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LayLa

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Also known as
レイラ

Rescue a friend by exploring eight maze-like asteroids, shooting enemies and collecting key password disks.

LayLa (レイラ) was developed and published by dB-SOFT for the Famicom/NES, released in Japan on December 12, 1986. This is the original platform and earliest commercial release of the game.


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Released
1986
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
61.46 KB
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About LayLa

LayLa is a mission based game where the player navigates a series of eight asteroid environments. The objective is to defeat a doctor and rescue a character named Iris.

Progress requires finding specific password disks hidden within each asteroid. The levels are structured as cavernous mazes, traversed using elevators to access different areas. Players control LayLa, who can shoot enemies and collect various items. These include weapons like handguns and grenades, as well as utility items such as roller skates.

Each asteroid concludes with a boss encounter that must be cleared to advance. Between these main stages, a bonus horizontal shooter sequence occurs. In this segment, LayLa pilots a ship to destroy enemy squadrons for bonus points, without risk of damage.

LayLa Screenshots

10 images
Title screen
Each stage is called an Asteroid
Starting out
This ain't no dead-end, you need to press down at the spot and you will teleport to the floor below. Hang around too long and a mini tornado will show up and kill you
Stage 1 fortress
This is the first password disc, you need to find one in each asteroid. They act as the password/continue mechanism in the game, plus without them you won't be able to hurt the final boss
First boss - Bamoh (Bamo) must be allergic to axes as he goes down after a single throw. Notice the picture on the wall, that's the main villain Dr. Chinelkov Manitokha
Second asteroid cave and two zombies walking on spikes... carry on
There's a secret room in every asteroid, most of them give you hints on where to find the password disc and also allow you to skip a bit of the stage
Stage 2 fortress, this robot looks a lot tougher than it really is