Last Battle

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Last Battle

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Commodore 64

Publisher:

Sega

Developer:

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1989-09^[1]
EU	1990-09
PT	199x
UK	1990-09	£34.9934.99^[2]
AU	199x
BR	1991-06^[3]
KR	199x		GM4039JG
UK	199x	£?	?

UK	1991-06-26^[4]	£25.5325.53^[4]
UK (Cassette)	1991	£10.9910.99^[5]
UK (Disk)	1991	£14.9914.99^[5]

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.^[4]

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

Map

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 . He can also deflect projectiles and other objects such as boulders by hitting them. He jumps with and jumps farther 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. In addition, 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.

Gameplay

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 this boss.

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
	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

	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
	Azarak meets someone who teaches him how to break the seal protecting Garokk and restores some of his life.
	Northern Village

	Tombstone
	Azarak must first travel to the West Mausoleum 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)^[6]

Physical scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
Cover

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[7]

Ação Games (BR)

75

^[3]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

32

^[8]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

32

^[9]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

58

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

40

^[12]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

50

^[13]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

40

^[14]

Mega (UK)

PAL

29

^[15]

Mega (UK)

PAL

4

^[16]

MegaTech (UK)

32

^[17]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

32

^[18]

Megazone (AU)

80

^[19]

Power Play (DE)

39

^[20]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

0

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

58

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

69

^[23]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

33

^[24]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[25]

User (GR)

96

^[26]

Zero (UK)

79

^[27]

	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

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

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Amiga Joker (DE)

32

^[28]

The Games Machine (IT)

87

^[29]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

63

^[30]

Play Time (DE)

39

^[31]

	55
Based on 4 reviews

Last Battle

Amiga, UK
Cover

Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

62

^[32]

Games-X (UK)

80

^[33]

Your Commodore (UK)

56

^[34]

Zzap!64 (UK)

43

^[35]

	60
Based on 4 reviews

Last Battle

Commodore 64, UK

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	bbfaad77
MD5	1164d4b9e1c69c914f68a3f0e126039b
SHA-1	6ebef9c86779040bd2996564caa8631f4c41cf03

512kB

1989-04

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

Last Battle
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[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_07.pdf_p15-1] Computer Entertainer, "October 1989" (US; 1989-10-20), page 15

[:File:Raze_UK_11.pdf_p76-2] Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 76

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_002.pdf_p24-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Ação Games, "Junho 1991" (BR; 1991-06-19), page 24

[:File:Raze_UK_09.pdf_p7-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Raze, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-05-30), page 7

[:File:YourCommodore_UK_84.pdf_p5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Your Commodore, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 5

[:File:TheGamesMachine_IT_034.pdf_p21-6] The Games Machine, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-0x-xx), page 21

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 113

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p32-8] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 32

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p48-9] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 48

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p131-10] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131

[:File:EGM_US_004.pdf_p13-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1989" (US; 1989-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p66-12] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 66

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p79-13] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p93-14] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p20-15] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20

[:File:Mega_UK_01.pdf_p60-16] Mega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p79-17] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-18] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:Megazone_AU_16.pdf_p22-19] Megazone, "June/July 1991" (AU; 1991-0x-xx), page 22

[20] Power Play, "1/92" (DE; 1991-12-11), page 138

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-21] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-22] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p18-23] Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 18

[:File:SegaForce_UK_08.pdf_p24-24] Sega Force, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 24

[25] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 102

[:File:User_GR_10.pdf_p66-26] User, "Ianouários 1991" (GR; 1991-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:Zero_UK_08.pdf_p92-27] Zero, "June 1990" (UK; 1990-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:AmigaJoker_DE_1991-11.pdf_p56-28] Amiga Joker, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-31), page 56

[:File:TheGamesMachine_IT_034.pdf_p77-29] The Games Machine, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-0x-xx), page 77

[:File:Micromania2_ES_043.pdf_p38-30] Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 38

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-03.pdf_p64-31] Play Time, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-05), page 64

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-12.pdf_p39-32] Aktueller Software Markt, "Dezember 1991" (DE; 1991-11-15), page 39

[:File:GamesX_UK_20.pdf_p11-33] Games-X, "5th-11th September 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 11

[:File:YourCommodore_UK_84.pdf_p4-34] Your Commodore, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 4

[:File:Zzap64_UK_079.pdf_p49-35] Zzap!64, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-10), page 49

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Last Battle

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Gameplay

New Legend Creators

Golden Assassins

Ultimate Hell

The Destroyer's Fate

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega Drive version

Amiga version

Commodore 64 version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References