R-Type is an arcade developed by Irem, released 19 March 1991 on Game Boy.
What R-Type is
R-Type is an arcade game developed by Irem and released in 1991. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bydo and his band of menacing mutants are doing dastardly deeds. They are wrecking havoc in the Cosmos and threatening Earth. Only you, piloting the R-TYPE Spaceship, can counter this threat and save the Blue Planet from catastrophic calamity.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the R-Type series
R-Type is the seventh of 23 entries we hold in the R-Type series. It arrived a year after R-Type II. The next entry was Super R-Type in 1991.
What it launched against
R-Type launched on 19 March 1991, within three weeks of The Simpsons Arcade Game and Fortified Zone.
Released around the same time: The Simpsons Arcade Game, Fortified Zone.
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When did R-Type come out?
R-Type was released on 19 March 1991 for Game Boy.
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