RayForce

RayForce
Japanese sales flyer
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
DirectorsYukio Abe
Tatsuo Nakamura
ProducerYukio Abe
DesignersTatsuo Nakamura
Yukio Abe
Tomohisa Yamashita
ComposerTamayo Kawamoto
SeriesRay
PlatformsArcade, Saturn, Windows, iOS, Android
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: February 1994
  • NA: 1994
  • EU: 1994
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemTaito F3 System

RayForce is a vertically scrolling shooter by Taito for the Taito F3 arcade hardware and released in 1994. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1995, Microsoft Windows in 1997, then rereleased for iOS in 2012 and Android in 2017.

Due to trademark problems, when the home version was released in Japan it was renamed Layer Section. The Windows version was released outside Japan retaining this name, but when Acclaim published the Saturn version for the North American and European markets, it was renamed Galactic Attack. The game was also titled Gunlock in European arcades.