Super R-Type yɛ saa SNES shooters a wɔtaa yɛ no mu biako a ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ nnaadaa kwan so de mfiase no —kosi sɛ wubehu sɛnea ɛyɛ atirimɔdensɛm ankasa. Woreyɛ R-9 ahunmu hyɛn no ho nhwehwɛmu denam side-scrolling levels a atamfo akuwakuw, mpanyimfo a wɔhyɛ screen so, ne saa owu ntɛm ara afasu a agye dimmɔne a ɛto wo mu no so. Pixel adwinni no da so ara kura mu, titiriw ahɔho mfonini akɛse a ɛhyɛ screen no fã ma bere a ɛda adi no.

Nea ɛma ɛyɛ anifere ne mmeae a wɔhwɛ nneɛma so —die at the boss, na woasan aba wɔ level no mfiase. Akode a wɔde yɛ nneɛma foforo nhyehyɛe no yɛ nwini de, nanso; Woboaboa orbs a ɛma wotumi di akɔneaba wɔ shot types ahorow ntam, na wuhu nea ɛyɛ adwuma yiye ma stage biara no yɛ ɔko no fã. Nhwɛ kwan kɛkɛ sɛ wobɛtra baabi a wobɛhome —eyi de ma wɔn a wɔpɛ sukuu dedaw mu asotwe.