#RayForce

[posthumanwanderings]

RayForce (Taito - Sega Saturn - 1995)

[aaronkraten]

Rayforce team

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RAYFORCE/LAYERSECTION/RAYCRISIS

RAY'z Arcade Chronology

2022-2023/Fanart

[randomisedgaming]

Whether you know it as RayForce, Gunlock, Layer Section or Galactic Attack, TAITO 1993 arcade shooter is a real classic! Full longplay, playthrough, walkthrough, guide & gameplay from the Ray’z Arcade Chronology collection release on PS4. RayForce might just be the best shoot'em, up (shmups) TAITO ever released, yes better than Darius Gaiden, which is an excellent game itself.

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Ray’z Arcade Chronology

After re-releasing the Darius games as the Darius Cozmic Collection and G-Darius / G-Darius HD, M2 has returned to Taito’s other big shoot-em-up series with the Ray’z Arcade Chronology. The “Ray’z” name seems to be Taito’s official designation for the 90s-era trilogy consisting of RayForce, RayStorm, and RayCrisis, which all feature the same incredibly satisfying lock-on laser game mechanics as well as the usual spacey soundtracks from inhouse band Zuntata. This collection offers ports of all three games, based on the original arcade versions, developed by M2 as part of their ShotTriggers line of shoot-em-ups. Beyond their incredible emulation accuracy, they also include gadgets on the side of the screen, which let you know your current stage, the difficulty rank (if applicable), and status of your lock-on lasers. A particularly amusing option features background noise recorded from the Hey arcade in Akihabara, Tokyo, if you want to further immerse yourself in the action.

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Galactic Attack / Layer Section vs RayForce (Nintendo Switch Versions)

Upon releasing my video for Ray’z Arcade Chronology, I was contacted by a viewer, who asked about the differences between RayForce (arcade) from Ray’z and the SEGA Saturn version of RayForce. I agreed to do a side by side comparison on my YouTube channel. Overall, the games are not very different. City Connection released the Saturn version for modern hardware. While I do not notice the lag…

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𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

Hey, everyone!

I'm so happy that you guys love this series so far and I want to give you my thanks. This idea has been in my head ever since FW and IF.

So without any delay, I want to present you all to the songs that inspire 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒!

Music is definitely inspiration for my writing, so I'd pay attention to the lyrics. Not all, but most songs have meaning to this series. Most pertain to MC's feelings or Xaden's and future events.

I didn't make a spotify playlist bc I want you all to create your own with these songs. Some might be better left out and others are a necessity for the series!

However I did provide links for every single one!

1.) 𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 - Secession Studios, Adrian The Faint, Greg Dombrowski

2.) 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 - Klergy

3.) 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 - Arcane

4.) 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐭 - Arcane, Ray Chen

5.) 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 - Txmy, Freya Ridings (can also listen to the soundtrack one w/o lyrics but this voice sings to meeee)

6.) 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 - Arcane, Royal & the Serpent

7.) 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞 - Arcane, d4vd

8.) 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 - Anya Nami

9.) 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 - Arcane, Alex Seaver

10.) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 - Paris Paloma

11.) 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 - Ramsey, Arcane, League of Legends

12.) 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 - Alan Wake, RAKEL

13.) 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚 - Sydney James Harcourt, Trevor Morris, Trey Toy (look up the english lyrics and cry with me)

14.) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬' 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 - Kathryn Hahn, and more (I'm not gonna type all the names on my phone lmaoo)

15.) 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐧 - Borislav Slavov

16.) 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬- Adam Dodson

17.) 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 - 2WEI, Bad Guitar, Rayforce

18.) 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 - Arcane

19.) 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 - Tommee Profitt, Jessie Early

20.) 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 - Sawano Hiroyuki

21.) 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐲 - League of Legends, TELLE

22.) 𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞 - Sybrid, Brittney Bouchard

23.) 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐎𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 - Griffin Tyler

24.) 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 - Fleurie, Legends of Runeterra

25.) 𝐀𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 - League of Legends

26.) 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 - Gainsworth, Louis Leibfried

27.) 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 - Lorde

28.) 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 - Fleurie

29.) 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 - Zinee +

30.) 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 - Shyar Kiki

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Sega Saturn - Layer Section (RayForce / Galactic Attack)

Title: Layer Section / レイヤーセクション

Developer/Publisher: Taito / VING

Release date: 14 September 1995

Catalogue No.: T-1101G

Genre: 2D Shooting Action

The year is 1995 and home gamers in Japan are gagging for some hot arcade shooting action. Along comes Taito with their awesome Layer Section for Saturn. Layer Section is in fact a conversion of Taito's arcade hit Ray Force. For some odd reason, it was renamed for the Saturn in Japan and then renamed again for the Western market to Galactic Attack where it was published by Acclaim. Anyway, back to the game.

Back in its day Layer Section was one hot game. It was the first in my opinion to really use the Saturn's 2D powers with its manic parallax scrolling and scaling levels coupled with loads of beefy sprites with no slowdown whatsoever. These days Layer Section is looking a little dated but not enough to make it look poor. It can still turn a head or two with its 2D magic and looks better than its 3D sequel (also on the PlayStation). Layer Section is one hell of a tough shooter that will have you pulling out your hair. Sometimes you'll die and have no idea what hit you because there's so much going on. This is a bad point about the game and probably it's the only one. Fans of Taito's sound team, Zuntata will love the soundtrack to this game. Pure classic Zuntata space music. Many people slated the soundtrack, but I find it to be very good. Wonderful spacey music and great explosion effects.

