Taito's RayForce Is Coming To Switch, According To New Taiwanese Rating

Nice. absolute classic. Think this was a PS1 launch title in Japan. about time this was ported over.

More shmups on Switch you say?

Pretty dope.

I wish such games weren't strictly 1-CC oriented. Console versions of several shmups, like Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun, had a small share of continues available to the player for a challenging (yet fair) ride.

Fingers crossed for a decent port that's not limited to the basic arcade emulation.

Yes! Fabulous game. Can we get the sequels too please?

@Damo Indeed, i am confusing with RayStorm which is the game i had in mind but havent played for years

Superb. It shall be mine the day it releases.

Taito, please give me Lufia and Lufia II.

Please!

Yoooooo Galactic Attack on Saturn is so good. I'd consider double dipping, and maybe selling my Saturn copy

That trailer looks pretty cool indeed. Another shmup I haven't played, so bring it.

Rayforce! Love it. If only there were a horizontal mode for TV...

"…published by City Connection"

I bought quite a few games from them and every single one was really, really disappointing (some more, some less). I'm not supporting them anymore.

XB1? I thought that console only carried Neo Geo games.

Can't wait, dancing to the first stage music already. "This is the control tower, make a left turn" doo do dooo

@PosterBoy Yea, concerned about the City Connection thing too. They just don't even try to offer acceptable input lag, which is a big disappointment as they seem to release so many classic shmups.

Oh, I wanted RayForce and other Ray series games on Nintendo Switch! I played RayForce before, on my Android smartphone. Game is available on Android in Google Play Store/Play Market.

@rushiosan At least the iOS ports of the Ray games have “unlimited” continues. You lose your lives, you get the continue countdown and you can continue again.

Day one download. It’s been far too long.

@PosterBoy They messed up Psikyo and Cotton. What else am I missing?

@RudeAnimat0r I wouldn’t, the dev really, really borked up cotton and considering that once again that it’s Saturn ports, they can and will Bork it up again, not unless they tool around with the zebra engine, or just not even use it

@farrgazer That's kinda alright but still kills the point of having some sort of challenge. I loved the first Metal Slug port on PS1 because it actually wanted you to finish the game with a maximum of 3 coins IIRC. The replay value gets pretty high.

Great games have all three, Rayforce on Saturn. Raystorm, Ray crisis on PS1. Nice to see on Switch.

My favourite ever 32 bit shooter.

Sounds like this has the arcade soundtrack(which is great), but not as good as the Saturn release. Option to have both would be amazing.

Icing on the cake would be the completed Level 1 of the unreleased sequel, R-Gear.

Day one buy for me.

@rushiosan I recall Ikaruga giving you extra credits proportionate to the amount of play time you rack up - something like one extra credit for every hour.

Absolutely on this day one. They never brought the 360 version to BC so excellent!

City Connection… good tastes, but they need to get their lag in line with Retroarch benchmarks

YES!!!! I mean, if I wasn't lazy I could play this on my Saturn, but it's really hard to take that on the train. This is one of the few Shmurps from my youth that I loved to the point of actually going for high schools (as opposed just trying to finish the game, which was usually the case). I wonder if I'll feel that way about it the second time around.

If this is true, then this would be awesome. I love Rayforce on mobile, but having a full modern console would definitely make it the best way to play it

I want the HD Raystorm version re-released, it's a crying shame that's stuck on the 360.

I have been dying to play Galactic Attack on Switch. I haven’t played it since the Saturn days. I do hope City Connection doesn’t bodge this one.

Oh Lord. This one is brilliant. SOLD!