''Override'' is a

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vertical-scrolling shooter game released for the

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in 1991. Later that year,

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, the creator of the original Data East game, developed and self-published a version for the

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released as ''Last Battalion''. It is the first recorded game developed by Sting Entertainment and the X68000 version is now available as a free "one stage only" demo download on Sting's website. On September 4, 2007,

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published the ''Override'' version of the game for the

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which (like its 1991 release) was reserved exclusively for the Japanese market.

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.

Reception

On release, the game was scored a 30 out of 40 by a panel of four reviewers at ''

Famicom Tsūshin formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the fo ...

''."30 Point Plus - オーバーライド". '' Shūkan Famicom Tsūshin''. No.362. Pg.32. 24 November 1995.

References

* http://www.paleface.net/cgi-bin/gdb/n.pl?c=474

External links

Official website
1991 video games Data East video games X68000 games Single-player video games Sting Entertainment games TurboGrafx-16 games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan {{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub