Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel RayForce TAITO Corporation TAITO is famous for arcade shooting games, and the RAY trilogy is one of the most beloved series! Ever since the 1993 r… $6.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTAITO is famous for arcade shooting games, and the RAY trilogy is one of the most beloved series! Ever since the 1993 release of the trilogy's first installment, RAYFORCE, fans have been thrilled by the game's cinematic visuals and gorgeous layered raster scrolling graphics. RAYFORCE became a 2D shooting instant classic, and now it's available for iPhone and iPad! *Two Game Modes: Remix Mode and Arcade Mode! The Remix Mode provides a new, iPhone-optimized experience with simple flick-style controls. For the hardcore, Arcade Mode is a faithful touchscreen recreation of the original arcade game. *Two Shooting Methods: Auto and Manual! Auto Mode provides automatic, button-free firing for both the standard weapon and lock on laser, allowing players to take on this challenging game with a single finger. Manual Mode adds weapon controls (a toggle for the standard shot and a fire button for the lock on laser), providing a more arcade-like play experience. *Support MFi Bluetooth controllers!! Key configuration is also possible! *Game Center Compatibility! Individual rankings have been prepared for each ships and for each game mode. Let's compete with high-score players from all over the world! Get Achievement fulfilling various conditions in game! Aim for Achievement Complete!! *Two Display Types: Zoom and Original! The Zoom display enlarges the play area, filling the entire iPhone screen with dynamic visuals. For the purist, the Original display mode delivers a pixel-perfect rendition of the arcade game's screen. *Difficulty Modes Added! A total of 8 difficulty modes are now available, ranging from Very Easy to Very Hard. *RAYFORCE's gorgeous graphics and striking raster scrolling, perfectly recreated! RAYFORCE owes much of its unique look to the arcade technology of the time, and no expense has been spared replicating those visuals for the iPhone edition of the game. *RAYFORCE's enchanting soundtrack is back! One of the highlights of the original RAYFORCE experience was its sound design, perfectly replicated here under the supervision of TAITO's ZUNTATA sound team. *Added a arranged BGM by SHOHEI TSUCHIYA(ZUNTATA) on Area1! Using Option setting,you can choose Original BGM or Arranged BGM!! **Nortification** This app is intended for the iPhone 4 or newer, running iOS version 4.2 or newer. **A Request from TAITO** If you have any question, please contact our customer support address: [email protected] Information Seller:TAITO Corporation Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Jan 13, 2012 Updated:Sep 06, 2017 Version:1.1.4 Size:51.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Price discussion can be found here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=52534 KiddToKmart Well-Known Member Feb 10, 2011 1,399 0 0 #2 KiddToKmart, Jan 13, 2012 I nominate Gabrien to TOFTT. Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 49 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #3 Eli, Jan 13, 2012 Last edited: Jan 13, 2012 This game is really cool. If you like Cave shmups this will be right up your alley. The unique gimmick of this one is that things take place on two "layers," I guess, for lack of a better way to put it. You need to lock on with missiles to fire at things on the ground, then you have your normal forward-pointing gun to shoot things on your layer. It's stupidly hectic, and a ton of fun. It's not retina, but I doubt the original sprites were technically "retina" either. It looks fine on my iPhone 4S. currymutton Well-Known Member Oct 16, 2008 4,430 1 0 #4 currymutton, Jan 13, 2012 Humm, at least CAVE regularly gives introductory offer to fans. For the track record of Taito, I can wait... This game reminds me of Space Deadbeef and another classic vertical shooter start with X... Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #5 Gabrien, Jan 13, 2012 Sorry, I don't "TOFTT." I just buy games that look good or intrigue me. If they turn out to be worthwhile I come here and tell everyone and then no one listens. Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 49 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #6 Eli, Jan 13, 2012 Seriously guys, if you want to complain about the price of this game you might as well just save me the trouble of moving your post and just post in this thread instead: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=52534 medianotzu Well-Known Member Nov 21, 2009 3,803 9 36 #7 medianotzu, Jan 13, 2012 So is it roughly "as good as" something by CAVE? What I mean is, does it have that level of production value, depth and is it executed as nicely with controls and performance, etc.? If so, I'll download it, but I feel that is a pretty massive "if," since no other vertical shooters for iOS really come close to DDP Res or Esp II. If there is one that arguably does, however, it's certainly Taito's Infinity Gene. headcaseGames Well-Known Member Jun 26, 2009 1,869 0 0 Mobile Game Developer Hollywood, CA http://www.headcasegames.com #8 headcaseGames, Jan 13, 2012 it's going to be difficult to have a dedicated thread for a game like this and not sound off about such a price. It's definitely unusual, especially considering this game in particular. That being said, I'll re-post what I mentioned earlier - I saw the title and expected the 3D polygon blaster (I got the names mixed-up in my memory). I'd love to see that