Carl Williams writes, "The classic R-Type II is on sale right now on Google Play. This is one of the classic side scrolling shooters of yesteryear. This was one of the better-looking shooters back in the day, and it still is. On mobile devices there is not a lot of choices available for scrolling shooters and having both R-Type I and II available is just awesome."
Hardcore Gamer: Less than a week after the Amazon Appstore version of R-Type was made available for free, and fully playable for OUYA owners who sideloaded the Amazon Appstore on their system, the game gets an official release on the OUYA.
Humble Mobile Bundle 5 features two of the best Android games to date, The Room Two and The Cave. It also includes retro shooter, R-Type II, the perplexing produce puzzler, Bag It!, and the monumental role-playing game, Aralon: Sword and Shadow and the tile-based board game, Carcassonne.
So many of good games for the phone, I've already run out of storage space on my device :(
Time to get a bigger flash disk!
David: Side scrolling shoot ‘em ups are currently a novelty, replaced by endless runners, tower defense games, and platforming games that boast breathtaking visuals. Relegated as remnants of the past, younger generations can no longer appreciate the glory days of gaming as some of them can only be seen via YouTube videos or via subpar emulations. Besides, who owns a working NES or arcade machine nowadays?
made the mistake and bought the first r type for ios. it is a drag to play wothout real buttons. basically, i‘m done with mobile gaming. as a gamer i am a little bit more demanding than android/ios touch games. or the switch for that matter. both are neither fish nor flesh.