| Last Alert | |
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| Developer(s) | Laser Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nippon Telenet, NEC Corporation |
| Year released | 1990 |
| System(s) | TurboGrafx-CD |
| Genre(s) | Action |
|---|---|
| Modes | Single player |
Last Alert, released in Japan as Red Alert (レッドアラート?), is an action oriented top-down shooter developed by Laser Soft for the TurboGrafx-CD and published in Japan by Nippon Telenet in 1989, and in North America by NEC for the TurboGrafx-CD in 1990.
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Japanese box art
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Japanese title screen
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American title screen
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Game screen
Story[edit]
Last Alert's story begins on November 20, 1988. Guy Kazama, an American commando in the Special Mission Unit, has been dispatched to the jungles of South America to rescue hostages upon a request from the Lloyd government. The request, however, was a trap, and Guy Kazama's unit is ambushed by an attack helicopter. Guy Kazama is the sole survivor of the ambush, and the antagonists of the game are introduced: an international arms band collectively known as the Force Project, whose ultimate goal is to rule the world. Its leaders are Colonel Jim Kadat of the Republic of Lybid, Mr. Tommy Lee of the Hong Kong mafia, Chairman Steve Lloyd of the Dual Foundation, and Dr. Che Garcia, a brilliant physicist.[1]
Following the ambush, Secretary Harvey Leonard, Director of the CIA, is entrusted by President Allman with eliminating the Force Project. For this, Leonard enlists the help of Guy Kazama, whom he finds in a cemetery mourning his comrades. Leonard tasks him with infiltrating a military base, Blue Rhinos, which contains stealth aircraft and has already been infiltrated by an agent by the name of Spartan. Guy, wanting to avenge his comrades, accepts.