Difference between revisions of "Galactic Attack"

Revision as of 15:58, 18 May 2018

n/a

Galactic Attack

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Acclaim, Taito (JP)

Developer: Ving^[1]

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (17 tracks)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-09-14	¥5,8005,800	T-1101G
JP (Satakore)	1997-04-25	¥2,8002,800	T-1112G
US	1995-12^[3]		T-8116H
EU	1995		T-8116H-50

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

Galactic Attack, known as Layer Section (レイヤーセクション) in Japan, is a shoot-'em-up published by Acclaim (US and UK) or Taito (Japan) for the Sega Saturn. It is the home conversion of Taito's 1993 arcade game RayForce, otherwise known as Gunlock, ported by Ving.

A Layer Section II was later released for Saturn; this is a port of the sequel to RayForce, RayStorm. The use of PlayStation-esque hardware also compelled a port to that platform, under the original RayStorm name.

The game can be played both in standard mode and "tate" mode, which requires the display to be rotated by 90°. Some scaling and scrolling background effects can be only seen in tate mode.

Gameplay

Galactic Attack is a vertical shoot-'em-up with a "space shooter" theme. The player is equipped with two basic weapons, and nothing else:

A standard shot which fires straight forwards when is held, which can be powered up by collecting red and yellow items. While the game's outfire is alread very fast (presumeable a 1/15 frequency), a higher firing rate can be acchived by turning off the game's default autofire and using an autofire device.
A"Lock On Laser", which is used to target enemies in the background. A cursor in front of the player's ship automatically targets enemies up to a certain number, then pressing fires missiles which destroy or damage all the targets simultaneously. The original maximum amount of targets is five, but this can be increased to eight by collecting blue-green slabs with an "L" on them. The higher the amount of locked on enemies, the higher the score bonus.

Tips and tricks

Increase credits: Credit is doubled to 8.

In title screen, START by holding

+

.

Versions

Compared to the Arcade release, the music has been slightly altered and the graphics have been recolored at bit. The latters has probably been performed to make the game more suitable for displays used for home consoles
Bonus lives are given out at 500000 and 1000000 points rather than 1000000 and 2000000 points
According to Japanese BBS talk, the ported version is a bit easier than the Arcade counterpart, but no hard data has been presented
The reason for the name has been changed from RayForce to Layer Section is due to trademark issues.^[4]

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Galactic Attack	Galactic Attack
English (US)	Galactic Attack	Galactic Attack
Japanese	レイヤーセクション	Layer Section

Production credits

Producer: Yukio Abe
Director: Yukio Abe, Tatsuo Nakamura
Game Design: Tatsuo Nakamura, Yukio Abe, Tomohisa Yamashita
Software: Tatsuo Nakamura, Shinji Soyano, Hikaru Taniguchi, Masao Kashino, Isao Ooyama
Character Graphics: Hideyuki Kato, Tomohisa Yamashita, Takayuki Isobe, Shinjirou Sugitani, Hiroyo Kujirai, Yasuhiro Noguchi
Screen Graphics: Hideyuki Kato, V.A.P, Peacock
Music & Sound Effects: Tamayo (Zuntata)
Sound Effects: Mu-Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Sound Direction: Tono (Zuntata)
Design Works: Kyoko Umezu
Hardware: Katsumi Kaneoka
Special Thanks: Yoshihisa Nagata, Yuji Iwasaki, Toshiaki Matsumoto, Takatsuna Senba, Takamasa Hori, VG Tokyo Lab., VG Osaka Lab., And, All Kumagaya Staff

Saturn's Staff

Producer: Takeo Shirasaka
Program: T.Kuribayashi (Ving), H.Iso (Ving), S.Morikawa (Ving)
Sound Director: Tamayo (Zuntata), Mu-Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Title Logo Design: Toshiki Sakai, J.Takemoto (Ving)
Special Thanks: Yosio Imamura, Norio Ichinohe, Masaki Yagi, Youichirou Kugimiya, Kiyoshi Watanabe, VG Kumagaya All Staff

Taito®
© Taito Corporation 1995
All Rights Reserved

Track list

1. [data track]

2. The First Report (00:32)
From: Opening demo
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

3. On Standby (02:02)
From: Start demo
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

4. Penetration (03:02)
Penetration ～Mind Bomb～
From: Area 1
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

5. G (04:02)
G ～雪のように降りしきる彼女の為に～
From: Area 2
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

6. Vision (03:32)
Vision ～不確かな残像～
From: Area 3
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

7. Cracking! (03:32)
Cracking! ～鏡の裂け目～
From: Area 4
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

8. Into Darkness (03:02)
Into Darkness ～死にたくなる程、ロマンティックな闇～
From: Area 5
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

9. Mobius (04:32)
Mobius ～永遠と並列～
From: Area 6
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

10. The Plot Thickens (02:02)
From: Area 7-1
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

11. Quartz (03:02)
Quartz ～水晶～
From: Area 7-2
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

12. Aggressiveness (03:02)
Experiment 1 : Aggressiveness
From: Boss 1-4
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

