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Overkill2.txt Overkill The Last-Planet Mega Blast is a vertical scrolling shooter developed by Tech-Noir Productions and published by Epic MegaGames and Precision Software Publishing in 1992. The game was designed by Ste Cork and was Epic's first vertical shooter company. The game lacked some of the technology that other top shareware games of the time had, such as Jill of the Jungle, Commander Keen by ID Software, and Duke Nukem by Apogee. It featured EGA graphics, PC speaker sound effects, joystick support, and a General MIDI music track. While the game sold a significant number of copies, it was quickly overshadowed by later vertical shooters such as Raptor: Call of the Shadows, Major Stryker, and Tyrian. There are two versions of the game, a shareware version and a commercial version. Due to certain business practices, less than a year after the original release date, the author took legal action against Precision Software Publishing (PSP), which immediately lost the right to publish the game or charge for it from other distributors across Europe. The PSP name was removed from all screens in the game in the 1993 re-release and replaced with references to Epic UK. Nothing else changed between the 1992 and 1993 versions. The shareware version allows you to play on the first and second planets, while the commercial version gives you access to all six planets. Ste Cork announced a registered version of freeware on July 23, 2008. A pilot entrusted with the very difficult task of destroying threatening alien forces that have taken over six planets in the neighboring allied solar system. The aliens have enslaved all the inhabitants of the planets and must be killed. The goal of Overkill is to destroy all enemies on the planet, thus restoring order. The ship has some basic needs like fuel, shields, and weapons, but can be upgraded by collecting various goodies. Hitting projectiles or bumping into enemy ships and walls will damage the ship. When the shield gauge runs out, the ship is destroyed and costs a life