Override (video game)

This article is about the 1991 PC Engine and X68000 game. For the 2018 video game, see Override: Mech City Brawl.
Override
Developer(s)Sting Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PC Engine, X68000
ReleasePC Engine
  • JP: January 8, 1991
X68000
  • JP: November 15, 1991
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Override[a] 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[b].

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.[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 (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 (in French). No. 7. Média Système Édition. p. 46.
  6. ^ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain (May 1991). "Rolling Softs: Override (PC Engine, carte Déco)". Tilt (in French). No. 90. Éditions Mondiales S.A.. pp. 82–83.
  7. ^ Allain, Sylvain (February 1991). "Tops & Softs Consoles: Override". Micro News (in French). No. 44. Publications Georges Ventillard. 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 (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 (in Japanese). No. 105. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. 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 (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 (in Japanese). Vol. 10, no. 12. Tokuma Shoten. December 1991. p. 24.


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