R-Type DX Returns as a Game Boy Cartridge
The release renews only the licenses needed to reprint the 1999 cartridge content unchanged, which separates it from City Connection's April R-TYPE DX: Music Encore, a version with arranged music and added features.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Retro Bit and Limited Run Games announced on September 16 a cartridge release of R-Type DX, the 1999 package that combines the Game Boy versions of R-TYPE and R-TYPE II. It runs on Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and the GameCube's Game Boy Player, with reported issues on the Super Famicom's Super Game Boy. The Collector's Edition costs 7,200 yen or $44.99, ships in the first quarter of 2027, and a soundtrack CD and LP are also planned.
The cartridge is sold in two versions: Plasma from Retro Bit and Cosmic from Limited Run Games, each in a different color. It is packaged as the R-Type DX - Collector's Edition, with a full-color instruction manual in a serial-numbered hardcover box illustrated by Paul "Otaking" Johnson, whose self-produced R-TYPE anime drew attention in 2018. Preorders are open at the Limited Run Games official store and at Retro Bit title retailers in the West. Production quantity depends on preorder numbers, and no resale is planned. The cartridge is region-free, and the Limited Run Games store ships to Japan.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.