You should be able to find the Japanese copy of Layer Section quite cheaply these days. Probably one of the few Saturn shooters that can be bought for a cheap price since most of them go for quite a bit of cash. A true recommended classic! Buy it now.

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i played through Rayforce and Raystorm the other day - needless to say, if we consider the cost of a credit, getting to the end of those games alone was probably worth the $35 for the collection alone. Taito doesn't fuck around. they'r really great games though, with awesome scoring systems. gotta love homing lasers! great OSTs as well, done by ZUNTATA... i think? the collection mentioned TAMAYO as the OST guy, but that could just be what he went by back then.

have you ever played Rayforce or any of the other Ray series?

I haven't played any of the Ray games yet, but I do want to! I think RayCrisis interests me the most, it's got a very cool style to it. And yeah, the homing lasers are really satisfying; I've played a few other games with similar mechanics like Soukyugurentai and KAMUI.

By the way, ZUNTATA isn't actually a person, it's the name of Taito's music group as a whole, so various composers have come under that label over the years.

[posthumanwanderings]

RayForce (Taito - Sega Saturn - 1995)

[aaronkraten]

Gunlock / Rayforce

Taito F3

Good times

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Media Log 2024 Entry 2 - Rayforce, Raystorm, and Raycrisis - 5/5

Simulated arcade ambience! Can you believe that?

Rayforce (a.k.a Layer Section a.k.a Gunlock), Raystorm, and Raycrisis, the three shmups that make up Taito's Ray series, are some of the best examples of what the mid-to-late 90s arcades had to offer. Combine that with M2's amazing porting skills and additional features, and you have a perfect collection of pretty much perfect games.

Rayforce, the first in the series and the only sprite-based game, is easily one of the best mid-90s shmup offerings you can play. The spritework is fantastic, the music is somehow even better than that, and the gameplay is incredibly smooth and intuitive. The lock-on laser is a very fun mechanic and ties into a very simple yet incredibly effective scoring system - the more enemies you shoot down with the lock-on laser at once, the more points you get! The lock-on laser is just satisfying to use, too. Being an arcade shmup, the difficulty is of course pretty wack, but that's just part of the experience - they give you free play for a reason.

Raystorm is the second in the series and is probably the only one I have some level of problem with, and that's only because of the context it exists in. It brings the series both from sprites to 3D models and from vertical aspect ratio to horizontal and, alongside this, introduces a few extra mechanics: namely, a second ship to choose from with a different laser system and shot type, the Hyper Laser, a special attack used when you use all of your locks on a single target, and a screen-clearing special attack charged by killing enemies with the lock-on laser! These are all great additions of course, but Raystorm falters a little for reasons I can't totally put my finger on. It feels less like the sequel to Rayforce and more like a strange in-between of Rayforce and Raycrisis, which is less its own problem and more just it being a victim of being between those two games.

Raycrisis is the real, improved sequel to Rayforce that Raystorm wishes it was. Everything from both games, plus a randomized set of 42 different routes to play through, a much cooler presentation, and the Encroachment system, a constantly increasing percentage decreased by killing enemies and, if you hit 100%, you're forced into an encounter with the final boss early! It's also attached to the game's difficulty and getting the true ending - really, encroachment is everything in Raycrisis, making it a very interesting game to play. It's probably my favorite of the three!

Overall, the Ray series is three examples of Taito's arcade excellence, and are well worth it to play if you like shmups... though the normal price of $50 US for the collection is a little too steep.

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🎮 RayStorm (Arcade)

Complete Gameplay: https://youtu.be/TQaWXyNW6AU

#RayStorm #Arcade #Taito #RayForce #RayCrisis #Shmup #ShootEmUp #Gradius #Rtype #レイストーム #Viciogame #Gameplay #Walkthrough #Playthrough #Longplay #LetsPlay #Game #Videogames #Games

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METAL'S GAME OF THE DAY

Ok, how about one before I go to bed? Layer Section 1 or Rayforce is a solid 2D Shmup, and is excellent for the Saturn. Cool graphics, lots of enemy patterns to memorize and tricky lasers to dodge. I'm still learning it, but it's fun, have you played it?

[gengamer110]

Ray'z Arcade Chronology PS5 vs Switch

Ray’z Arcade Chronology was announced last year and I was immediately intrigued. I love Shoot-em Ups (SHMUPs) and immediately made a YouTube video. Well, finally the game was released, in Japan. I bought the cartridge for my Nintendo Switch and made a few more YouTube videos. The Games Rayforce, also known a Layer Section or Galactic Attack, depending on region, was ported to the SEGA Saturn. I…

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Review: "Ray’z Arcade Chronology" (PS4, Nintendo Switch)

Review: "Ray’z Arcade Chronology" (PS4, Nintendo Switch) | #retrogaming #playstation #retrogames #nintendoswitch #gaming

In the 90’s, the space shooter genre really hit peak levels with improving technology and the implementation of 3-D graphics. Taito’s Ray’z Arcade Chronology is an interesting piece of history, as it includes the original game in the series, RayForce, which was a 2-D vertical shooter, but then you get to see how things transitioned to 3-D in the follow-up, RayStorm, and then how it all tied…