Super R*Type [Model SHVC-SR]

Stage Select:
On the title screen, press Start once to display the level difficulty screen (right before starting the game). There, press and hold the Right Shoulder button and press Up nine times. If done right, you will hear the power-up chime. Start the game and pause at any time by pressing Start. During the pause, hold Right Shoulder, A and then press Select. A counter should appear in the lower-left corner of the screen (picture on the top-right). Press Up and Down to select a stage. This cheat comes with an interesting twist. Super R-Type features seven stages - however, seventeen stages can be selected with this cheat! Well, stages listed as 11 to 17 are one difficulty level up. So if you start the game as "Easy", levels 11 to 17 will be "Normal" difficulty. But, most interestingly, if you start the game as "hard", 11 to 17 will give you access to a hidden PRO difficulty level! Curiously, this mode also unlocks a hidden end-screen (picture on the bottom/right) not seen in the original game, as long as you can beat Super R-Type in this (insane) difficulty level. Interestingly, the only way to access the true ending of the game is to play the Hard and the PRO modes - but the Stage Select cheat doesn't allow you to do it... this is what this hidden screen says - "You must clear all stages!"

Weapon Select:
This cheat is a little tricky to activate. On the title screen, press Start once to display the level difficulty screen (right before starting the game). There press Down, Right Shoulder, Right, Down, Right, Right, Down, Right, Down and Down. If done right, you will hear the power-up chime. Start the game and pause at any time by pressing Start. During the pause, press Right Shoulder, Right, Down, Y, Down, Right, Down, Left, Right, Down, Right and Right. But you're not done yet! You need to press one of these buttons to select the Weapon Type: A for red, X for blue, B for yellow, Y for green and Right Shoulder for grey. Then press A for homing missiles or X for ground missiles.

True Ending:
Super R-Type features a true ending - it is however really difficulty to see. You have to complete the game on Hard and then on PRO difficulty! You also can't use the Stage Select cheat and ultimately have to beat the whole game, technically twice, on these difficulty modes! This is virtually impossible to do because of the game's insane difficulty level... I am not ashamed to say that emulation and save-states seem to be the only way to achieve this treat. It is a real shame because this real ending features a rather good (and apparently exclusive) animated end-sequence (pictures on the right) and the game's staff-roll.