History VideoGame / LastAlert

On Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the Commando of America's Special Mission Unit, leads a mission to rescue hostages in South America at the request of Chairman Steve Steve, leader of Lloyd's Government. Much to their horror, Guy's squad is betrayed by the Lloyd Regime, which led them there on false pretenses, and they are all are subsequently gunned down by an attack chopper. Guy is left the only survivor of this incident, and becomes a recluse.

On Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the Commando of America's Special Mission Unit, leads a mission to rescue hostages in South America at the request of Chairman Steve of Lloyd's Government. Much to their horror, Guy's squad is betrayed by the Lloyd Regime, which led them there on false pretenses, and is subsequently gunned down by an attack chopper. Guy is left the only survivor of this incident, and becomes a recluse.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: {{Invoked|Trope}}; Guy's level-up system is based on his score attained from killing enemies, with each level being some kind of promotional rank-up.

* CoresAndTurretsBoss: Some of the later bosses.

On Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the Commando of America's Special Mission Unit, leads a mission to rescue hostages in South America at the request of Chairman Steve of Lloyd's Government. Much to their horror, Guy's squad is betrayed by the Lloyd Regime, which led them there on false pretenses; Guy's squad is gunned down by an attack chopper. Guy is left the only survivor of this incident, and becomes a recluse.

In Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the Commando of America's Special Mission Unit, leads a mission to rescue hostages in South America at the request of Chairman Steve of Lloyd's Government. Much to their horror, Guy's squad is betrayed by the Lloyd Regime, which led them there on false pretenses; Guy's squad is gunned down by an attack chopper. Guy is left the only survivor of this incident, and becomes a recluse.

In Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the main character, leads a mission to rescue hostages at the request of Chairman Steve of Lloyd's Government. But they are betrayed when they don't find any hostages; a chopper guns down the whole squad instead. Guy is the only survivor and a year later, a terrorist group known as the Force Project forms, consisting of four members. Besides the arms dealer Chairman Steve, there's Colonel Kadat of the republic of Lybid; Mr. Lee of the Hong Kong Mafia and Dr. Garcia, a brilliant physicist. Guy is recruited to take them down and get his revenge.

* MarketBasedTitle: In Japan it's called ''Red Alert''. The name change is done to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert game]] of the same name.

* DubNameChange: In Japan it's called ''Red Alert''. The name change is done to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert game]] of the same name.

* DubNameChange: In Japan it's called ''Red Alert''. The name change is done to avoid confusion with the [[CommandAndConquerRedAlert game]] of the same name.

* BigBadEnsemble: Colonel Kadat, Mr. Lee, Chairman Steve, and Dr. Garcia.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses tend to explode like this.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Dark, who kidnapped the President and was the stage 2-3 boss, is revived by Dr. Garcia.]]

* ExplodingBarrels: In one of the stages, these are rolled at the player.

** The whole game pays homage to ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' films.

* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Several of the levels in Garcia's base contain these, most containing boxes to block to hinder your movement even further.

* MadeOfExplodium: Many enemies, bosses, doors and logs.

* RankInflation: The game's ranking system starts out with fairly ordinary military ranks... then you get to "Tank Buster". After that, a few more military ranks, then "Metal Soldier". After "Marshal," you get gems like "Fullarmor Guy", "Heavy Warrior", "Mad Thunder", "Oneman Army", and so forth.

* SentryGun: In later levels. There's a stick on a ground variety and ball with a barrel variety.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The HumanShield the level 1-1 boss tries to use is actually invulnerable to you bullets, which makes it all the more frustrating that you aren't told you mustn't shoot the hostage in the boss room of 3-1.

In Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the main character, leads a mission to rescue hostages at Chairman Steve's request. But they get betrayed when they don't find any hostages; a chopper guns down the whole squad instead. Guy is the only survivor and a year later, a terrorist group known as the Force Project forms, consisting of four members. Besides the arms dealer Chairman Steve, there's Colonel Kadat of the republic of Lybid; Mr. Lee of the Hong Kong Mafia and Dr. Garcia, a brilliant physicist. Guy is recruited to take them down and get his revenge.

* CrateExpectations: Lots of crates here and there. One of the boss arenas even has crates rolled into an area.

* ExplodingBarrels: In one of the stages, these are rolled at player.

* DummiedOut:
** The clawed boss' BossBanter, which was replaced by a short audio track but is still present in the game's audio data:
---> '''Clawed Boss:''' Guy, I'm going to give you a ticket to Hell as a present!
---> '''Guy Kazama:''' [[NoYou Too bad, you'd better save it for yourself!]]
** Also, after defeating Dr. Garcia in the first battle:
---> '''Dr. Garcia:''' Guy, Indra is just about ready now! I'm going to fly into space in my shuttle to switch on the machine that will destroy the ozone layer! ''(Laughs)'' It's been fun, farewell!
---> '''Guy Kazama:''' Garcia, I'll get you even if I have to follow you to the end of Hell!

-->'''Guy Kazama:''' That makes me want to get him back EVEN MORE!

