Last Battle

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Last Battle
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Commodore 64
Publisher: Sega Elite Systems
Developer: Sega R&D 2 Creative Materials Images Software
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT) Tec Toy (BR) Samsung (KR)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1989-09 1001 US ▼ (Sega Channel) 199x SUBsub EU 1990-09 1001 PT 199x UK 1990-10 £34.9934.99 1001 AU 199x CA 1990 BR 1991-06 KR 199x GM4039JG UK 199x £? ? UK 1991-06-26 £25.5325.53 UK (Cassette) 1991 £10.9910.99 UK (Disk) 1991 £14.9914.99

Last Battle is an action game developed by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive. It is a reworked version of Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu with altered graphics. It was a launch title for the console in North America.

The game was ported to the Amiga and Commodore 64 by Elite Systems in 1991. IBM PC and Atari ST versions were apparently due to be released, but never were.

Story

A great war devastated the land and enslaved its people. The mighty warrior Aarzak, using his secret martial art called Jet-Kwon-Do, and his two companions Alyssa and Max battled to restore peace to the land. They defeated Duke, master of Tae-Kung-Fu, but his strongest lieutenants, Gromm, Gross, and Garokk, escaped.

Gameplay

Maps

Last Battle is a single-plane beat-'em-up that plays similarly to its predecessor Black Belt. The player takes control of the warrior Aarzak. The game is divided into four chapters, each featuring several levels. After completing a level, the player is shown a map with Aarzak's current location and the paths he can take. Most of the levels are linear side-scrolling segments where Aarzak simply walks from one to side to the other while fighting every enemy who gets in the way. Other levels are dungeon mazes in which the player must figure out the correct path to the goal while avoiding traps. Some areas are one-on-one encounters with bosses. The player must sometime complete levels in a certain order in order to finish a chapter. Not all of the levels are mandatory, but some of them contain allies who increase Aarzak's offensive or defensive strength or replenish his health.

Aarzak walks with and and crouches with . He fights against his enemies by punching with and kicking with . Attacks can deflect projectiles such as knives and other objects such as boulders. He jumps with and jumps farther with +. In the dungeons, he can enter doorways with . Aarzak can attack while standing, jumping, and crouching. Aarzak has a power-up meter that gradually fills as he defeats enemies. When the meter reaches a certain point, Aarzak transforms into a super-powered state, allowing him to perform rapid punches and kicks for the rest of the chapter.

Aarzak has a life gauge that depletes as he takes damage from foes. If he loses all of his life, the game ends; there are no extra lives or continues. Most levels, with the exception of boss battles and maze stages, have a time limit. Instead of killing Aarzak immediately when it reaches zero, it instead gradually drains his life gauge until the player completes the level.

Chapters

New Legend Creators

	Western Area
	The Wilderness
	Aarzak meets Alyssa, who increases his life gauge.
	Hulk's Area
	Defeating the Hulk recovers some of Aarzak's life.
	Prison Entrance
	Aarzak meets Gere, which opens the path to the Quiet Village area.
	Quiet Village
	Aarzak meets Luisa, who increases his defense.
	Rebel's Prison
	Aarzak meets Zee-Bee, who recovers some of his life.
	Southern Area
	Butcher's Area
	Defeating the Butcher recovers some of Aarzak's life.
	Eternal Plain
	The chapter ends after defeating Syd.

Golden Assassins

	First Gate
	Second Gate
	Third Gate
	Quiet Village
	Aarzak meets Anne, who increases his life gauge.
	Fourth Gate
	Defeating Duke increases Aarzak's defense.
	Forbidden City
	The first part is played on the way to fight Duke, and the second part is played after returning from defeating him. Aarzak meets Sophia, who recovers some of his life.
	Seashore
	The chapter ends after completing this level.

Ultimate Hell

	Pirate Ship 1
	Pirate Ship 2
	Savage Land 1
	Savage Land 2
	Eternal Plain
	Aarzak meets Duke, who increases his life gauge.
	Dry River Bed
	Western Village
	Aarzak meets Cynara, who increases his defense.
	Desert
	The Gromm Castle
	Defeating Gromm recovers some of Aarzak's life. The chapter ends after defeating this boss.

The Destroyer's Fate

	Valley of No Return
	Dare-Devil appears as a boss at the end of the level.
	Castle Entrance
	Great Coliseum
	The Garokk Castle
	Aarzak meets Garokk, who increases his life gauge.
	Eternal Plain
	The Village
	East Mausoleum
	Defeating Gross increases Aarzak's defense.
	West Mausoleum
	The level is a walk past the exterior if Aarzak has not yet defeated Gross or if he is returning from the Northern Village. Otherwise, it is the inside of the mausoleum, where Aarzak meets someone who teaches him how to break the seal protecting Garokk and restores some of his life.
	Northern Village
	Tombstone
	Aarzak must first travel to the West Mausoleum to learn how to break the seal protecting Garokk before he can face Garokk here.

Magazine articles

Main article: Last Battle/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer Games (GR) #3: "Ioúnios 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Home computers print advert in K (IT) #31: "Settembre 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

• The Games Machine (IT) #34: "Settembre 1991" (1991-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
Cover

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Ação Games (BR) 75 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 32 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) 32 Console XS (UK) PAL 58 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 60 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 40 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 50 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 40 Mega (UK) PAL 29 Mega (UK) PAL 4 MegaTech (UK) 32 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 32 Megazone (AU) 80 Power Play (DE) 39 Sega Power (UK) PAL 0 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 58 Sega Pro (UK) 69 Sega Force (UK) PAL 33 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 58 User (GR) 96 Zero (UK) 79

	47
Based on 22 reviews

Last Battle

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, PT
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Vertical manual)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Horizontal manual)

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Amiga version

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Publication Version Score Amiga Joker (DE) 32 The Games Machine (IT) 87 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) 63 Play Time (DE) 39

	55
Based on 4 reviews

Last Battle

Amiga, UK
Cover

Commodore 64 version

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Publication Version Score Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 62 Games-X (UK) 80 Your Commodore (UK) 56 Zzap!64 (UK) 43

	60
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Last Battle

Commodore 64, UK

Technical information

Main article: Last Battle/Technical information.