R.TYPE vs AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
R.TYPE
Experience a classic arcade shooter reborn for modern devices. Battle the evil Bydo Empire across eight challenging levels, utilizing a variety of weapons and power-ups. This faithful adaptation offers both original difficulty and enhanced touch controls for an authentic retro gaming experience.
- Classic arcade shoot 'em up gameplay
- Eight challenging levels
- Multiple weapon upgrades and power-ups
- Two difficulty settings
- Touch and virtual D-pad controls
- Unlockable achievements and leaderboards
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R-TYPE, THE CLASSIC ARCADE SHOOTER, RETURNS AS A UNIVERSAL APP! Revisit the 80's (mesh half-shirts and Keds optional) with this classic, old-school shoot 'em up! One of the decade’s most popular arcade games will awaken fond memories of jangling quarters, Jolt Cola and week-old popcorn. Fire up your iPhone or iPad and get ready to go back... to R-Type! FEEL THE BLAST! Blast off and attack the evil Bydo Empire. Use everything in your arsenal to take them down – don’t be shy! It's retro, it's fun and it's a “10” on the difficulty scale. Finish this masterpiece and carve your name amongst the greats! INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL FEATURES… Remember how damnably difficult R-Type was? Well it still is, because we stayed true to the original, just the way you remember it! Choose between two difficulty settings, utilize two different control options and soar through eight jam-packed levels, each with its own unique boss. Upgrade to new weapons, power-ups, and attachments as you battle wave after wave of enemies. ... AND SOME NEW FEATURES TOO! - Universal version - Enhanced Touch mode - Eight levels and two different control options: touch and virtual D-pad - Two difficulty settings - Available in 10 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese - Full Retina Display support - Game Center: unlockable achievements + online leaderboards
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Relive classic arcade shoot 'em ups and other genres from the 80s and 90s. Design and expand your own virtual arcade with cabinets and decorations. Purchase additional titles to grow your collection.
- 1 included classic game, 5 demos
- 24 purchasable classic Toaplan titles
- Customizable virtual arcade design
- Multiple display modes (vertical/horizontal)
- Adjustable game settings (difficulty, lives)
- Customizable touch controls and controller support
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Truxton and other classics! Toaplan was a popular arcade game developer in the 80’s and 90’s that had a huge influence in the shoot ‘em up genre. In Amusement Arcade Toaplan you can experience the classics and design and expand your own arcade with cabinets and other items! Amusement Arcade Toaplan includes the original Truxton and more classic games can be purchased in-app. In total there are 25 classic Toaplan titles ranging from iconic shoot ‘em ups to platform action, racing and beat ‘em ups, including both Japanese and international versions of the games (full list below). With various filters to recreate that arcade experience and individual game settings for difficulty, lives, invincibility and more, all your base will truly belong to you! The games can be played with tailored, customisable touch controls, or by connecting external controllers. You can even play with an external arcade stick (with Bluetooth) for the ultimate in arcade authenticity. Features: • 1 full game, 5 demos, and 24 purchasable titles • Multiple regional versions and a manual per title • Vertical/tate and horizontal/yoko display modes • Multiple filters and effects (bloom, raster, etc) • Options for difficulty, extra lives, continues etc • Create your own arcade, 3 layouts x 3 regions (unlockable with more games) • Place functioning cabinets, drink machines, sofas and more! Game list: Included: • Truxton (1988) Demo version (can be purchased): • Tiger Heli (1985) • Flying Shark (1987) • Wardner (1987) • Snow Bros. (1990) • Teki Paki (1991) Can be purchased: *each game comes with a cabinet and an item to place in your arcade • Guardian (1986) • Slap Fight/Alcon (1986) • Twin Cobra (1987) • Rally Bike (1988) • Hellfire (1989) • Twin Hawk (1989) • Demon's World (1989) • Zero Wing (1989) • Fire Shark (1989) • Out Zone (1990) • Vimana (1991) • Ghox (1991) • Truxton II (1992) • Fixeight (1992) • Dogyuun (1992) • Grind Stormer (1993) • Knuckle Bash (1993) • Batsugun (1993) • Snow Bros. 2 (1994) Caution: Failure to use Restore Purchase may result in duplicated purchases. Please make sure to use Restore Purchase before making a purchase if you are in doubt. Additionally, if you are signed in with the same Apple ID (Apple account) on multiple devices, please do not make purchases on a device other than the one you originally made a purchase from.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN at Free against R.TYPE's $1.99. AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 25 months). R.TYPE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 26) and ratings volume (62 vs 7). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN is free to download; R.TYPE costs $1.99 up front. AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. R.TYPE asks for nothing beyond the download.
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: R.TYPE has 62 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of R.TYPE's written reviews are positive against 67% of AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN's.
R.TYPE ships an update every 25 months, AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | R.TYPE | AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (62 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 584 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DotEmu | TATSUJIN Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
R.TYPE
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Bugs and requests
R.TYPE
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ship randomly jumps to the right side
- Buttons overlap and obscure gameplay
- Crashes and freezes on iOS 13+
- Compatibility issues on iPhone 12 and newer
Requested features
4 requests- Support for Bluetooth controllers
- Option to resize/reposition controls
- Difficulty settings/modes
- Improved sound quality
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
R.TYPE
No in-app purchases
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
- Snow Bros.$4.99
- Snow Bros. 2$4.99
- Slap Fight/Alcon$4.99
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- Fire Shark$4.99
- Hellfire$4.99
- Flying Shark$4.99
- Tiger Heli$4.99
- Zero Wing$4.99
- Vimana$4.99
- Fixeight$4.99
- Twin Cobra$4.99
- Truxton II$4.99
- Dogyuun$4.99
- Out Zone$4.99
- Grind Stormer$4.99
- Batsugun$4.99
- Complete collection(2 titles)$7.99
- Complete collection(3 titles)$11.99
- Complete collection(4 titles)$15.99
- Complete collection(5 titles)$19.99
- Bulk purchase of game titles$23.99
- Bulk purchase of game titles$27.99
- Bulk purchase of game titles$31.99
- Bulk purchase of game titles$35.99
- Bulk purchase of game titles$39.99
- Complete collection(24 titles)$95.90
Questions
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