game come out on the phone actually, although I am suspect of how it would control (it still feels great on the console!) And a little off-topic, if that game was released on 3DS I'd gladly pay a premium price for it (hell, even this old 2D game would be great on that hardware with such a gimmick!) As for this game on iOS - I believe there are a few good reasons you don't see an overwhelming number of 2D shooters on the iDevices. Personally I dig the genre, but have never seen one which has truly felt "a great fit" on a touchscreen, although I'll argue just because it hasn't been done yet properly, does not mean it couldn't.. let's see what others have to say, in regards to Rayforce- Vally Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2009 368 0 0 #9 Vally, Jan 13, 2012 I spent a very large amount of time on Rayforce/Layer Section back in the day, so this is an instabuy for me and I'll come back with a few impressions on how well this has converted as soon as possible. It's simpler with the scoring than most Cave games. You get a large amount of score for shooting ships in the background with your laser shot - The more lock-ons you manage to fire at once, the higher score you get. Ideally, you want to be locking onto and killing larger targets last from what I remember. You can demonstrate this right at the beginning of the first level and get a nice early score boost. Memory is hazy - It's been a while even since I've played this on MAME, so it'll be nice to get back into it. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #10 Sanuku, Jan 13, 2012 Last edited: Jan 13, 2012 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel I`ll give it a try. Currently at the Airport. As soon as I will be back you can expect the usual Feedback. Could some Mod erase this useless Post? Vally Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2009 368 0 0 #11 Vally, Jan 13, 2012 Last edited: Jan 13, 2012 Initial impressions - Started the game up, attempted Arcade mode and iPhone mode. From what I can tell, this is not a full port. Playing the game in Arcade mode gives the impression that this is the arcade rom in a custom emulator, hence the comparatively low file size. Touch controls in arcade mode are very weird - You're still limited to normal ship speed as in the arcade version. If you've ever tried to play Jamestown on PC with mouse controls, that's what this is like. It's not too bad and given those limitations it's surprisingly controllable, but by no means precise. iPhone mode is exactly the same from what I can tell, but with unrestricted ship speed so you can zip around the screen with ease - This is MUCH easier, and makes me wonder why they actually included arcade mode at all. All stages are unlocked at the start I think - That's quite nice. I DO like the fact that in Arcade mode, it rolls the original Rayforce attract sequence and waits for you to 'insert a coin'. Nice little bit of nostalgia there. geremy Well-Known Member May 3, 2010 101 0 0 #12 geremy, Jan 13, 2012 They included arcade mode so that scoring the arcade against the ios port wouldn't be such a cluster as it apparently is with other shmups. SuperWeird Well-Known Member Dec 9, 2010 509 0 0 #13 SuperWeird, Jan 13, 2012 I bought this game, having never played the original. And so far I think the controls suck pretty bad. The ship is SO slow to respond, if I swipe my finger across the screen it takes 2-3 seconds for the ship to catch up - way too slow! It's impossible to quickly and precisely move around in a shmup like this. Also, this game does't even come close to the quality of CAVE's shooters. No way this game is worth $11.99, in fact I'll probably delete it. squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,715 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #14 squarezero, Jan 13, 2012 Funny, I would say exactly the opposite: CAVE shooters have consistently shown that touchscreens are almost ideally suited for 2D shooters of this type. Personally I found relational touch controls (when implemented well) to be more accurate and faster than joysticks in the arcade (really!). And the fact that iOS is one of the few platforms that comfortably supports a vertical orientation makes it even better suited for shmups. The reason you don't see a lot of these kinds of games in the App Store (and I would argue that that's not really the case) is the same reason why you don't see a lot shmups in other platforms: the genre is simply not that popular these days. Vally Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2009 368 0 0 #15 Vally, Jan 13, 2012 Last edited: Jan 13, 2012 Try iPhone mode before you do. It's the same but unrestricted on the ship speed. Arcade mode kept the ship movement to arcade speed. This is definitely for the fans of the original game. If you've never played this game before today, you're going to wonder what all the fuss is about. Just for reference - Rayforce originally came out in arcades in 1993. This is before Cave were even founded - They were still Toaplan. So before you start expecting Cave quality of game / visuals... SuperWeird Well-Known Member Dec 9, 2010 509 0 0 #16 SuperWeird, Jan 13, 2012 Thanks, I just tried this, I was only playing Arcade mode before. The ship moves much better in iPhone mode, but still lags a little, not nearly as responsive as CAVE apps or other top shmups on the app store, but at least it's playable now. