Gley Lancer / auto demo / Japan Mega Drive / 1992
Gley Lancer: Advanced Busterhawk is a side scrolling 2D shooter game developed by NCS, published by Masaya, released in year 1992 in Japan for the Sega Mega Drive game console. 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. This game has an exceptionally great music sound track.
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*I don't own this game. The box pic is for collectors to reference.