Gleylancer

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Gleylancer
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    NCS
RELEASED:         1992
TYPE:             Shooter
LANGUAGE:         Japanese

PREMISE:          It is the year 2025, and opposing space fleets are locked
                  together in a massive and deadly war.  A beautiful young
                  fighter pilot is given the chance to solve the mystery of
                  her father's disappearance when she is assigned to pilot
                  the Greylancer - an experimental tactical fighter
                  prototype whose capabilities are powerful enough to
                  possibly change the inevitable outcome of the war.
                  Against orders, she takes the Greylancer and flies out to
                  meet her destiny....

IMPRESSIONS:      Another outstanding R-Type clone with the added bonus of
                  a real plot.  Highlights include a well-designed weapons
                  and upgrade system, and the fantastically detailed
                  multiplane scrolling backgrounds that put it in the same
                  league as Eliminate Down and the SNES Macross shooter.
                  The opening cinema is a work of art in itself, strangely
                  reminescent of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes anime.
                  Shooter fans will go absolutely ape over this!

VARIATIONS:       The Japanese often confuse the R and L when romanizing
                  spoken words.  The correct romanization of the title is
                  "Greylancer;" but since the mistranslation was burned
                  into the original cart, that's what we know it by.

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