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #17 Sanuku, Jan 13, 2012 Game Impressions Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Is the current Version worth $11.99? No, not at all if you expect something on the Quality Level of Cave. If you prefer a Retro/Old School Game you might give it a try if you have enough Money. So is this an Old School Game that doesn`t haven`t got any Updates like Retina or even an Universal Build? Yes sadly it is. While I had expected more of an Port similar to Sonic CD Game where an Old School Game was taken and changed to the better RayForce plays sadly as the Original Game. You might enjoy it if you like the old Arcade Games but if you are used to Games from Cave you won`t. I prefer Games like Bug Princess or any other similar Game that runs with 60 FPS - Should i spent $11.99 for RayForce? No. Wait for a Lite Version of the Game to give it a try before you buy it otherwise you might regret it. baartlebooth Well-Known Member Nov 18, 2010 50 0 0 #18 baartlebooth, Jan 13, 2012 Rayforce may be one of my favorite shooter ever, people please don't fall into that 12 dollars trap : it's a crappy emulation, no retina display, shitty controls, I don't know who is gonna fall for this. Well actually it's one of the worst emulation I'v seen on ios market, and the price for it exceeds the most sophisticated and demanding present ios games, what kind of drugs those taito guys are taking ??? You can play the game for free on any mame version available with scanlines in any resolution it pleases you, please people don't support those infamous commercials operations. Vally Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2009 368 0 0 #19 Vally, Jan 13, 2012 After an extended play, I agree with that. While £7.99 isn't that much (My lunch today cost me £12), it's still hard to justify in comparison to other high quality ports on iOS. MAME will run this flawlessly and the iPhone version doesn't really offer much other than online leaderboards and achievements. iPhone mode should be the standard - Arcade mode is pointless. This isn't a very good port and I wouldn't recommend it. Robotwars Well-Known Member Mar 23, 2011 281 0 0 #20 Robotwars, Jan 13, 2012 If it really is that bad, that really sucks. And i say it sucks because we don't need even more negativity towards the higher pricing models. I'll gladly play that much for a quality game that doesn't come with a built in store. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. 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This game is really cool. If you like Cave shmups this will be right up your alley. The unique gimmick of this one is that things take place on two "layers," I guess, for lack of a better way to put it. You need to lock on with missiles to fire at things on the ground, then you have your normal forward-pointing gun to shoot things on your layer. It's stupidly hectic, and a ton of fun. It's not retina, but I doubt the original sprites were technically "retina" either. It looks fine on my iPhone 4S.
Humm, at least CAVE regularly gives introductory offer to fans. For the track record of Taito, I can wait... This game reminds me of Space Deadbeef and another classic vertical shooter start with X...
Sorry, I don't "TOFTT." I just buy games that look good or intrigue me. If they turn out to be worthwhile I come here and tell everyone and then no one listens.
Seriously guys, if you want to complain about the price of this game you might as well just save me the trouble of moving your post and just post in this thread instead: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=52534
So is it roughly "as good as" something by CAVE? What I mean is, does it have that level of production value, depth and is it executed as nicely with controls and performance, etc.? If so, I'll download it, but I feel that is a pretty massive "if," since no other vertical shooters for iOS really come close to DDP Res or Esp II. If there is one that arguably does, however, it's certainly Taito's Infinity Gene.
it's going to be difficult to have a dedicated thread for a game like this and not sound off about such a price. It's definitely unusual, especially considering this game in particular. That being said, I'll re-post what I mentioned earlier - I saw the title and expected the 3D polygon blaster (I got the names mixed-up in my memory). I'd love to see that game come out on the phone actually, although I am suspect of how it would control (it still feels great on the console!) And a little off-topic, if that game was released on 3DS I'd gladly pay a premium price for it (hell, even this old 2D game would be great on that hardware with such a gimmick!) As for this game on iOS - I believe there are a few good reasons you don't see an overwhelming number of 2D shooters on the iDevices. Personally I dig the genre, but have never seen one which has truly felt "a great fit" on a touchscreen, although I'll argue just because it hasn't been done yet properly, does not mean it couldn't.. let's see what others have to say, in regards to Rayforce-
I spent a very large amount of time on Rayforce/Layer Section back in the day, so this is an instabuy for me and I'll come back with a few impressions on how well this has converted as soon as possible. It's simpler with the scoring than most Cave games. You get a large amount of score for shooting ships in the background with your laser shot - The more lock-ons you manage to fire at once, the higher score you get. Ideally, you want to be locking onto and killing larger targets last from what I remember. You can demonstrate this right at the beginning of the first level and get a nice early score boost. Memory is hazy - It's been a while even since I've played this on MAME, so it'll be nice to get back into it.
