How to play

Game modes

Lives

Lives are limited in R-TYPE II, you start with 5 lives. But you can gain life by scoring. One additional life is given to you when you reach one of the following score: 50000, 150000, 250000, 400000, 600000.

Wave Cannon

Your ship can fire basic blast when you press and quickly release the fire button. By holding the fire button you can build up energy (amount indicated on the beam bar at the bottom of the screen) and release it all at once in a huge blast that can destroy large enemies in one hit and go through multiple enemies. This ability to shoot a large blast has a drawback, you cannot shoot when you are loading the cannon.

Note: You can activate the auto-fire option in the in-game menu, which will keep firing the cannon continuously, leaving you able to charge it by pressing the fire button long enough to fire a large blast.

Power ups

You can get power-ups by destroying a POW capsule .

Force module ,,

The force module acts as a shield by protecting you from basic enemy fire and as a weapon to destroy your enemies. You can attach it to your ship by flying into it and it can be attached to the front or back of your ship firing in the corresponding direction. You can send it away or call it back by using the force module button (the button is only visible when you get at least one module power-up). When it is not attached, the module fires normal blasts, but when it is, it gives you a special attack. There are 3 different modules (red, blue, yellow) and each one of them have 3 levels of power . At level 1 they all do the same basic attack: it fires blast like your ship. And from level 2, they fire powerful attacks that become more powerful higher the level goes.

Missiles

Fires 2 auto-guided missiles.

Search Laser

Fires semi-homing lasers that can bend at 45° angles.

Shotgun Laser

Fires a large shell forward, exploding after a short distance.

Scatter Bomb

Drops bombs to the ground. When these explode, the explosion scatters forward along the ground for a short distance. This is a supporting weapon that can be equipped instead of missiles.

Speed-up

Gives more speed to your ship.

Bits

Bits are small orbs which stay around your ship protecting it from enemy fires. They can be used to inflict damage to your enemies if they hit one of them. You can have a maximum of 2 bits simultaneously, one will be on top of your ship and the second one beneath it. Note: Bits can fire if used in conjunction of the counter-air module at level 2 or 3.

Be careful, power-ups are lost when you die!

Boss

At the end of each level you will meet a boss, that you will have to beat if you want to reach the next level.