RayForce
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| Developer(s) | Taito Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Taito Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 1993, 1994, 1995 (Japan) 1993 (Europe) |
| Genre(s) | Action, Shooter |
| Mode(s) | single player, Co-op; Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Sega Saturn |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Horizontal |
| Arcade system(s) | Taito F3 |
| Arcade display | Raster (Horizontal) |
RayForce is a vertical space shooter style game by Taito released for the Taito F3 arcade hardware in 1994 and later ported to the Sega Saturn in 1995.
Due to copyright problems, when the home version was released in Japan it was renamed "Layer Section". Finally, when Acclaim got a hold of it for the North American release, it was renamed yet again as "Galactic Attack". To add more confusion, the game was also titled "Gunlock" in European arcades.
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[edit] Story
In the distant future, human governments across the planet earth construct a massive supercomputer. The purpose of this computer is to govern the planet's environmental systems, verifying proper nutrients and care is provided to ensure the culture of humans and animal alike.
However, disaster strikes when the computer becomes sentinent. It begins to induce calamaties across the planet, constructing evil clones of exsisting organisms and destroying its human masters and the nature it was intended to protect.
After prolonged war, the supercomputer has succeeded in evicerating 99.8% of humankind, with the remnants fleeing to space colonies. Now taking the offensive, mankind develops powerful ships to fight the oppressive machine and reclaim the earth.
[edit] Gameplay
The player is provided with a ship called the RVA-818 X-LAY, which is outfitted with a primary weapon that fires straight lasers and increases in power when the player accumulates power-ups. The secondary weapon is a lock-on missile launcher, which can also be increased in power, that can target up to eight enemies at once by moving the targeting reticle. This weapon is used to attack enemies that appear on a lower plane than that of your craft, which are inaccessible to the player's primary weapon. During gameplay, the screen predominantly scrolls vertically, however there is some horizontal leeway as is common in games of this genre.
[edit] External links
- www.users.globalnet.co.uk/- Review of RayForce
