Galactic Attack

Released 1993 · consists of 11 releases.

Vertically scrolling shoot 'em up released in 1993 as Rayforce in the Arcade. The subsequent home versions released in 1995 for Sega Saturn were titled 'Layer Section' in Japan, and 'Galactic Attack' in the US and Europe.

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Galactic Attack

First release date	1993
Platform	Saturn , Arcade , PC , iPhone , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch
Developer	Taito Corporation , Ving , Big Bang Software, Inc.
Publisher	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. , Taito Corporation , Rainbow Arts Software , Satakore , Conspiracy Entertainment Corp. , City Connection
Genre	Shoot 'Em Up
Theme	Sci-Fi
Franchises	Ray Series , S-Tribute
Aliases	RayForce Layer Section Gunlock レイフォース Gun Lock レイヤーセクション Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute

Overview

A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up released in 1993 focusing on air to air and air to ground combat. The game play takes place on two planes, an upper plane and a lower plane. With the difference between the planes being your method of attack. The upper plane requiring you to use your standard shot type weapon to dispose of enemies, and the lower requiring you to use your lock on laser type weapon for previously mentioned enemy disposal. The number of enemies you can lock on to with the laser type weapon is dictated by the number of laser power ups you have collected.

Boss fights will generally require you to use both of your attack types and require experimentation to determine where each attack type is required to down the enemy.

Galactic Attack features a limited continue system allowing you only four credits at the outset of the game. You can double the amount of credits available to you by entering a cheat code at the title select screen.

The game features TATE mode allowing you to rotate your monitor 90 degrees for full screen action if you are so equipped with such a setup. It also has an option to remove the onscreen HUD by pressing the Left shoulder button allowing you full view of the action with no score counters and such to impede your view

The game contains seven levels, they are as follows:

Round 1- Red Power to Pierce Through
Round 2- The Gravity of Blue Side
Round 3- The Phantasm of Silver
Round 4- The Fissure of Consciousness
Round 5- Toward the Darkness
Round 6- The End of Deep Layer
Final round- Releasing Infinitely

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Specific release details

	Rayforce
Platform	iPhone
Region	United States
Developer	Taito Corporation
Publisher	Taito Corporation
Release date	N/A
Product code	None
Company code	None
Rating
Minimum Players	1
Maximum Players	N/A
Resolutions	N/A
Sound Systems	N/A
Single player Features	N/A
Multi player Features	N/A
Widescreen Support	No
Notes	(Worldwide release) (v1.0.0)

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