Metal Head

Metal Head

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

System(s): Sega 32X

ROM Size: 3MB

Genre: Action

Number of Players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-02-24	¥7,800	GM-4008
US	1995	$?	84511
EU	1995	£?	84511-50
BR	1995	$?	152060
AS	1995	$?	84511

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Metal Head (メタルヘッド) is a Sega 32X action game developed and published by Sega.

Gameplay

Metal Head is an early first-person shooter, in which the player controls a bipedal mech tasked with destroying enemies on the map. It is one of the few 32X games to take place in a full 3D environment (with textured polygons), though comes at the expense of relatively low draw distances and frame rates. There is also a large amount of digitized speech.

History

Development

Metal Head was first announced in mid-1994, although at the time the game was in a very early state of production, with the only available footage being pre-rendered scenes and technical demos. It was originally planned to be a launch title for the 32X, however a series of troubles put the game back a few months until early 1995.

Production Credits

Producer: Koichi Nagata
Director: Masahide Kobayashi
Metal Head Team Leader: Masahiro Wakayama
Chief Graphic Designer: Koichi Sasaki
Graphics Designer: Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Tsutomu Nakatsugawa, Kazuki Aizawa, Maiko Kitagawa
Chief Programmer: Masahiro Wakayama
Programmer: Naoki Kobayashi, Akio Setsumasa, Takeshi Sakakibara, Nobuyuki Tanioka
Main Planner: Ryutaro Nonaka
Planner: Katsunori Yamaji, Hideki Anbo
Additional Graphics: Akio Setsumasa, Norihiro Sekine
Sound Designer: Jun Senoue, Atsumu Miyazawa, Yoshiaki Kashima, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Text Coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Character Voices: David Leytze, Steve Ray Burton, Henry Giesen, James Spahn, Scott Alexander
Special Thanks: Tatsutoshi Narita, Shinji Kawahira, Naoyuki Machida, Norihiro Sekine, Koji Umeda, and All Testers
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Promotional Material

ES print advert

Physical Scans

74

Sega Retro Average

Based on 15 reviews

Publication	Score	Source
CD Consoles ^†	56	№7, p126/127/128/129
Computer & Video Games	87	№160
GamesMaster	78	№27, p68
Games World	80	№10, p14
MAN!AC	67
Mega	87	№29, p30/31/32
Mega Fun	75	№1995/04, p76-78Media:MegaFun DE 1995-04.pdf
Mean Machines Sega	87	№29, p66-68Media:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf
NEXT Generation	40	№4, p90
Player One	72	№53, p103
Sega Magazine (UK)	87	№14, p80/81
Sega Power	76	№65, p57
Sega Pro	80	№43, p48/49
Ultimate Future Games	71	№5, p79
Video Games (DE)	69