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Revision as of 10:44, 13 October 2024
- For the unreleased Sega Mega-CD game, see Last Action Hero (Mega-CD).
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sony Imagesoft | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: B.I.T.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Licensor: Columbia Pictures | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Last Action Hero is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear action game based on the 1993 film of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was only released in North America.
Contents
Story
After receiving a magical movie ticket, young Danny Madigan is sucked into a theater screen and into an action movie starring indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater. Jack Slater's archenemy, the ruthless assassin Mr. Benedict, gets a hold of the ticket and transports himself to the real world. Danny and Jack must follow him and stop him.
Gameplay
Mega Drive version
The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up played as Jack Slater. Jack moves with 
and 
. He crouches with 
and jumps with 
. He punches with 
and kicks with 
. He can only punch while standing. He can kick while crouching with + but not after jumping, though he can do a jumping split kick with 
+ that hits enemies on both sides of him.
There are two driving stages where Jack is driving a car controlled from an overhead perspective. The car speeds up with or slows down with . It brakes to a complete stop with . The car can jump off ramps or squeeze in between vehicles to avoid running into them.
Jack has a health meter with eight segments. He loses health as he is attacked by enemies and loses a life if he loses all of his health or if time runs out. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. There are no continues.
Items
| Movie Ticket | |
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| Replenishes some of Jack's health meter. This item occasionally falls from the top of the screen. |
Stages
| Action Hero Movie | |
|---|---|
| Inside the School | |
| Bonneville Car Chase | |
| Leo's Funeral | |
| The Car Chase | |
| Premiere Night | |
| The Finale | |
History
Nine different video game adaptions of Last Action Hero were put into production before the film was released, and due to its secretive nature, developers could only use the scripts, photographs and selected footage as reference material[2].
Arnold Schwarzenegger requested that the developers of Last Action Hero not to give the main characters guns so as not to inspire children to partake real-world violence[2]. Despite playing a prominent role in the movie, the character Danny Maddigan is absent from the core gameplay as license holders Columbia Pictures did not want to have a small boy surrounded by violence[2]. As such, he only appears in the cutscenes.
European versions were advertised and planned[3][4][5], but the game ultimately remained a United States exclusive.
Both a Sega Master System version and Mega-CD version[6][7] (for release in Autumn 1993[8]) of Last Action Hero were once planned[9], but were cancelled for unknown reasons.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Programming: Peter Baron
- Graphics: Laurence McDonald, Carl Cropley
- Animation: Mark Jones
- Music and Sound Effects: Shahid Ahmad
- Play Testing: Jim Hale
- Concept and Design: Peter Baron, Foo Katan, Chris Kyriacou, Cos Lazouras, Gary Sheinwald
- Produced by: Chris Kyriacou, Gary Sheinwald
- Executive Producer: Foo Katan
- Copyright 1993 Sony Electronic Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
- Last Action Hero TM. Copyright 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. All rights reserved.
- Executive Producer: Rich Robinson
- Producer: Nathan Rose
- Sony Electronic Publishing Company: Olaf Olafsson, Lester Greenman, Peter Dille, Jeff Benjamin
- Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.: Arnold Swarzenegger, John McTiernan, Steve Roth, Robert Relyea, Neal Nordlinger
- Columbia Pictures Merchandising: Lester Borden, Lisa Weisinger Manne, Susan Christison, Catherine Varvaro
Magazine articles
- Main article: Last Action Hero/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
| Sega Retro Average | |||||||||||||||||||
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36 |
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| Based on 3 reviews | |
| Mega Drive, US |
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 Cover
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 Cart |
| Mega Drive, US (Not For Resale) |
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 Cover
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Cart |
Game Gear version
| Sega Retro Average | ||||
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N/A |
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| Based on 0 reviews | |
| Game Gear, US |
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   Cover
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 Cart  Manual |
Technical information
- Main article: Last Action Hero/Technical information.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 26
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 12
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 89
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 98
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 12
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 100
- ↑ Game Informer, "March/April 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 38
- ↑ GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 111
- ↑ File:Last Action Hero MD credits.pdf
- ↑ MAN!AC, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-10), page 57
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 159
- ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 102
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