0.35b3 [Bryan McPhail]
0.33b5 [Testdriver]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.147u3: Various clean-ups of DEC8 HW, added irq ack mechanism to Last Mission (they were commented out before) and hooked up SCREEN_RAW_PARAMS to all games in the driver [Angelo Salese].
- 0.145u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs (after verification of the M6809/HD6309 code) and added coinage simulation based on the dipswitches to Last Mission.
- 15th May 2011: Mr. Do - Everyone say hi to Mikonos, from Zona Arcade. In just the past week, he's already fixed up Last Mission bezel from the BYOAC / CAG artwork (scanned and provided). Hopefully, he plans to stick around for awhile.
- 15th August 2009: Guru - From Korea thanks to gp-lee we got Last Mission (Data East USA 1986 with 8751 MCU).
- 0.133u1: Renamed (lastmsno) to (lastmisno) and (lastmsnj) to (lastmisnj).
- 0.101u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed i8751 coin control in Last Mission.
- 0.74u1: Added 'Allow Continue' dipswitch.
- 0.61: Added 'Infinite Lives' dipswitch.
- 0.54: Added clone Last Mission (Japan). Fixed rom names. Renamed (lastmiss) to (lastmisn) and (lastmss2) to (lastmsno).
- 17th August 2001: Bryan McPhail added the Japan version of Last Mission.
- 0.53: Added priority prom ($0 - not yet used).
- 0.37b13: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch.
- 25th February 2001: Bryan McPhail fixing Last Mission test mode.
- 0.36b9: Changed M6502 CPU3 clock speed to 1.5MHz.
- 0.35b9: Changed description to 'Last Mission (US revision 6)' and clone (Rev 5) to 'Last Mission (US revision 5)'.
- 0.35b7: Bryan McPhail fixed controls in Last Mission. Changed input from 2 to 3 buttons.
- 0.35b3: Bryan McPhail added 'Last Mission (Rev 6)' (Data East 1986) and clone (Rev 5).
- 0.35b2: Added clone (Testdriver) Last Mission (Rev 5).
- 12th February 1999: A massive DEC8 games update from Bryan McPhail. New games include Gondomania, Mekyo Sensi, Last Mission (2 versions), Shackled, Breywood and Captain Silver.
- 0.34b8: Changed description to 'Last Mission'.
- 0.33b5: Bryan McPhail added (Testdriver) lastmiss.
- 25th March 1998: CaBBe dumped Last Mission (US revision 5).
STORY:
- You are an outcast. Restore your honor. Invade the hostile forces who torment your people. Your quest for honor is your last mission.
LEVELS: 8
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
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Last Mission
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Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:
Last Mission (c) 1986 Data East.
Last Mission is a top-down multidirectional shooter developed by Data East and distributed in world wide release for the arcades in 1986.
The player assumes the role of an space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unknown crime. The only way the player character can return is to restore their honor - and the only way to do so is to invade and defeat the alien nemesis.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : (2x) M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3526 (@ 3 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Last Mission was released in October 1986.
Game programmers used a Millennium 95085 Microsystem Emulator to program this game.
Polystar / Datam released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Deco History Scene I : Data East Game Music Scene One - H25X-20008) on September 25, 1988.
- STAFF -
* Computers :
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU]
- PORTS -
* COMPUTERS:
[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1987)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- CONTRIBUTE -
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