Gley Lancer
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| Developer(s) | NCS |
| Publisher(s) | NCS (Japan) |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive, Virtual Console |
| Release date |  July 16, 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Cartridge |
| Input methods | Mega Drive/Genesis controller |
Gley Lancer is a scrolling shooter game developed by NCS. It was released in 1992 in Japan for the Sega Mega Drive game console. The game was never released outside of Japan, and because of this is somewhat unknown worldwide. Strangely enough the weapon selection screen at the start of the game is written completely in English with little or no language errors.
The gameplay is similar to most shoot'em up games on the Mega Drive. The story is narrated through manga-style panel illustrations, similar to Phantasy Star IV and Gaiares.
A translation patch was recently completed, allowing non-Japanese players to understand the story. [1]
[edit] Story
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 "Gleylancer" with the help of her friend Teim and go after her father.
The name of the fighter "Gley Lancer" is possibly a pronuncuation error, as the Japanese language do not distinguish "R" and "L". The corrected name of the game is most likely to be "GREY LANCER".
