"Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm" is a side-scrolling shooter game developed for Sega CD. The game depicts the battle against the Xias, an alien race bent on human extermination. The player controls a space fighter, capable of morphing into a cyborg named Bari-Arm. Features of the game include an array of weapons such as the Thundercracker, Burning Wave, and Chase Cannon, in addition to health and power-ups recovered from vanquished foes. The objective is to thwart the Xias' massive fleet, protecting Earth and its surrounding colonies.
In Android Assault an alien species called the Xias have targeted human beings for extermination. They have assembled a massive fleet that has crushed any opposing ship that has been sent their way and has started to attacking colonies stationed on nearby planets with a collision course to Earth and it is up to the player to stop them.
The gameplay is a side-scrolling shooter, similar to R-Type, where the player takes control of a space fighter that can morph into a cyborg called Bari-Arm and has an arsenal of weaponry to take down enemy ships including the Thundercracker, Burning Wave and the Chase Cannon along with picking up health and power-ups left behind by destroyed enemies.