Override (video game)

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The player can increase the power of their primary weapon by collecting “P” items. The player's ship also has a charge feature, where if the fire button is not touched for a few seconds, the ship will charge up a powerful shot that can destroy many of the enemies on-screen. The player can also acquire secondary weapons by collecting a gem. The gem changes colors, and depending on which color it is when collected, the player will get a different weapon. Players can power up their secondary weapon by collecting another gem of the same color.

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The X68000 version is available as a free "one stage only" demo download on Sting's website.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

On September 4, 2007, G-Mode published the PC Engine version on the Japanese Virtual Console for the Wii.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

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| CVG = 80%{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_113_1991-04_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n78/mode/1up|title=Bytesize: PC Engine|magazine=Computer and Video Games|issue=113|publisher=EMAP|date=April 1991|page=79}}

| Fam = 30/40{{cite magazine|title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー: オーバーライド (PCエンジン)|magazine=Famitsu|issue=119|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=January 11, 1991|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=3045 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016234929/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=3045|date=2015-10-16}}).

| Gen4 = 54%{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-030/page/n40/mode/1up|title=Tests CoregrafX: Over Ride|magazine={{ill|Génération 4|lt=Génération 4|fr|Gen4}}|issue=30|publisher=Pressimage|date=February 1991|page=80|language=fr}}

| JS = 82%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick014/page/n121/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Override (PC Engine)|magazine=Joystick|issue=14|publisher=Sipress|date=March 1991|page=122|language=fr}}

| PO = 84%{{cite magazine|last=Scamps|first=Olivier|url=https://archive.org/details/playerone-magazine-007/page/n45/mode/1up|title=Tests de Jeux: Override (PC Engine)|magazine={{ill|Player One (magazine)|lt=Player One|fr|Player One}}|issue=7|publisher={{ill|Média Système Édition|lt=Média Système Édition|fr|Média Système Édition}}|date=March 1991|page=46|language=fr}}

| TILT = 13/20{{cite magazine|last=Huyghues-Lacour|first=Alain|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt090/page/n81/mode/2up|title=Rolling Softs: Override (PC Engine, carte Déco)|magazine=Tilt|issue=90|publisher={{ill|Mondadori France|lt=Éditions Mondiales S.A.|fr|Mondadori France}}|date=May 1991|pages=82–83|language=fr}}

| rev1 = Micro News

| rev1Score = 3/5{{cite magazine|last=Allain|first=Sylvain|url=https://archive.org/details/micro-news-44/page/n70/mode/1up|title=Tops & Softs Consoles: Override|magazine={{ill|Micro News|lt=Micro News|fr|Micro News}}|issue=44|publisher={{ill|Publications Georges Ventillard|lt=Publications Georges Ventillard|fr|Publications Georges Ventillard}}|date=February 1991|page=71|language=fr}}

| rev2 = PC Engine Gamer

| rev2Score = 785/1000{{cite magazine|last=Weller|first=Paul|url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0PMOAzwW3y4b0xVd1UzNHB0S28/edit?usp=sharing|title=Review: Override|magazine=PC Engine Gamer|issue=3|publisher=Sunteam|date=December 2010|pages=10–13|access-date=2025-01-08|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190516114226/https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0PMOAzwW3y4b0xVd1UzNHB0S28/edit?usp=sharing|archive-date=2019-05-16|url-status=live}}

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Override received an average reception from critics.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-26-february-1991/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2026%20-%20February%201991/page/127/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: オーバーライド|magazine={{ill|Marukatsu PC Engine|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|マル勝PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=2|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=February 1991|page=127|language=ja}} Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game twelfth in popularity in its March 1991 issue, and it received a score of 19.67 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 354 spot.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-03/page/n245/mode/2up|title=Super Soft Hot Information - PC Engine: 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=105|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=March 1991|pages=250–251|language=ja}}{{cite magazine|title=PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録|magazine=PC Engine Fan|volume=6|issue=10|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=October 1, 1993|page=72|language=ja}} Its conversion for the X68000, Last Battalion, also received a middling reception from reviewers.{{cite magazine|last=Nachi|first=Yaegaki|url=https://archive.org/details/OhX1990-1995/Oh%21X_1992-01/page/n40/mode/1up|title=The Softouch: ラストバタリオン (X68000用)|magazine={{ill|Oh!X|lt=Oh!X|ja|Oh!X}}|volume=11|issue=1|publisher=SoftBank Creative|date=January 1992|page=39|language=ja}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/technopolis-1991-12/01_journal_1991-12/page/n23/mode/1up|title=Gaming World: ラストバタリオン (X68000シリーズ)|magazine={{ill|Technopolis (magazine)|lt=Technopolis|ja|テクノポリス (雑誌)}}|volume=10|issue=12|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=December 1991|page=24|language=ja}}

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• [http://www.sting.co.jp/play/battalion/index.htm Official website]

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