Last Action Hero (video game)

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Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
NES cover art
Developer(s) NES:
Teeny Weeny Games
SNES/Genesis/Game Boy/Game Gear:
Bits Studios
Commodore Amiga:
Psygnosis
Amiga:
The Dome Software Developments
Publisher(s) Sony Imagesoft
Psygnosis
Composer(s) Amiga:
Mike Clarke
NES:
Marshall Parker
SNES:
Shahid Ahmad[1]
Sega Genesis:
Shahid Ahmad
Platforms NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Amiga, MS-DOS
Release date(s) SNES:
    NES:
      Sega Genesis:
        Game Boy:
          Game Gear:
            Amiga:
              DOS:
                Genre(s) Action, Beat em up
                Mode(s) Single-player

                Last Action Hero is a series of action video games based on the film of the same name. Versions were released for the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Amiga and MS-DOS. Versions for the Sega Master System[citation needed] and Sega CD[8] were also announced, but never released.

                A separate version was released on the Commodore Amiga and was developed by The Dome Software Developments. The MS-DOS version was developed by Psygnosis and offers full motion video cut scenes from the actual motion picture; the never-released Sega CD version was planned to include this feature as well.[8]

                Gameplay

                An overhead driving sequence from the MS-DOS version

                Unlike many such adaptations, the game closely follows the plot and scenery of the film. The game, like the movie, was not received with much enthusiasm from the public.[citation needed]

                Taking the form of a side-scrolling beat-em-up, in the SNES and Genesis version players have a strict time limit to defeat each level of the game. Every version of the game has the climatic showdown with Mr. Benedict (the movie's primary villain), except for the NES, Game Boy, and Game Gear versions. There are two car chase stages: one in Jack Slater's "movie" world and another in Danny Madigan's "real" world. The NES and Amiga versions however do not feature any car levels.

                The NES version has an original element that none of the other versions have: a stage that portrays Danny Madigan's "version" of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet.[9]

                References

                1. ↑ Composer information for Last Action Hero (SNES version) at SNESMusic.org
                2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Last Action Hero SNES release information at GameFAQs Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "gamefaqs" defined multiple times with different content
                3. ↑ Last Action Hero NES release information at GameFAQs
                4. ↑ Last Action Hero Sega Genesis release information at GameFAQs
                5. ↑ Last Action Hero Game Gear release information at GameFAQs
                6. ↑ Last Action Hero Amiga release information at GameFAQs
                7. ↑ Last Action Hero DOS release information at MobyGames
                8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
                9. ↑ Last Action Hero at Hardcore Gaming 101

                External links

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