Override (video game)

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Override
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Developer(s) Sting Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PC Engine, X68000
ReleasePC Engine
  • JP: January 8, 1991
X68000
  • JP: November 15, 1991
Genre(s) Vertically scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Override [a] is a 1991 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Sting Entertainment and published by Data East for the PC Engine. It was later ported to the X68000, self-published by Sting as Last Battalion [b] .

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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.[ citation needed ]

On September 4, 2007, G-Mode published the PC Engine version on the Japanese Virtual Console for the Wii.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Override received an average reception from critics. [9] 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. [10] [11] Its conversion for the X68000, Last Battalion, also received a middling reception from reviewers. [12] [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: オーバーライド, Hepburn: Ōbāraido
  2. ↑ Japanese: ラストバタリオン, Hepburn: Rasuto Batarion

References

  1. ↑ "Bytesize: PC Engine". Computer and Video Games . No. 113. EMAP. April 1991. p. 79.
  2. ↑ "新作ゲームクロスレビュー: オーバーライド (PCエンジン)". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 119. ASCII Corporation. January 11, 1991. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine ).
  3. ↑ "Tests CoregrafX: Over Ride". Génération 4  [ fr ] (in French). No. 30. Pressimage. February 1991. p. 80.
  4. ↑ Demoly, Jean-Marc (March 1991). "Consoles News: Override (PC Engine)". Joystick (in French). No. 14. Sipress. p. 122.
  5. ↑ Scamps, Olivier (March 1991). "Tests de Jeux: Override (PC Engine)". Player One  [ fr ] (in French). No. 7. Média Système Édition  [ fr ]. p. 46.
  6. ↑ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain (May 1991). "Rolling Softs: Override (PC Engine, carte Déco)". Tilt (in French). No. 90. Éditions Mondiales S.A.  [ fr ]. pp. 82–83.
  7. ↑ Allain, Sylvain (February 1991). "Tops & Softs Consoles: Override". Micro News  [ fr ] (in French). No. 44. Publications Georges Ventillard  [ fr ]. p. 71.
  8. ↑ Weller, Paul (December 2010). "Review: Override". PC Engine Gamer. No. 3. Sunteam. pp. 10–13. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  9. ↑ "新作ソフトお毒味チャート: オーバーライド". Marukatsu PC Engine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). Vol. 3, no. 2. Kadokawa Shoten. February 1991. p. 127.
  10. ↑ Matsuyama, Benī (March 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information - PC Engine: 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). No. 105. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 250–251.
  11. ↑ "PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese). Vol. 6, no. 10. Tokuma Shoten. October 1, 1993. p. 72.
  12. ↑ Nachi, Yaegaki (January 1992). "The Softouch: ラストバタリオン (X68000用)". Oh!X  [ ja ] (in Japanese). Vol. 11, no. 1. SoftBank Creative. p. 39.
  13. ↑ "Gaming World: ラストバタリオン (X68000シリーズ)". Technopolis  [ ja ] (in Japanese). Vol. 10, no. 12. Tokuma Shoten. December 1991. p. 24.


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