Gunlock 1993 Taito
1993
Gunlock (c) 1993 Taito.
A vertically scrolling shooter featuring a lock-on secondary weapon.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : D66
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
>>> TRIVIA
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Even if titlescreen says 1993, the game was released in January 1994.
This game is known outside Europe as 'Rayforce'.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'BOO'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Rayforce - PCCB-00153) on 21/04/1994.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Gunlock (1994)
2. Ray Storm (1996)
3. Raycrisis (1998)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Producer : Yukio Abe
Directors : Yukio Abe, Tatsuo Nakamura
Game designers : Tatsuo Nakamura, Yukio Abe, Tomohisa Yamashita
Software : Tatsuo Nakamura, Shinji Soyano, Hikaru Taniguchi, Masao Kashino, Isao Ooyama
Character graphic designers : Hideyuki Kato, Tomohisa Isobe, Shinjirou Sugitani, Hiroyo Kujirai, Yasuhiro Noguchi
Screen graphics designers : Hideyuki Kato, V.A.P, Peacock
Music & Sound effects : Tamayo Kawamoto (Zuntata)
Sound effects : Munehiro Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Sound direction : Hiroshige Tonomura (TONO) (Zuntata)
Design works : Kyoko Umezu
Hardware : Katsumi Kaneoka
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1995, 'Layer Section' Japan / 'Galactic Attack' US and Europe)
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.