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| system=[[Sega Saturn]]
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| sounddriver=SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)
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| peripherals=[[Arcade Racer Joystick]]
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| players=1-2
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| genre=Racing
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ゲイルレーサー) is a conversion of the 1991 [[Sega System 32]] arcade game ''[[Rad Mobile]]'' for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It was released exclusively in Japan in December 1994 as the first racing game for the system.
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==Gameplay==
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''Gale Racer'' shares similar gameplay to ''Rad Mobile'', with the player driving eastwards across America against rival cars against a strict time limit. There are, however, a number of graphical and technical changes to better suit the Saturn's hardware, and rather than one continuous journey, "areas" are split up by loading screens. There are also 23 rival cars, as opposed to the arcade's 14.
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''Gale Racer'' has the player drive a completely different vehicle to ''Rad Mobile'', and renders all the rivals as polygons, rather than resized sprites. Similarly to ''Rad Mobile'', a [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] "mascot" hangs from the car's ceiling (resembling his look in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''), however others from the ''Sonic'' series are available, including the first home sightings of [[sonic:Mighty the Armadillo|Mighty the Armadillo]] and [[sonic:Ray the Flying Squirrel|Ray the Flying Squirrel]].
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However, despite being a port of a then-three-year-old game (for arcade hardware that had been retired), ''Gale Racer'' is noticeably scaled back over its arcade counterpart, running at half the frame rate with lower draw distances, and less detailed "textures" for the road and scenery. The breaking up of areas means stage transitions no longer exist, and the road is always the same colour. The physics of the mascot are also simplified, always swinging and rotating at the same rate regardless of what is happening in-game.
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There are also no exploding police officers when the player finishes first.
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==Production credits==
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{{creditstable|
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*'''Producer:''' [[Youji Ishii]], [[Yutaka Sugano]]
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*'''Director:''' [[Tomohiro Kondo]]
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*'''Game Designer:''' [[Koji Iwashita]]
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*'''Graphic Designer:''' [[Takashi Thomas Yuda]], [[Keiichi Matate]], [[Makiko Banju]]
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*'''Program:''' [[Toru Asato]], [[Shiori Hongo]], [[Kaoru Aota]], [[Akio Ujino]], [[Yumiko Hide]]
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*'''Computer Graphics:''' [[Count Zero]]
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*'''Design:''' [[Ginji Sabano]], [[Shin Kato]], [[Makiko Ozawa]], [[Sozi Kano]]
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*'''Sound:''' [[Yoshito Kida]]
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*'''Adviser:''' [[Manabu Ishihara]]
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*'''Special Thanks To:''' [[Kazuhiko Nagai]], [[Yoshio Inoue]], [[Jill Alexander]], Daisuke Teraguchi
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| source=In-game credits
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| pdf=Galeracer_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
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| console=SAT
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}}
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}}
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==Track list==
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{{tracklist|
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{{multicol|
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{{track|[data track]}}
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{{track|Invitation Card|from=Advertise|time=01:05}}
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{{track|Gale Racer|from=Opening Movie|time=01:58}}
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{{track|Just the Thing|from=Course 1-1, 6-4|time=02:11}}
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{{track|On the Horizon|from=Course 1-2, 2-2, 3-3, 5-2, 6-2|time=02:49}}
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{{track|Midnight Illusion|from=Course 3-2, 4-1, 6-1|time=01:59}}
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{{track|Mountain Storm|from=Course 2-3|time=01:56}}
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{{track|Flushing Beat|from=Course 2-1, 3-1, 4-2|time=02:17}}
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{{track|Darkest Time|from=Course 5-1|time=01:50}}
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{{track|Radmobile Theme|from=Reslut|time=00:19}}
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{{track|Battle Attack|from=Course 1-3, 3-4, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3|time=01:38}}
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{{track|Stillness|from=Mode Select|time=01:10}}
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{{track|Game Over|from=Continue|time=00:24}}
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{{track|V.S. End|from=2Players V.S Ending|time=00:16}}
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{{track|End In Defeat|from=Bad Ending|time=01:20}}
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{{track|The Glory|from=True Ending|time=02:03}}
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{{track|Twilight of the Goddess|from=Staff Roll|time=01:43}}
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}}
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}}
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
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==Physical scans==
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{{ratings
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| icon=SAT
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| consolesplus=85
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| consolesplus_source={{num|39|page=148|pdf=ConsolesPlus FR 039.pdf}}
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| cvg=17
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| cvg_source={{num|159|page=34|pdf=CVG UK 159.pdf}}
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| excalibur=23
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| excalibur_source={{num|48|page=22}}
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| famitsu=53
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| famitsu_source={{num|314|page=37|pdf=}}
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| famitsu_1=60
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| famitsu_source_1=''Sega Saturn Tsūshin'', p7''
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| joypad=35
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| joypad_source={{num|39|page=56|pdf=Joypad FR 039.pdf}}
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| maniac=42
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| mms=35
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| mms_source={{num|28|page=52-54|pdf=MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf|pdfpage=52}}
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| segapro=64
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| segapro_source={{num|41|page=22/23}}
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| ssmjp_r=54
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| ssmjp_r_source={{num||page=14|pdf=SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf|pdfpage=16}}
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| ufg=30
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| ufg_source={{num|3|page=109|pdf=UltimateFutureGames UK 03.pdf|pdfpage=105}}
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}}
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{{Scanbox
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| console=Saturn
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| region=JP
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| front=Galeracer sat jp frontcover.jpg
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| back=Galeracer sat jp backcover.jpg
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| square=yes
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| disc=Galeracer sat jp disc.png
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| manual=RadMobile SS jp manual.pdf
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| spinecard=Gale Racer Saturn JP SpineCard.jpg
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}}
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==Technical information==
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===ROM dump status===
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{{romtable|
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{{rom|SAT|sha1= |md5= |crc32= |size=460,380,480|date=1994-11-09|source=CD-ROM (JP)|comments=GS-9003 V1.000|quality=good|prototype=}}
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}}
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==External links==
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* Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/19970129032353/http://sega.highway.or.jp:80/sega/saturn/sd/g.racer/gs_9003.html Sega Saturn]
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==References==
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Gale Racer
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer Joystick
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,8006,800 GS-9003

