Last Battalion
In 21st century, an alien race known as Kron began to prepare for an assault on the Earth. A defensive station was built on Uranus, but after a while communication with it was breached. A young pilot manages to avoid enemy fire and get to the station, only to find out that alien ships are everywhere and he must defend his corner of the space from them. Last Battalion is based on Override . Most gameplay features remain the same, including three hit points per life for the playable character, strength-enhancing power-ups, color-changing secondary weapons, etc. However, the stages are different in layout (e.g. the game begins in space rather than on planet surface) and contain different regular and boss enemies. This version also offers selectable difficulty levels and other settings (such as the amount of initial lives), and includes anime-style cutscenes that were not present in Override .
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HISTORY
Override is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Sting Entertainment and published by Data East in 1991 for the PC Engine. A port to the X68000 was self-published by Sting as Last Battalion.
Gameplay
The player can increase the power of their primary weapon by collecting “P” items. The player's ship also has a charge feature, where if the fire button is not touched for a few seconds, the ship will charge up a powerful shot that can destroy many of the enemies on-screen. The player can also acquire secondary weapons by collecting a gem. The gem changes colors, and depending on which color it is when collected, the player will get a different weapon. Players can power up their secondary weapon by collecting another gem of the same color.
Development and release
The X68000 version is available as a free "one stage only" demo download on Sting's website.
On September 4, 2007, G-Mode published the PC Engine version on the Japanese Virtual Console for the Wii.
Reception
Override received an average reception from critics. Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game twelfth in popularity in its March 1991 issue, and it received a score of 19.67 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 354 spot. Its conversion for the X68000, Last Battalion, also received a middling reception from reviewers.
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