<s>
Last	B-Application
Action	I-Application
Hero	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
1993	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
also	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Dome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
and	O
offers	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
cut	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
;	O
the	O
never-released	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
include	O
this	O
feature	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	B-Application
Action	I-Application
Hero	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
players	O
have	O
a	O
strict	O
time	O
limit	O
to	O
defeat	O
each	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
the	O
climactic	O
showdown	O
with	O
Mr.	O
Benedict	O
(	O
the	O
movie	O
's	O
primary	O
villain	O
)	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Game	O
Gear	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
however	O
do	O
not	O
feature	O
any	O
car	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
has	O
an	O
original	O
element	O
that	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
have	O
:	O
a	O
stage	O
that	O
portrays	O
Danny	O
Madigan	O
's	O
"	O
version	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
Shakespeare	O
play	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	B-Application
Action	I-Application
Hero	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
seven	O
platforms	O
:	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Bits	O
Studios	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Dome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
across	O
most	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
Sony	O
's	O
Psygnosis	O
published	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rich	O
Robinson	O
,	O
executive	O
producer	O
at	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
,	O
oversaw	O
the	O
filming	O
of	O
Last	B-Application
Action	I-Application
Hero	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
adaptation	O
,	O
to	O
ensure	O
consistency	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
saw	O
some	O
rough	O
cuts	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
then	O
made	O
small	O
alterations	O
to	O
their	O
game	O
to	O
keep	O
it	O
faithful	O
to	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
ultimately	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
11	O
people	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
producer	O
Steve	O
Riding	O
of	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
to	O
include	O
motion	O
video	O
footage	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
commenced	O
in	O
July	O
1993	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
already	O
three	O
months	O
into	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
slightly	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
developers	O
were	O
restricted	O
from	O
depicting	O
the	O
playable	O
character	O
with	O
any	O
offensive	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
chose	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tony	O
Parkes	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
producer	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
team	O
used	O
"	O
the	O
comic	O
element	O
that	O
was	O
present	O
throughout	O
the	O
film	O
"	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
"	O
very	O
cartoony	O
in	O
a	O
'	O
Tom	B-Application
and	I-Application
Jerry	I-Application
 '	O
kind	O
of	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
's	O
character	O
of	O
Danny	O
Madigan	O
was	O
excluded	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
games	O
because	O
Columbia	O
felt	O
that	O
a	O
child	O
in	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
game	I-Application
would	O
not	O
go	O
over	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
option	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
second	O
player	O
could	O
play	O
as	O
Jack	O
Slater	O
's	O
daughter	O
Whitney	O
or	O
as	O
an	O
animated	O
cat	O
police	O
officer	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
whom	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
1994	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
home	O
video	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
versions	O
had	O
an	O
unusually	O
high	O
wholesale	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
60-	O
$70	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
resulting	O
$100	O
retail	O
price	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
too	O
high	O
for	O
most	O
consumers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
600	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	B-Application
Action	I-Application
Hero	I-Application
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Action	B-Application
called	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
"	O
utter	O
trash	O
"	O
and	O
wrote	O
about	O
the	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
gameplay	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
been	O
done	O
a	O
million	O
times	O
before	O
and	O
each	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
million	O
has	O
been	O
better	O
executed	O
than	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
Bradley	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
enemy	O
respawns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
Amiga	B-Device
criticized	O
the	O
repetitive	O
gameplay	O
and	O
background	O
scenery	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
without	O
a	O
shadow	O
of	O
a	O
doubt	O
,	O
the	O
worst	O
game	O
ever.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
complaints	O
about	O
repetitive	O
scenery	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
to	O
easily	O
dispatch	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Device
Players	I-Device
called	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
a	O
"	O
dull	O
,	O
lifeless	O
,	O
and	O
frustration-filled	O
"	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
was	O
also	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
version	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
it	O
lacked	O
action	B-Application
and	O
would	O
likely	O
only	O
appeal	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
puzzle	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
website	O
AllGame	O
,	O
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
heavily	O
criticized	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
believing	O
they	O
were	O
rushed	O
through	O
development	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
