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

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