
Rayforce 1993 Taito
1993
Rayforce (c) 1993 Taito.
A vertically scrolling shooter featuring a lock-on secondary weapon.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : D66
Main CPU : 68EC020
Sound CPU : 68000
Sound Chips : ES5505
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
>>> TRIVIA
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Even if titlescreen says 1993, Rayforce was released in January 1994 in Japan.
This game is known outside Japan as 'Gunlock'.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'BOO'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Rayforce - PCCB-00153) on 21/04/1994.
>>> GAME UPDATES
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The US version is slightly different, it has the 'Recycle It, Don't Trash It!' screen.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Rayforce (1993)
2. Ray Storm (1996)
3. Ray Crisis (1998)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Producer : Yukio Abe
Directors : Yukio Abe, Tatsuo Nakamura
Game designers : Tatsuo Nakamura, Yukio Abe, Tomohisa Yamashita
Software : Tatsuo Nakamura, Shinji Soyano, Hikaru Taniguchi, Masao Kashino, Isao Ooyama
Character Graphics designers : Hideyuki Kato, Tomohisa Isobe, Shinjirou Sugitani, Hiroyo Kujirai, Yasuhiro Noguchi
Screen Graphics designers : Hideyuki Kato, V.A.P, Peacock
Music & Sound effects : Tamayo Kawamoto (Zuntata)
Sound effects : Munehiro Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Sound direction : Hiroshige Tonomura (TONO) (Zuntata)
Design works : Kyoko Umezu
Hardware : Katsumi Kaneoka
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn ('Layer Section')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, 'Taito Legends 2') (Europe only)
Microsoft XBOX (2006, 'Taito Legends 2') (Europe only)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, 'Taito Memories II Vol. 1') (Japan only)
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows] (2006, 'Taito Legends 2') (Europe only)
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.