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This is the first game in the acclaimed shmup trilogy first on arcades in 1994 (named Rayforce or Galactic Attack on consoles) which was followed by Raystorm and RayCrisis. There are seven levels in this shooter to play, ranging from battles in the atmosphere of planets to battling over mountain ranges, each with their own standard huge bosses at the end of each of these levels. The player takes control of a starfighter called the RVA-818 X-LAY, out to destroy any opposing forces. The story has the future of Earth governments gathering together to construct a massive super computer called Con-Human to help with the planet's environment, providing nutrients to the earth and caring for the ecosystem. However, a cloned human is linked with the system and makes Con-Human a sentient being. The system eventually becomes insane and starts to create natural disasters, wiping all nearly all of mankind and destroying the ecosystem, driving the survivors into space to develop colonies on other planets. Con-Human then makes Earth into a giant fortress and is assembling a massive armada to destroy the remaining survivors, but before it can attack, the survivors amass a first strike in order to reclaim the Earth. The goal is to fly around in the level, using the primary laser weapon to destroy various enemies flying in and out of the screen. Players can upgrade this weapon by collecting "L" icons floating around when enough enemies are destroyed. There is also a secondary weapon, a lock-on missile launcher, that has the ability to fire upon eight different ground enemies at once. In Apr/2022, Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute was released with a home console port of RayForce as well as Galactic Attack, the overseas release of Layer Section. Enjoy the enhanced BGM of the home console game in stereo sound in this title. The remixed main melodies are tastefully different from their arcade versions. New useful features like game rewind, slow mode, and quick save have been added. Compare scores with others in the new online ranking mode. They can only be played with a controller. Stage Selection - Play your favorite stages with your favorite settings. Expanded Rapid-Fire Settings - Rapid-firing can now go faster than the original home console version (15/second -> 30/second). Play at a constant minimum or maximum difficulty, which increases when certain conditions are met. For arcade mode, it's optimized for portrait screen orientation. Scan Lines mimicks the nostalgic CRT monitor display. |
