyes of a Cylon.

[exile]

I thought it was a color theory lesson

[rag-time4]

Well, once you finish the first 8 stages in Rtype the game loops over on a higher difficulty. It finally ends after 16 stages.

Ah, I'm not a fan of looping.  I usually just shut the game off at that point, figuring it'll probably loop forever or that the next ending won't be any different.  I'm in it for the fun, not the high score.  Once I've seen the ending, I'm satisfied with my playthrough.  But in R-Type, I shut the game off when I complete level 4 because those last 4 levels are very boring.  I've beaten it, but the fun part is only in the first half of the game.  I'd love a PC Engine R-Type 1 card.  The R-Type 2 cards should all be burned... how does that work anyway?  Play through part 1, does it prompt you to put in card 2 (or at least put a save file or give a password or some such)?  Then you beat card 2... does it prompt you to put in card 1 for the loop?  I only remember the SMS version looping.

Well, once you finish the first 8 stages in Rtype the game loops over on a higher difficulty. It finally ends after 16 stages.

Ah, I'm not a fan of looping.  I usually just shut the game off at that point, figuring it'll probably loop forever or that the next ending won't be any different.  I'm in it for the fun, not the high score.  Once I've seen the ending, I'm satisfied with my playthrough.  But in R-Type, I shut the game off when I complete level 4 because those last 4 levels are very boring.  I've beaten it, but the fun part is only in the first half of the game.  I'd love a PC Engine R-Type 1 card.  The R-Type 2 cards should all be burned... how does that work anyway?  Play through part 1, does it prompt you to put in card 2 (or at least put a save file or give a password or some such)?  Then you beat card 2... does it prompt you to put in card 1 for the loop?  I only remember the SMS version looping.

On PCE if you clear Part 1 the game gives you a password to use with Part 2.  It actually makes the 2nd half a lot easier since once you've got the password, you can always start at Stage 5 with full power.  You don't have to go back to stage 1 everytime.

In R-Type the 2nd loop is just for score.  But in a few games, the 2nd loop is worth doing.  For example in Last Resort, the stage 3 boss has a completely new attack style and animation that only happens on the 2nd loop. 

I've made it through the first loop of the PCE R-Type I, and yes, it gives you a password to use for R-Type II. Then the second loop of stages I-IV begins....

The second loop seems much more difficult than the first loop.

[Joe Redifer]

So there is a password from part 2 to go to the loop of part 1?

[ceti alpha]

So there is a password from part 2 to go to the loop of part 1?

I'm also confused. I thought R-Type I (pce) was the first three or four stages and R-Type II (pce) was the remainder of the game. R-Type for the TG is just R-Type I and II (pce) in one, or what you would call the actual arcade game. I think Desmond and Rags are talking about two different things. 

[Tatsujin]

So there is a password from part 2 to go to the loop of part 1?

I'm also confused. I thought R-Type I (pce) was the first three or four stages and R-Type II (pce) was the remainder of the game. R-Type for the TG is just R-Type I and II (pce) in one, or what you would call the actual arcade game. I think Desmond and Rags are talking about two different things. 

You are seeing it right. JPN PCE R-Type 1 & 2 = Arcade R-Type splitted into two hueys (level 1~4 and 5~8). Since you will allways have a different amount of score and probably also different weapons when reaching the end of huey 1 (level4), it will give you a password, which you then can put into huey 2 (level 5 ~) and allows you to continue with the same score and weaponry.

nothing more to say about.

[Joe Redifer]

Does the US R-Type loop?  It is clear the JP one does not.

[SuperDeadite]

The JP version does loop.  You get a password for 2nd loop after beating stage 8.

[DesmondThe3rd]

Does the US R-Type loop?  It is clear the JP one does not.

Yes, the US R-Type loops over the 8 stages again but only once.