The
evil empire is rushing at light-speed across
the galaxies, heading towards Mother Earth.
Barely 24 hours ago, they penetrated the last
defense line of our galaxy, the Arsion Laser
Belt. Millions of innocent people perished in
outer space colonies. 70% of our fleet was destroyed
during first contact. Our intelligence has now
extrapolated their arrival within six days.
Conventional weapons cannot stop them. Our last
hope is in your hands: The Z-42 Warpstar. Warp
into their territories and destroy their leader
before they reach Earth.
Last
Hope is a shooting game with rotating satellite
system and heavy influence by tactical game
play. Memorizing level architecture and enemy
patterns are necessary for further approaching.
The satellite and the beam are the most important
components of the game mechanics. You have to
learn to deal with both techniques in interaction
with the other. It is possible to rotate the
protection unit in 360° around the playership
and to engage it in 8 gradations. Just press
"X" to shoot, "R-Trigger"
to rotate clockwise and "L-Trigger"
to rotate anticlockwise.
The
protection unit mainly serves the defense of
enemy plasma projectiles and to fire a stronger
plasma shot. There are four difficulty settings:
very easy, easy, normal and hard. Less experienced
players can enjoy the game on very easy and
easy, while experienced players will enjoy the
game on normal or challenging it on hard. There
are a total of 6 stages. These vary from a sandily
space laboratory, a channel fulfilled with muddy
water, a idyllic landscape with floating continents,
a soul melting enemy factory on fire to an eerily
and muggy alien stage.
Last
Hope is comparable to classics like R-Type and
Gradius. Yet it has it's own visual impressive
graphic style and fresh game play. It also features
a superb 16-bit digital audio soundtrack, which
suits perfectly the games atmosphere.
Exclusive
features only available in the Dreamcast™
compatible version:
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16-bit CD soundtrack
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VMU support (saving + visuals)
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DC joypad + arcade stick support (R- and L-trigger
support)
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Use of DCs soundchips (64 channels/stereo)
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Highres title screen
Exclusive Dreamcast™ Game Modes:
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Adjusted difficulty (Reduction of shoot frequency
and flight velocity of enemy bullets / no
ranking)
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Explosions / particle effects reduced for
more clarity on screen
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Better hitting response for hit enemies
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Improved visualization of boss hit zones
This software is not officially licensed,
designed, manufactured, distributed or endorsed
by Sega.
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