Boss list: 00:07 01 Dual Lance 02:12 02 Guira-Sol 04:08 03 Giga 05:42 04 G.P.M.S.-2 07:27 05 Odin 08:46 06 Dynamo 13:23 Final Boss - Con-Human 17:05 Ending

I recalled playing this game at an arcade when I was as secondary school student (1996) in Malaysia; it was called Gunlock instead of Rayforce. I was able to get only to Stage 4 only though in all my sessions with this game. It was a unique experience playing this game as it has no bombs, unlike any other shmups that I played in arcade at that time (excluding Irem's R-Type 2 and In The Hunt). For a 2D shmup, this was an amazing game to play back then; the parallax and scaling effect was unprecedented by any 2D shmups that I've ever played. And then, it was back in 2004 I finally realized that Raycrisis on PS1 is actually the prequel to this gem. BTW, you're top notch gamer, Shadowserg.

Is it just me or the soundtrack is amazing?

One of my favorite shootem ups the gameplay and soundtrack is spectacular thank you very much Zuntata

Taito could always make some amazing shooters and awesome music back in the day^^

Depending on the regions and versions this game has got three other titles: Layer Section, Galactic Attack (lame!) and Gunlock. One of the best games made by Taito and one of the greats of the genre. Superb use of parallax and scaling effects, a necessity given the different planes affected by the weapons.

For such a beautiful looking/sounding/series of shooters they had some bleak endings, From having to blow up the Earth in this, Destroying 30% of an inhabited planets mass and dooming the survivors to fall into a gas giant by the explosion changing the planet's orbit in RayStorm and then realizing Earth was also destroyed during your campaign and you have nothing to return to/ Realising all your efforts in RayCrisis were for naught and led to Operation: Rayforce

I've only played Raystorm which was already a graphics marvel for its time, so I'm more amazed at how the dev team managed to pull off the animation and projectile art with raving pixel graphics alone

Some beautifully shaded bosses here. I like the sound design too, real satisfying enemy attack noises

I really loved the ability to target enemies in the far background and destroy them with homing lasers.

I see the underdog of legends still uploads

I was confused by this at first. When I beat it I was like, “Wait, why did I just blow up the Earth?” Of course, it wasn’t until after playing its prequel RayCrisis that I found out why.

This game along with RayStorm and RayCrisis are some of Taito's finest projects

Im glad to see this on here! XD

Great gameplay 👌🏾

Can't beat the classic stuff in terms of gaming. I'm pretty i'll want to download an Arcade Emulator for this now

Shoot'em ups are my favorite games

11:25 That place quite perfect to step on, it would be.... Look a like Darius City from Darius series 14:09 now it's the real Fight

This game is similar in style to Mars Matrix, but with a very cool flirtation with a 3d perspective.

Masterpiece

Hey shadowserg can you try castlevania spectral interlude (zx spectrum) all bosses (no damage)

I always forget Taito made other shmups than just their hardcore fishing games.

Man I'm still waiting for a potential remake of this game though...

SP1 version was amazing

This con-human is final boss secret weapon.

Wow this is so awesome and😮😎

I have a question were did you find a game like that🤔

I would like to see a PS2 GRADIUS V gameplay

Some of the bosses in RayForce resemble those from RayStorm.

This looks a lot like RayStorm! Are RayForce, RayStorm and RayCrisis parts of the same series?

Wow! This game has some great visual effects! It's kind of crazy that it's from 1994. I would've guessed early 2000s. Is it just me, or is the final boss kind of lame, compared to nearly all the rest?

We have won, but at what cost?

18:09

niiiiiice

No Wait?! You destroy the Earth in the end?! Why?!

The boss themes are just so underwhelming tho

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