Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

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Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console
Publisher: Masaya
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥8,3008,300 T-25123
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM8050JT
Wii Virtual Console
JP
600pts600[2]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US
900pts900[3]
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Wii Virtual Console
EU
900pts900[4]
Wii Virtual Console
AU
900pts900[6]
OFLC: General (G)

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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 B (which can be held down for rapidfire) and change its speed with A. 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 C 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

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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-05: "May 1992" (1992-04-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 [7]
74 [8]
87 [9]
60 №1992-08, p38
90 №12
89 [10]
89 [11]
72 [12]
72 [13]
48 [14]
82 №36, p42
88 №12, p36/37
85 №18, p66
79 [15]
Sega Mega Drive
77
Based on
14 reviews
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]
Sega Mega Drive
74
Based on
25 reviews

Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer

Mega Drive, JP
ABGleylancer MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Gleylancer md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR
GleyLancer MD KR Box.jpg
Cover
GleyLancer MD KR cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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

  1. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
  2. http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_gleylancer/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-02-27 13:34)
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/s8XeXVeUuiMuHl_8qG7VhxW4VwHw-jC- (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:51)
  4. 4.0 4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com:80/reviews/2008/05/gley_lancer_virtual_console (Wayback Machine: 2017-07-01 19:46)
  5. https://archive.is/ClgaL
  6. http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19746&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:44)
  7. Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 24 (26)
  8. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  9. Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58-60 (58)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Joystick, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 178
  11. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32-35 (32)
  12. Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 54/55 (54)
  13. MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56/57 (56)
  14. Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102-104 (102)
  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
  18. Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 26
  19. Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 58
  20. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55
  21. Famitsu, "1992-07-24" (JP; 1992-07-10), page 40
  22. Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  23. Hippon Super, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-04), page 38
  24. Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 48
  25. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 32
  26. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  27. Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 67
  28. Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 57
  29. Mega Fun, "08/92" (DE; 1992-08-18), page 18
  30. MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 56
  31. Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 102
  32. Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 42
  33. Sega Pro, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 36
  34. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  35. Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 52
  36. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  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
  39. Video Games, "9/92" (DE; 1992-08-26), page 56