Last Duel (US New Ver.) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Last Duel - Inter Planet War 2012 © 1988 Capcom Company, Limited.

Taking place in the year 2012 in an alternate galaxy, Last Duel involves the struggle between two planets Mu and Bacula. On planet Bacula, a strong warrior tribe known as the Galden rose to immense military power and conquered all of the societies on the planet. Unsatisfied with conquering just one planet, the Galden decided to conquer a neighboring terrestrial planet, Mu. Using advanced bioships, star fighters, and motor vehicles, the Galden invaded Mu, destroying many of its cities and taking the planet's ruler Queen Sheeta hostage. The remaining royal guards of Mu are deployed in space fighters that can transform into cars to rescue the queen and crush the Galden forces.

The player alternates each level between using car and space ship. The vehicle has two main attacks one of which varies depending on the form the vehicle took. In car mode, the vehicle can jump over pot holes and enemies. While in ship mode, the vehicle can perform a barrel roll, making it temporarily invincible.

The player can select Power-Ups that including a large, slow firing laser, a twin-shot, a wide shot and options that provided side attacks. Speed-Ups were only available in ship mode. Every driving section is timed and if the player is unable to reach the boss on time, they will lose a life. However, the moment the player encounters the boss, the timer will be removed.

TECHNICAL
Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) Yamaha YM2203 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick.
Buttons: 2

TRIVIA
Last Duel was released in July 1988.

STAFF
Character designers: Donarudo Chiyo, Travail Kuniko, Tanado Oyu, Chakkari Minoru, Kuntakinte Ito, Hyper Kaz, Pradox Koichi
Music and sound: Tamayo Kawamoto (Golden Tamayo)
Programmers: Popo Yumiko, Yuzoh
Planning: Moomin Hiroyuki
Director: Piston Takashi

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

[US] Microsoft XBOX (nov.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2"
[US] Sony PS2 (nov.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLUS-21473]"
[AU] [EU] Sony PS2 (apr.11, 2007) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLES-54561]"

• HANDHELDS:

[US] Sony PSP (mar.22, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Model ULUS-10097]"
[EU] Sony PSP (jul.21, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Model ULES-00347]"

• COMPUTERS:

[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1988)
[US] [EU] Commodore Amiga (1988)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1989)
[EU] Atari ST (1989)
[EU] PC - DOS (1989)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Atari ST (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Commodore C64 (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991) "Capcom Collection"

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