Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Gley Lancer

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
8.6
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
8.6
1 Ratings
100
90
81
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

4.6/5
CoolROM

Initial release date
  
16 July 1992

Platforms
  
Sega Genesis, Wii

Publishers
  
Masaya, NCS Pte Ltd, Sega

4/5
Emuparadise

Genre(s)
  
Scrolling shooter

Mode
  
Single-player video game

Developers
  
Masaya, NCS Pte Ltd, Sega

Gley Lancer wwwhardcoregaming101netgleylancergleylancerjpg

Composer(s)
  
Masanori Hikichi Noriyuki Iwadare Yoshiaki Kubotera Isao Mizoguchi

Similar
  
Masaya games, Shoot 'em up games

Mega drive longplay 068 advanced busterhawk gley lancer


Gley Lancer (グレイランサー), also known as Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer, is a 1992 scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Masaya for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was released exclusively in Japan on July 16, 1992, and was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on February 26, 2008, in Europe on May 16, 2008 and in North America on July 21, 2008. Before the Virtual Console re-release, an unofficial fan-made translation patch was made available in English.

Contents

Gley Lancer Hardcore Gaming 101 Gleylancer

Classic game room gley lancer for nintendo wii review


Gameplay

The gameplay in Gley Lancer is similar to most shoot 'em up games on the Mega Drive.

During the game, the Gley Lancer can toggle through four different speeds. This is always done in a 1-2-3-4-3-2-repeat order, although the starting point can be chosen in the game options. By shooting silver and blue pods, the player can pick up various weapons which take the form of Gunners:

Gley Lancer Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer Japan ROM lt Genesis ROMs Emuparadise

  • Twin Shot: Fires a rapid stream of double blue energy pulses. Basic weapon.
  • Laser: Fires thin white lasers. Not quite as powerful as Twin Shot, but pierces enemies and inflicts multiple strikes on large enemies.
  • 5-Way: Shoots an arc of five purple energy pulses. Although the range is excellent, it suffers from a low fire rate—only one salvo from each Gunner can be on-screen at once.
  • Burner: Shoots moderate-range fireballs that can track along any solid surfaces they strike.
  • Spread Bomb: Shoots flickering blue bombs. The bombs have low speed and fire rate, but create secondary explosions upon striking an enemy or solid surface.
  • Saber: Generates a continuous, short/mid-range beam of purple energy.
  • Bound Shot: Fires a stream of rapid green energy pulses that reflect off of solid surfaces.

    • Gley Lancer Gley Lancer Stage 1 GenesisMega Drive YouTube

    The player can have up to two Gunners. Both Gunners will always have the same weapon, with subsequent power-ups overwriting them both.

    Gley Lancer Gley Lancer Box Shot for Genesis GameFAQs

    In addition, at the beginning of the game, the player chooses one of seven formations to use for the Movers that the Gunners are mounted on.

    Gley Lancer SHMUPS

  • Normal: The Gunners will face in the same direction the ship is moving. While C is held down, the facing of the Gunners is locked, regardless of how the ship moves.
  • Reverse: Like Normal, except that the Gunners will face the opposite direction of the ship's movement.
  • Search: The Gunners will automatically aim at the nearest enemy. Tapping C will toggle between the Gunners aiming at same or different targets.
  • Multi: Each Gunner is restricted to either the top or bottom 180 degree arc of the ship. Horizontal motion will cause the Gunners to swivel in that direction. Although this prevents concentrated fire in any direction except the horizontals, it permits three-way firing. Holding down C, or only moving vertically, will keep the Gunners aiming in the same directions.
  • Multi-R: Like Multi, except the Gunners will swivel in the direction opposite the ship's horizontal motion.
  • Shadow: The Gunners imitate every motion of the ship, following a short distance behind. However, they can only fire forward. Holding down C fixes their positions relative to the ship.
  • Roll: The Gunners constantly spin around the ship at 180 degrees from each other. Normally, they shoot away from each other, resulting in a kind of spiral fire pattern. Tapping C toggles between this and the Gunners both firing forward.

    • Plot

    The story is narrated through manga-style panel illustrations, similar to Phantasy Star IV or Gaiares. The manual of the Virtual Console version includes translation of the Japanese voice and text of the first few narrations.

    The story follows Lucia, a 16-year-old star fighter pilot in the Earth Federation. A war breaks out between humans and an unknown alien race in the year 2025. Lucia's father, Ken, a high-ranking admiral in the Federation Navy, is captured after his ship is warped out of the combat zone with 4 alien modules which have the ability of teleportation. Lucia, heart-broken after hearing her father's disappearance, decides to hijack the prototype fighter CSH-01-XA "Gley Lancer" with the help of her friend Teim and go after her father.

    Gley Lancer

    References

    Gley Lancer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA