TV's Frink said:
R-Type ROCKED!!!
That is, until you lost your first powered-up ship. Most games like this where you can only die once (because your subsequent ships only get a pea-shooter and the enemies are crazy strong) are usually very frustrating. Twin Cobra was like that too.
Racking my brains over what IREMS follow up was called. No not R-type II,
The game where you got power ups on strap-on chains
I could search MAME but meah