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Gale Racer
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer
Genre: Racing[3][4]

















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

Gale Racer (ゲイルレーサー) is a Sega Saturn driving game developed by System Sacom[1][2] and published by Sega. A port of the 1991 Sega System 32 arcade game Rad Mobile, it was released exclusively in Japan in December 1994, and is the first driving game released for the Sega Saturn.

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
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Gale Racer/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 Sega Saturn Tsūshin, p7
Sega Saturn
 60
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
85
[6]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-J
17
[7]
Excalibur (CZ) NTSC-J
23
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[9]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
35
[10]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
42
[11]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
35
[13]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
64
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
54
[16]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) NTSC-J
30
[17]
Última Generación (ES)
40
[18]
Sega Saturn
 47
Based on
13 reviews

Gale Racer

Saturn, JP
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Cover
Gale Racer Saturn JP SpineCard.jpg
Spinecard
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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

Track list

1. Data track  
2. Invitation Card (1:05) 
From: Advertise
3. Gale Racer (1:58) 
From: Opening Movie
4. Just the Thing (2:11) 
From: Course 1-1, 6-4
5. On the Horizon (2:49) 
From: Course 1-2, 2-2, 3-3, 5-2, 6-2
6. Midnight Illusion (1:59) 
From: Course 3-2, 4-1, 6-1
7. Mountain Storm (1:56) 
From: Course 2-3
8. Flushing Beat (2:17) 
From: Course 2-1, 3-1, 4-2
9. Darkest Time (1:50) 
From: Course 5-1
10. Radmobile Theme (0:19) 
From: Reslut
11. Battle Attack (1:38) 
From: Course 1-3, 3-4, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3
12. Stillness (1:10) 
From: Mode Select
13. Game Over (0:24) 
From: Continue
14. V.S. End (0:16) 
From: 2Players V.S Ending
15. End In Defeat (1:20) 
From: Bad Ending
16. The Glory (2:03) 
From: True Ending
17. Twilight of the Goddess (1:43) 
From: Staff Roll
► Running time: 24:58

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/System_Sacom
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Blog:Gale_Racer_(Saturn)
  3. ↑ File:Galeracer sat jp backcover.jpg
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-04 08:13)
  5. ↑ File:Galeracer_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  6. ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 148
  7. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 34
  8. ↑ Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1995-08-01), page 1
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  11. ↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 36
  12. ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
  13. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 52
  14. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 32
  15. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 22
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16
  17. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-01), page 109
  18. ↑ Última Generación, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72


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