Last hope for Dreamcast to pre-order

[qatmix]

Last hope, the Dreamcast shooter is now available to pre-order.

Heres all the details:

Features
Free 360° rotary protection unit for shooting and dodging enemy fire
Six stages with checkpoints
Four difficulty levels
Hand drawn backgrounds
Fully animated CGI enemies
Superb video game style soundtrack
Constant 60 fps with up to 4 parallax layers
Lighting and transparency FX
Smooth plasma FX



description
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:

16-bit CD soundtrack
VMU support (saving + visuals)
DC joypad + arcade stick support (R- and L-trigger support)
Use of DCs soundchips (64 channels/stereo)
Highres title screen

Exclusive CD Game Modes:

Adjusted difficulty (Reduction of shoot frequency und flight velocity of enemy bullets / no ranking)
Explosions / particle effects reduced for more clarity on screen
Better hitting response for hit enemies
Improved visualization of boss hit zones

Preorder here

Edit: In case ya'll didn't know Here is the original site.

[JKKDARK]

Nice, I will pre-order it now

[Cap'n 1time]

Looks pretty sweet.

[Imerion]

Impressive! I didn't know Play-asia took in new DC-games. Will preorder soon!

[quzar]

Does anyone know how they're getting this published? I don't think it's through the goat store and if it's through someone else that's a big deal because it'll be the first non-goat independently published game.

[Dull Blade]

great, it's nice to see some more commercial releases. I doubt I'll order it, maybe.

[fackue]

Does anyone know how they're getting this published? I don't think it's through the goat store and if it's through someone else that's a big deal because it'll be the first non-goat independently published game.

I didn't bother reading about it, but I'd think it wouldn't have anything to do with independent games ie; it's a GD-ROM.

[quzar]

I didn't bother reading about it, but I'd think it wouldn't have anything to do with independent games ie; it's a GD-ROM.

they're not licensed by sega, therefore they are an independent game company.

[Elven6]

Is it going to be a CD or Gd-rom release? Do any publishers still publish on the ol GD?

[JKKDARK]

Is it going to be a CD or Gd-rom release?

CD.