Raystorm

RayStorm
North American front cover art, published under the Working Designs "Spaz" label.
Developer(s)	Taito Corporation
Publisher(s)	Taito Corporation (Arcade, PS, PSN, XBLA) Mediaquest (Saturn) CyberFront Corporation (Windows) Sourcenext (Windows) NA: Working Designs (PS) EU: SCEE (PS)
Director(s)	Tomohisa Yamashita Yukio Abe Tatsuo Nakamura
Producer(s)	Yukio Abe
Composer(s)	Tamayo Kawamoto
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows 95, Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade), PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) iOS (iPod Touch)
Release date(s)	Arcade JP: 1996 PlayStation JP: 10 January 1997 NA: June 1997 EU: September 1997 Saturn JP: 30 October 1997 Microsoft Windows JP: 6 April 2001 Xbox Live Arcade JP: May 5, 2010 EU: May 5, 2010 NA: May 5, 2010 PlayStation Network JP: May 6, 2010
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	single player, Co-op; Up to 2 players simultaneously
Cabinet	Horizontal
Arcade system	Taito FX-1B
Display	Raster (Horizontal)

Taito Corporation (Arcade, PS, PSN, XBLA)
Mediaquest (Saturn)
CyberFront Corporation (Windows)
Sourcenext (Windows)

Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows 95, Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade), PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) iOS

RayStorm is a scrolling shooter developed by the Taito Corporation. Originally released in Japan as an arcade game in 1996, it was later ported there to Sony's PlayStation game console in 1997, to the Sega Saturn (under the name Layer Section II) in that same year, and to Windows-based personal computers in 2001. In North America, it was released for the PlayStation by Working Designs in June 1997. The PlayStation version was also released in Europe by SCE Europe. It was re-released in 2010 with improved graphics, as RayStorm HD, for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 (with the latter version released exclusively in Japan). In 2012, RayStorm was also released for iOS.

The game is set hundreds of years in the future. Players must pilot their "R-Gray" spacecraft through eight vertically scrolling stages and shoot down enemy ships and vehicles to prevent the forces of the Secilia Federation, a rebellious group of colonies, from destroying Earth. The arcade versions let each player choose one of two ships; home ports include additional ships and features.