Galactic Attack

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Description

Galactic Attack is a top-down shooter, there are seven levels 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.

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Alternate Titles

• "RayForce" -- Japanese arcade title / iPhone title
• "Layer Section" -- Japanese Saturn title / European Windows title
• "Gunlock" -- European arcade title
• "レイヤーセクション" -- Japanese Saturn spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• RayForce / Layer Section series
• Satakore (SegaSaturn Collection) releases

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Critic Reviews

GameFan Magazine	SEGA Saturn	Oct, 1995	87.3 out of 100	87
GamePro (US)	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1996	4 out of 5	80
Hobby Consolas	SEGA Saturn	Feb, 1996	79 out of 100	79
Mean Machines	SEGA Saturn	Feb, 1996	75 out of 100	75
Mega Fun	SEGA Saturn	Dec, 1995	72 out of 100	72
Sega-16.com	SEGA Saturn	May 07, 2018	7 out of 10	70
Digital Extremes	SEGA Saturn	1996	7 out of 10	70
Video Games	SEGA Saturn	Oct, 1995	62 out of 100	62
Mean Machines	SEGA Saturn	Dec, 1995	60 out of 100	60
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Saturn	Jul 31, 2005	C+	58

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Compilation

The game was included in the compilation Taito Legends 2 under the name RayForce.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Galactic Attack (article in the open encyclopedia)