Lost In Translation/G-LOC - Air Battle

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G-LOC Air Battle
Manufacturer	Sega
Released	1990
Control Method	Analog joystick 3 Button(s)
Main CPU	(3x) 68000 (@ 12.500 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.027 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo YM2151 (@ 4.027 MHz) Sega PCM (@ 4.027 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 320 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 24,576 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	48 ROMs 21,561,344 bytes (20.56 MiB)
MAME ID	gloc · glocr360

About The Game

G-LOC - Air Battle is an arcade video game.

A direct sequel to 1987's "After Burner", G-loc adopts its predecessor's action-packed, if somewhat limited, gameplay, although the game's pace has been noticably reduced, making survival more a matter of skill than the shoot-and-hope gameplay of "After Burner".

The bulk of G-Loc's action is viewed from a first-person, in-cockpit view, but, at certain points of the game, the viewpoint switches to the familiar third-person perspective of "After Burner", as the player's jet fighter is tailed by an enemy fighter. The player must roll and turn to shake off the pursuer, once this is achieved the game switches back to first-person perspective.

The object of the game is to shoot a set number of enemy planes as they approach from front and behind; rolling and swerving to avoid incoming enemy fire. Certain stages feature ground-based enemy installations which must also be destroyed. The player's jet fighter is armed with both a machine gun, and a limited supply of missiles which can be 'locked-on' to enemy targets. G-Loc's levels take the player through a variety of different landscapes, including wide, rolling plains and rock-strewn canyons. Later in the game, the player must attempt to land their fighter onto an aircraft carrier. Failure to do so results in the game ending.

Trivia

'G-Loc' means 'G-induced Loss Of Consciousness'; the subtitle on the arcade flyer is 'Loss of Consciousness by G-force'.

An enhanced version of 'G-Loc - Air Battle', known as "R360 - G-Loc Air Battle" can be seen on Sega's R-360 flight simulator.

Series

1. After Burner (1987)
2. After Burner II (1987)
3. G-Loc - Air Battle (1990)
4. R360 - G-Loc Air Battle (1990)
5. Strike Fighter (1991)
6. Sky Target (1995)
7. Sega Strike Fighter (2000)
8. After Burner Climax (2006)
9. After Burner - Black Falcon (2007, Sony PSP)

Staff

Designed By

Yu Suzuki (YU.)

Music And Sounds

Hiroshi Miyauchi (HIR)

Cabinet and Artwork

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  G-LOC - Air Battle cabinet.

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  G-LOC R360 cabinet.

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  Back of the G-LOC Air Battle flyer.

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  Alternate G-LOC Air Battle flyer.

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  Alternate G-LOC Air Battle flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sega Master System (1990)

Sega Mega Drive (1991)

Sega Game Gear (1993)

Computers

Amstrad CPC (1991, "G-Loc R360")

Commodore Amiga (1992, "G-LOC R360 - Loss of Consciousness by G-force", U.S. Gold)

Commodore C64 (1992, "G-Loc R360")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Hyper Drive -G.S.M. SEGA 4-	PCCB-00035	1990-07-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	2 CD version.
Formula -G.S.M. SEGA 5-	PCCB-00059	1991-04-21	Pony Canyon Inc.	2 CD version.
Mega Selection II -G.S.M. SEGA-	PCCB-00077	1991-12-15	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
Back in the S.S.T. Band!! ~The Very Best~	SCDC-00312	2003-11-19	Scitron Digital Content Inc.	CD version.
Yu-Suzuki produce G-LOC / R360 / Virtua Racing	MJCAX-00013	1998-02-18	Marvelous Entertainment, Inc.	CD version.
Game Music Festival Live, Summer '93 ~OFFICIAL BOOTLEG CASSETTE~	N/A	1993-01-01	Pony Canyon/Scitron	Cassette version.
S.S.T. Band ~Live History~	SDDV-00035	2006-09-20	Happinet Corporation	Released on DVD.

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of G-LOC at the World of Spectrum

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.