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The HumanShield the level 1-1 boss tries to use is actually invulnerable to you bullets, which makes it all the more frustrating that you aren't told that you mustn't shoot the hostage in the boss room of 3-1.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman Steve Lloyd, a multi-billionaire chairman of Dual Foundation and [[BigBadEnsemble a core member of the Force Project]].

---> '''Dr. Garcia:''' Guy, Indra is just about ready now! I'm going to fly into space in my shuttle to switch on the machine that will destroy the Ozone layer! (Laughs) It's been fun, farewell!

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Force Project is led by a British philanthropist, a Middle Eastern Colonel, a Chinese mafioso, and a Hispanic [[spoiler: actually cyborg]] physicist. They also employ women, with one of the Force Project's 'toughest fighters' being a woman.

* HumanShield: The first boss tries to use it. Kazama still proceeds to shoot the boss as normal and succeeds.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Guy exchanges [[BossBanter some brief banter between most every boss]] before the fight begins.

In Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the main character, led a mission to rescue hostages at Chairman Steve's request. But they get betrayed when they don't find any hostages; a chopper guns down all of them instead. Guy is the only man left and a year later, a terrorist group known as the Force Project forms, consisting of four members. Besides Chairman Steve, there's Colonel Kadat of the republic of Lybid; Mr. Lee of the Hong Kong Mafia and Dr. Garcia, a brilliant physicist. Guy is recruited to take them down and get his revenge.

''Last Alert'' (Known as ''Red Alert'' in Japan) is a shooting game by Creator/TelenetJapan released for the Turbo CD, infamous for its English voice acting.

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In Nov 20, 1988, Guy Kazama, the main character, led a mission to rescue hostages at Chairman Steve's request. But they get betrayed when they don't find any hostages; a chopper guns down all of them instead. Guy is the only man left and a year later, a terrorist group known as the Force Project forms, consisting of four members. Besides Chairman Steve, there's Colonel Kadat of the republic of Lybid; Mr. Lee of the Hong Kong Mafia and Dr. Garcia, an upbringing physicist. Guy is recruited to take them down and get his revenge.

* EqualOppurtunityEvil: The Force Project is led by a British philanthropist, a Middle Eastern Colonel, a Chinese mafioso, and a Hispanic [[spoiler: actually cyborg]] physicist. They also employ women, with one of the Force Project's 'toughest fighters' being a woman.

* ExplodingBarrels: In one of the stages, these are rolled at player.

The gameplay is very reminiscent to ''Commando''. It adds features like being able to shoot a different direction from moving, adds powerups and experience and rank system.

%%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer

* AFatherToHisMen: Colonel Kadat.
-->'''Colonel Kadat''': Guy Kazama, how dare you kill these [[HoYay precious]] men whom I've trained!

* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Mr. Lee.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

* BlindIdiotTranslation: In spades, combined with the voice acting.
--> "I thought we'd always do things together, even when we die."
--> "Garcia, nobody can hire my feelings!"
--> "You can never trust, Leonard."[[note]]A Website/YouTube commenter pointed out that if properly translated, the phrase would be more like "You can never be sure, Leonard."[[/note]]

%%* BonsaiForest
* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses tend to explode like that.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: Kadat's guards Red, Blue and Black.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman Steve.
* CrateExpectations: Lots of crates here and there. One of the bosses even has crates rolled into an area.

*** I guess he'd need that ticket after all.

* FirstNameBasis: Chairman Steve.

** And Mr. Lee's stage is one long reference to ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', right down to his prosthetic claw-hand.

%%* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt
* JapaneseRanguage: Mr. Lee.

* LameComeback: Guy Kazama is a master of these.

* MadScientist: Dr. Garcia, an upbringing physicist.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: You exchange these whenever you encounter a boss (Usually).
* RankInflation: The game starts out with fairly ordinary military ranks. Then you get to "Tank Buster". After that, a few more military ranks, then "Metal Soldier". After "Marshal," they just get weird: "Fullarmor Guy", "Heavy Warrior", "Mad Thunder", "Oneman Army", and so forth.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Dr. Garcia.]]

* SpikeBallsOfDoom: Which you can stun for a moment.
* SpotTheImposter:
** Steve has one on the ship.
** There's also the [[spoiler: fake President]] in Stage 2.

%%* TakingYouWithMe
* TimedMission: All of them.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Some of the [[CallAHitpointASmeerp names for your ranks when you level up]] are... [[MindScrew odd]].

-->'''General Kadat:''' "...How dare you kill these precious men I've trained!"

-->'''Guy Kazama:''' "That makes me want to get him back EVEN MORE!"

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Colonel Kadat of Lybid is, at least in name, based on Muammar Gadaffi of Lybia.

* EyepatchOfPower: Colonel Kadat of the Republic of Lybid.

* {{MST}} Slowbeef and Diabetus of WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} fame did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtjuYBOuh1s one]] of a commentary-less playthrough of the game.

* {{Badass}}: Kazama himself.