Overview

Number of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
Release Date

Game Boy

  • US 1st May 1991
  • EU 1st Dec 1991
  • JP 1st Jan 1991
Also Available On
Series
Wikipedia
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Reviews

  • Review R-Type (Game Boy)

    R-Lite: cut-down, but still a cracker

    Following its original 1987 arcade release, Irem's highly regarded R-Type was ported to numerous home systems, with this Game Boy version appearing in 1991. For those not in the know (estimates range from 2-5 people living under a rock) the aim of the game is to take your space fighter and blast your way through...

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About The Game

Take a bite out of BYDO!

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.