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel I`ll give it a try. Currently at the Airport. As soon as I will be back you can expect the usual Feedback. Could some Mod erase this useless Post?
Initial impressions - Started the game up, attempted Arcade mode and iPhone mode. From what I can tell, this is not a full port. Playing the game in Arcade mode gives the impression that this is the arcade rom in a custom emulator, hence the comparatively low file size. Touch controls in arcade mode are very weird - You're still limited to normal ship speed as in the arcade version. If you've ever tried to play Jamestown on PC with mouse controls, that's what this is like. It's not too bad and given those limitations it's surprisingly controllable, but by no means precise. iPhone mode is exactly the same from what I can tell, but with unrestricted ship speed so you can zip around the screen with ease - This is MUCH easier, and makes me wonder why they actually included arcade mode at all. All stages are unlocked at the start I think - That's quite nice. I DO like the fact that in Arcade mode, it rolls the original Rayforce attract sequence and waits for you to 'insert a coin'. Nice little bit of nostalgia there.
They included arcade mode so that scoring the arcade against the ios port wouldn't be such a cluster as it apparently is with other shmups.
I bought this game, having never played the original. And so far I think the controls suck pretty bad. The ship is SO slow to respond, if I swipe my finger across the screen it takes 2-3 seconds for the ship to catch up - way too slow! It's impossible to quickly and precisely move around in a shmup like this. Also, this game does't even come close to the quality of CAVE's shooters. No way this game is worth $11.99, in fact I'll probably delete it.
Funny, I would say exactly the opposite: CAVE shooters have consistently shown that touchscreens are almost ideally suited for 2D shooters of this type. Personally I found relational touch controls (when implemented well) to be more accurate and faster than joysticks in the arcade (really!). And the fact that iOS is one of the few platforms that comfortably supports a vertical orientation makes it even better suited for shmups. The reason you don't see a lot of these kinds of games in the App Store (and I would argue that that's not really the case) is the same reason why you don't see a lot shmups in other platforms: the genre is simply not that popular these days.
Try iPhone mode before you do. It's the same but unrestricted on the ship speed. Arcade mode kept the ship movement to arcade speed. This is definitely for the fans of the original game. If you've never played this game before today, you're going to wonder what all the fuss is about. Just for reference - Rayforce originally came out in arcades in 1993. This is before Cave were even founded - They were still Toaplan. So before you start expecting Cave quality of game / visuals...
Thanks, I just tried this, I was only playing Arcade mode before. The ship moves much better in iPhone mode, but still lags a little, not nearly as responsive as CAVE apps or other top shmups on the app store, but at least it's playable now.
Game Impressions Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Is the current Version worth $11.99? No, not at all if you expect something on the Quality Level of Cave. If you prefer a Retro/Old School Game you might give it a try if you have enough Money. So is this an Old School Game that doesn`t haven`t got any Updates like Retina or even an Universal Build? Yes sadly it is. While I had expected more of an Port similar to Sonic CD Game where an Old School Game was taken and changed to the better RayForce plays sadly as the Original Game. You might enjoy it if you like the old Arcade Games but if you are used to Games from Cave you won`t. I prefer Games like Bug Princess or any other similar Game that runs with 60 FPS - Should i spent $11.99 for RayForce? No. Wait for a Lite Version of the Game to give it a try before you buy it otherwise you might regret it.
Rayforce may be one of my favorite shooter ever, people please don't fall into that 12 dollars trap : it's a crappy emulation, no retina display, shitty controls, I don't know who is gonna fall for this. Well actually it's one of the worst emulation I'v seen on ios market, and the price for it exceeds the most sophisticated and demanding present ios games, what kind of drugs those taito guys are taking ??? You can play the game for free on any mame version available with scanlines in any resolution it pleases you, please people don't support those infamous commercials operations.
After an extended play, I agree with that. While £7.99 isn't that much (My lunch today cost me £12), it's still hard to justify in comparison to other high quality ports on iOS. MAME will run this flawlessly and the iPhone version doesn't really offer much other than online leaderboards and achievements. iPhone mode should be the standard - Arcade mode is pointless. This isn't a very good port and I wouldn't recommend it.
If it really is that bad, that really sucks. And i say it sucks because we don't need even more negativity towards the higher pricing models. I'll gladly play that much for a quality game that doesn't come with a built in store.
