Last Duel

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Last Duel is a shoot-'em-up vertically-scrolling arcade game that was first ported to home computers and then years later to home consoles.

The beautiful Princess Sheeta has been abducted by the Golden Tribe, and the player must battle through six levels in a neutron-powered car and galactic hoverplane. The player starts the first level in the car, and then swaps between the car and the hoverplane for every successive level. A second player can also join the action, although he/she can only use the hoverplane.

First impressions of the game are good; the first level moves at a pretty fast pace and there's a lot of action. Unfortunately, the pace of the second level slows down significantly, and it therefore takes a lot longer to reach the end of the level. The graphics are very nice indeed - detailed, with effective use of color - but the sound effects are irritating and the music is poor, and the game would be better if the levels in which you fly the hoverplane were faster and shorter.

This game is included in Capcom Classics Collection. It can be found on Vol. 2.