Maker - Taito   Catalogue No. - T-1101G

Type - 2D Shooting Action

The year is 1995 and home gamers in Japan are gagging for some hot arcade shooting action.  Along comes Taito with their awesome Layer Section for Saturn.  Layer Section is in fact a conversion of Taito's arcade hit Ray Force.  For some odd reason it was renamed for the Saturn and then renamed again for the western market to Galactic Attack.  Anyway, back to the game.

Back in it's day Layer Section was one hot game.  It was the first in my opinion to really use the Saturn's 2D powers with it's manic parallax scrolling and scaling levels coupled with loads of beefy sprites with no slowdown what so ever.  These days Layer Section is looking a little dated but not enough to make it look poor.  It can still turn a head or two with it's 2D magic and looks better than it's 3D sequel (also on the PlayStation).  Layer Section is one hell of a tough shooter that will having you pulling out your hair.  Sometimes you'll die and have no idea what hit you because there's so much going on.  This is a bad point about the game and probably it's the only one.  Fans of Taito's sound team, Zuntata will love the soundtrack to this game.  Pure classic Zuntata space music.  Many people slated the soundtrack but I find it to be very good.  Wonderful spacey music and great explosion effects.

You should be able to find the Japanese copy of Layer Section quite cheap these days.  Probably one of the few Saturn shooters that can be bought for a cheap price since most of them go for quite a bit of cash.  A true recommended classic !  Buy it now.