The same revival system is used as in R-Type, where the player is brought back to a checkpoint whenever their ship is destroyed.

The game starts off in a ruined Bydo base, and continues through a giant cave where waterfalls can prevent the ship from progressing.

The final level takes place on the Bydo home planet, where the alien organisms are cloned and mass-produced.

R-Type II for the Amiga is a downgraded though faithful conversion of the original arcade game.

R-Types includes a new opening and ending movie animation, along with "R's Library", which documents some of the game's design settings.

Tozai Games returned in 2018 and issued the collection digitally as R-Type Dimensions EX, on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

[6] Strictly Limited Games released physical copies of the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions in February 2019.

[7] Collector's Edition variants were issued which contained a hardcover artbook, dog tags, stickers and cards, once again limited to 1,000 on the PlayStation 4 and 2,000 on the Nintendo Switch.