<s>
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
dB-SOFT	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
(	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
story	O
inspired	O
by	O
Dirty	O
Pair	O
,	O
Layla	B-Application
,	O
a	O
17-year-old	O
member	O
of	O
special	O
forces	O
group	O
CAT	O
,	O
needs	O
to	O
rescue	O
her	O
team	O
partner	O
Iris	O
who	O
was	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
the	O
evil	O
Dr.	O
Manitoka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
password	O
is	O
shown	O
after	O
the	O
player	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
so	O
that	O
players	O
can	O
resume	O
their	O
progress	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Layla	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
1986	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
to	O
arrive	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
featuring	O
the	O
second	O
heroine	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
after	O
Valkyrie	O
from	O
Valkyrie	B-Application
no	I-Application
Bōken	I-Application
:	I-Application
Toki	I-Application
no	I-Application
Kagi	I-Application
Densetsu	I-Application
(	O
the	O
gender	O
of	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
from	O
Metroid	B-Device
was	O
a	O
secret	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
more	O
female-protagonists	O
games	O
including	O
Athena	B-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Wing	I-Application
of	I-Application
Madoola	I-Application
and	O
Gall	O
Force	O
also	O
arrived	O
at	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Layla	B-Application
was	O
rated	O
26/40	O
(	O
5	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
7	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
four	O
reviewers	O
in	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
three	O
of	O
whom	O
acclaimed	O
the	O
cuteness	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
their	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