Gale Racer (ゲイルレーサー) is a conversion of the 1991 Sega System 32 arcade game Rad Mobile for the Sega Saturn. It was released exclusively in Japan in December 1994 as the first racing game for the system.

Gameplay

Gale Racer shares similar gameplay to Rad Mobile, with the player driving eastwards across America against rival cars against a strict time limit. There are, however, a number of graphical and technical changes to better suit the Saturn's hardware, and rather than one continuous journey, "areas" are split up by loading screens. There are also 23 rival cars, as opposed to the arcade's 14.

Gale Racer has the player drive a completely different vehicle to Rad Mobile, and renders all the rivals as polygons, rather than resized sprites. Similarly to Rad Mobile, a Sonic the Hedgehog "mascot" hangs from the car's ceiling (resembling his look in Sonic the Hedgehog 3), however others from the Sonic series are available, including the first home sightings of Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel.

However, despite being a port of a then-three-year-old game (for arcade hardware that had been retired), Gale Racer is noticeably scaled back over its arcade counterpart, running at half the frame rate with lower draw distances, and less detailed "textures" for the road and scenery. The breaking up of areas means stage transitions no longer exist, and the road is always the same colour. The physics of the mascot are also simplified, always swinging and rotating at the same rate regardless of what is happening in-game.

There are also no exploding police officers when the player finishes first.

Production credits

Source:
In-game credits
Galeracer Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[1]

Track list

1. [data track]  
2. Invitation Card (01:05) 
From: Advertise
3. Gale Racer (01:58) 
From: Opening Movie
4. Just the Thing (02:11) 
From: Course 1-1, 6-4
5. On the Horizon (02:49) 
From: Course 1-2, 2-2, 3-3, 5-2, 6-2
6. Midnight Illusion (01:59) 
From: Course 3-2, 4-1, 6-1
7. Mountain Storm (01:56) 
From: Course 2-3
8. Flushing Beat (02:17) 
From: Course 2-1, 3-1, 4-2
9. Darkest Time (01:50) 
From: Course 5-1
10. Radmobile Theme (00:19) 
From: Reslut
11. Battle Attack (01:38) 
From: Course 1-3, 3-4, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3
12. Stillness (01:10) 
From: Mode Select
13. Game Over (00:24) 
From: Continue
14. V.S. End (00:16) 
From: 2Players V.S Ending
15. End In Defeat (01:20) 
From: Bad Ending
16. The Glory (02:03) 
From: True Ending
17. Twilight of the Goddess (01:43) 
From: Staff Roll
► Running time: 24:58

Magazine articles

Main article: Gale Racer/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №39, p148[2]
17 №159, p34[3]
23 №48, p22
53 №314, p37
60 Sega Saturn Tsūshin, p7
35 №39, p56[4]
42
35 №28, p52-54[5]
64 №41, p22/23
54 №, p14[6]
30 №3, p109[7]
Sega Saturn
 45
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
85
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-J
17
[3]
Excalibur (CZ) NTSC-J
23
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[9]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
35
[4]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
42
[10]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
35
[5]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
64
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
54
[6]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) NTSC-J
30
[14]
Última Generación (ES)
40
[15]
Sega Saturn
 47
Based on
13 reviews

Gale Racer

Saturn, JP
Galeracer sat jp backcover.jpgGaleracer sat jp frontcover.jpg
Cover
Gale Racer Saturn JP SpineCard.jpg
Spinecard
Galeracer sat jp disc.png
Disc
RadMobile SS jp manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
460,380,480 1994-11-09 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9003 V1.000

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:Galeracer_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 039.pdf, page 148 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 039.pdf_p148" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:CVG UK 159.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 159.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Joypad FR 039.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 039.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ File:UltimateFutureGames UK 03.pdf, page 105
  8. ↑ Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1995-08-01), page 1
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
  10. ↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 36
  11. ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
  12. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 32
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 22
  14. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-01), page 109
  15. ↑ Última Generación, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
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