13. Atrocity (03:32)
Experiment 3 : Atrocity
From: Boss 5-6
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

14. The Fates (02:22)
From: Last Boss 1
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

15. Doomsday (08:02)
From: Last Boss 2
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

16. Q.E.P.D. (01:42)
Q.E.P.D. (Que En Paz Descanse)
From: Ending
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

17. KP-4 (00:52)
From: Name entry
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

18. Reason For It (00:30)
From: Game over
Composed by: TAMAYO (ZUNTATA)

► Running time: 49:22

Magazine articles

Main article: Galactic Attack/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP flyer

Print advert in Tips & Tricks (US) #11: "Volume III, Issue 1: January 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Fusion (US) #0106: "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (199x-xx-xx)^[5]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #170: "January 1996" (1995-12-10)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

40

^[6]

CD Consoles (FR)

20

^[12]

Consoles + (FR)

95

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC-J

86

^[7]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

70

^[14]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[15]

Fun Generation (DE)

70

^[16]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-J

87

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[18]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

79

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

71

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

71

^[21]

Maximum (UK)

50

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

72

^[23]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[8]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[2]

Player One (FR)

91

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[25]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

72

^[26]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

84

^[27]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

79

^[28]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

77

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

79

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

87

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

91

^[11]

Última Generación (ES)

78

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

62

^[33]

	74
Based on 27 reviews

Galactic Attack

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, JP (Satakore)
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

539,668,752

CD-ROM(EU)

T-8116H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

539,666,400

1995-07-27

CD-ROM(JP)

T-1101G V1.001

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

539,666,400

CD-ROM(JP)

T-1112G V1.002

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

539,668,752

CD-ROM(US)

T-8116H V1.000

References

↑ @nak1104ray on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 20:57)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:EGM US 077.pdf, page 108
↑ https:/twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062154602319874 (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 20:58)
↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 89
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 11.pdf, page 118 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 11.pdf_p118" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:CVG UK 168.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 168.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_03.pdf, page 82
↑ File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf, page 175
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
↑ CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 134
↑ Edge, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 81
↑ Famitsu, "1995-09-22" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 29
↑ Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 67
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 11: November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 23
↑ GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 103
↑ MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 48
↑ MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 81
↑ Maximum, "January 1996" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 144
↑ Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 71
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60
↑ Saturn+, "Easter/April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-07), page 60
↑ Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 77
↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 75
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 55
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 82
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 175
↑ Última Generación, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Video Games, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-25), page 87

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180518205703.2Fhttps:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2Fnak1104ray.2Fstatus.2F614062838496104448-1] @nak1104ray on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 20:57)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p90-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:EGM_US_077.pdf_p108-3] File:EGM US 077.pdf, page 108

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180518205807.2Fhttps:.2Ftwitter.com.2Fnak1104ray.2Fstatus.2F614062154602319874-4] ttps:/twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062154602319874 (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 20:58)

[:File:Fusion_US_0106.pdf_p89-5] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 89

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_11.pdf_p118-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 11.pdf, page 118 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 11.pdf_p118" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CVG_UK_168.pdf_p42-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:CVG UK 168.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 168.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p77-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_03.pdf_p82-9] File:SSM_UK_03.pdf, page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p175-10] File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf, page 175

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p95-12] CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_048.pdf_p134-13] Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 134

[:File:Edge_UK_028.pdf_p81-14] Edge, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 81

[15] Famitsu, "1995-09-22" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 29

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p67-16] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 67

[:File:GameFan_US_0311.pdf_p23-17] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 11: November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:GamePro_US_080.pdf_p75-18] GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_053.pdf_p103-19] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 103

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-11.pdf_p48-20] MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 48

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-01.pdf_p81-21] MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 81

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_03.pdf_p144-22] Maximum, "January 1996" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 144

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-01.pdf_p71-23] Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 71

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_060.pdf_p86-24] Player One, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-12_19951215.pdf_p60-25] Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_02.pdf_p60-26] Saturn+, "Easter/April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-07), page 60

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_26.pdf_p77-27] Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 77

[:File:SegaPower_UK_75.pdf_p75-28] Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 75

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p55-29] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 55

[:File:SSM_UK_03.pdf_p82-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-12-15), page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p175-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 175

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_11.pdf_p80-32] Última Generación, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-11.pdf_p87-33] Video Games, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-25), page 87

[1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[2]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 | bobscreen=GalacticAttack title.png
 | publisher=[[Acclaim]], [[Taito]] (JP)
-| developer=[[Ving]]{{ref|https://twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062838496104448}}
+| developer=[[Ving]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518205703/https://twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062838496104448}}
 | system=[[Sega Saturn]]
 | sounddriver=SCSP/CD-DA (17 tracks)
@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 *Bonus lives are given out at 500000 and 1000000 points rather than 1000000 and 2000000 points
 *According to Japanese BBS talk, the ported version is a bit easier than the Arcade counterpart, but no hard data has been presented
-*The reason for the name has been changed from ''RayForce'' to ''Layer Section'' is due to trademark issues.{{ref|https://twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062154602319874}}
+*The reason for the name has been changed from ''RayForce'' to ''Layer Section'' is due to trademark issues.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518205807/https:/twitter.com/nak1104ray/status/614062154602319874}}
 ===Localised names===

Difference between revisions of "Galactic Attack"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 15:58, 18 May 2018

Contents

Gameplay

Tips and tricks

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Track list

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References