Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

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Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Masaya

Developer: NCS

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-07-17	¥8,3008,300	T-25123
KR	199x		GM8050JT
JP ▼	2008-02-26^[1]	600pts600^[2]
US ▼	2008-07-21^[3]	900pts900^[3]
EU ▼	2008-05-16^[4]^[5]	900pts900^[4]
AU ▼	2008-05	900pts900^[6]

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Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer, commonly known as Gleylancer (グレイランサー), is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up by NCS released exclusively in Japan (despite having some of its text, such as in the Mover configuration screen described below, in near-perfect English). It was released internationally on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008.

Despite the English configuration screen, translation group M.I.J.E.T. released a patch which translated the story text in 2006-2007.

The game received a reprint in June 2019 by Columbus Circle. The reprint was limited to 2500 copies and featured new cover art by original illustrator Hiroshi Aizawa.

Story

Lucia is the 16-year-old daughter of a fighter pilot who disappears while fighting a war between humans and aliens in 2025. He was captured by aliens whom he had captured earlier who had the ability to teleport. Lucia hijacks the prototype fighter CSH-01-XA "Gley Lancer" to save him.

Gameplay

The Gley Lancer is a standalone ship that can only shoot straight ahead by pressing (which can be held down for rapidfire) and change its speed with . However, up to two Mover sub-ships can be attached to the main ship and fire in any direction with the main ship. Before starting a game, the player is given a choice of how to maneuver Movers around the ship and aim them; the button performs some related action which is detailed in the selection screen.

Production credits

Producer: Toshiro Tsuchida
Planning: Hikaru Sato
Program: Yukihiro Higuchi
Scroll: Eiji Koyama
Object: Hiroshi Hayashi
Music / Sound Effects: Cube, Yoshiaki Kubodera, Masanori Hikichi, Isao Mizoguchi, Noriyuki Iwadare
Creator: Kaichi Satou
Character Design: Hiroshi Aizawa
Original Art / Animation: Hitoshi Kamata
Visual Graphics: Masanori Sakurai, Hiroshi Hayashi
Business Promotion: Masaki Uchida, Jun Mimura, Yasuaki Yokoe, Kyoko Katagiri
Sales Promotion: Akio Matsuda, Norihiko Yonesaka, Kazuhiro Matsuda
P.R.: Takashi Kikuchi, Hideo Iwasaki
Cooperation: Manabu Takasugi, Tetsuya Ohya, Masayuki Iwamoto, Hideo Suzuki, Takayuki Jingu
Executive Producer: Yasumasa Shirakura
Gleylancer Produced by: Nippon Computer Systems Co. Ltd.

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-05: "May 1992" (1992-04-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[16]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[17]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[18]

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[19]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

48

^[20]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[21]

Game Mania (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[22]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

90

^[24]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

89

^[10]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[25]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[26]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[27]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

72

^[28]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

70

^[29]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

72

^[30]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

48

^[31]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

88

^[33]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[34]

Sega Force (UK)

NTSC-J

79

^[35]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[36]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

85

^[37]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

74

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

80

^[39]

	74
Based on 25 reviews

Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	42cf9b5b
MD5	8bd4a97783cda077c342173df0a9b51e
SHA-1	529d88f96eb7082bfbc00be3f42a1b2e365c34b7

1MB

1992-04

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_gleylancer/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-02-27 13:34)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/s8XeXVeUuiMuHl_8qG7VhxW4VwHw-jC- (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:51)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com:80/reviews/2008/05/gley_lancer_virtual_console (Wayback Machine: 2017-07-01 19:46)
↑ https://archive.is/ClgaL
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19746&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:44)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 24 (26)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58-60 (58)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Joystick, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 178
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32-35 (32)
↑ Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 54/55 (54)
↑ MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56/57 (56)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102-104 (102)
↑ Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 52/53 (52)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 132
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 26
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55
↑ Famitsu, "1992-07-24" (JP; 1992-07-10), page 40
↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Hippon Super, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-04), page 38
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 67
↑ Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 57
↑ Mega Fun, "08/92" (DE; 1992-08-18), page 18
↑ MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102
↑ Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 52
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Supergame, "Outubro 1992" (BR; 1992-10-xx), page 14
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
↑ Video Games, "9/92" (DE; 1992-08-26), page 56

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-08.pdf_p26_.2824.29-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 24 (26)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_011.pdf_p58_.2858-60.29-9] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58-60 (58)

[:File:Joystick_FR_030.pdf_p178-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Joystick, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 178

[:File:MDAG_UK_02.pdf_p32_.2832-35.29-11] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32-35 (32)

[:File:Mega_UK_02.pdf_p54_.2854.2F55.29-12] Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 54/55 (54)

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p56_.2856.2F57.29-13] MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56/57 (56)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega02UK.pdf_p102_.28102-104.29-14] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102-104 (102)

[:File:SegaForce_UK_10.pdf_p52_.2852.2F53.29-15] Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 52/53 (52)

[16] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127

[17] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 132

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-08.pdf_p26-18] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 26

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_011.pdf_p58-19] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p55-20] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0188.pdf_p40-21] Famitsu, "1992-07-24" (JP; 1992-07-10), page 40

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p80-22] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80

[23] Hippon Super, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-04), page 38

[:File:Joypad_FR_012.pdf_p48-24] Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:MDAG_UK_02.pdf_p32-25] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-26] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-10.pdf_p67-27] Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 67

[:File:Mega_UK_02.pdf_p57-28] Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 57

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-08.pdf_p18-29] Mega Fun, "08/92" (DE; 1992-08-18), page 18

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p56-30] MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56

[:File:MeanMachinesSega02UK.pdf_p102-31] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102

[:File:SegaPower_UK_36.pdf_p42-32] Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_12.pdf_p36-33] Sega Pro, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-34] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaForce_UK_10.pdf_p52-35] Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 52

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-36] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supergame_BR_15.pdf_p14-37] Supergame, "Outubro 1992" (BR; 1992-10-xx), page 14

[38] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-09.pdf_p56-39] Video Games, "9/92" (DE; 1992-08-26), page 56

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Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References