Predator 2
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Arena Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Grey Team Perfect 10 Productions Teeny Weeny Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Krisalis Software (audio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Twentieth Century Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Predator 2 is a Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear game made by Acclaim's "Grey Team" and Teeny Weeny Games based on the 1990 Predator 2 film.
Contents
Story
The Predator is a technologically advanced extraterrestrial hunter that travels to other planets to hunt other species for sport. It arrives in Los Angeles in 1997 and begins hunting members of rival drug cartels. Disgruntled police officer Lieutenant Mike Harrigan is investigating the cartels and finds himself in the sights of the malevolent creature as well.
Gameplay
Mega Drive version
The game is an isometric shooter where the player takes the role of Lieutenant Harrigan, who must explore through various levels that are recreated scenes from the movie, rescuing tied up hostages from the clutches of the drug gangs. The Predator hunts the hostages; after all of the hostages are rescued, it hunts Harrigan. The Predator is invisible, but red markers show where it is moving. The player loses if too many hostages die. Arrows point the way to the next hostage that the Predator is targeting (or to the boss or exit if all hostages have been found). Paths are blocked and unblocked as hostages are rescued. After all of the hostages are found, Harrigan must fight a boss and then make his way to the exit.
Harrigan moves in any direction using the D-Pad. Hostages are rescued by touching them. He has a weapon that he fires in the direction that he is facing with , or it can be fired in a fixed direction (allowing Harrigan to strafe targets) with . Either can be held for continuous fire. Harrigan can fire while moving. He is initially armed with a handgun with unlimited ammunition. He can collect special weapons (which have limited rounds), which are a mix between conventional weaponry such as shotguns and bombs and Predator weapons such as Combisticks and Smart Discs. The player can cycle through the weapons with . Special weapons can only be fired in the direction that Harrigan is facing, so the fixed shot always fires his handgun.
Harrigan has a flak jacket that can withstand a limited number of hits from enemies before he dies (shown as a meter in the bottom-left corner of the screen). If he loses a life, he restarts the level from a checkpoint (retaining any collected weapons and rescued hostages). The player gains an extra life for every 50,000 points accumulated. The game ends if Harrigan runs out of lives or if the Predator kills too many hostages. The number of killed hostages is shown as skulls in the top-right corner of the screen.
The game has three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard), which affect the number of hostages that are allowed to be killed (4, 3, or 1) and the number of hit points for Harrigan's flak jacket (8, 6, or 4). There is a password system for continuing.
Items
Drug Paraphernalia | |
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Collect for bonus points. These are dropped by gang members when they are defeated. | |
Body Armor | |
Fully heals Harrigan. | |
Medkit | |
Fully heals Harrigan and awards an extra life. | |
Bombs | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of Bombs. | |
Machine Gun | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of machine gun ammunition. The machine gun shoots more quickly than the standard handgun. | |
Shotgun | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of shotgun ammunition. The shotgun shoots a spreadshot that covers a wide area. | |
Combisticks | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of Combisticks. Combisticks are spear-like weapons that do high damage. | |
Smart Discs | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of Smart Discs. Smart Discs hover in the air and attack enemies. Up to 4 discs can be out at a time. | |
Netgun | |
Increases Harrigan's supply of Netgun ammunition. The netgun fires nets that stun enemies momentarily. |
Levels
The Streets | |
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The Rooftops | |
Password: KILLERS | |
The Streets | |
Password: CAMOUFLAGE | |
The Subway | |
Password: LOS ANGELES | |
The Slaughterhouse | |
Password: SUBTERROR | |
The Street | |
Password: TOTAL BODY | |
The Alien Ship | |
Password: TRAUMA | |
Versions
The Sega Mega Drive version does not reveal the name of the developer, though he left a string message (along with his name) in the game's binary for hackers to find.[14]
The Master System and Game Gear versions mostly feature side-scrolling levels. The Game Gear version of the game runs in the system's Master System compatibility mode.[15]
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Rob Leingang, Stacy Hendrickson, Tyrone Miller, Ron Somers
- Programming: Paul Shirley (credited as "?")
- Production: Angela Sutherland
- Artwork: Paul Mitchell, Paul Docherty, Ross Harris, Herman Serano, Nick Cook
- Music and Sound: Krisalis
Master System and Game Gear versions
- Rob Leingang, Stacy Hendrickson, Tyrone Miller, Ron Somers
- Programming: Paul Johnson
- Production: Angela Sutherland
- Artwork: John Cassells and Ross Harris
- Music: Krisalis Software
Magazine articles
- Main article: Predator 2/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Based on 26 reviews |
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Master System version
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61 | |
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Based on 12 reviews |
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Master System, BR (Acclaim license stickers) |
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Game Gear version
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Based on 11 reviews |
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Technical information
- Main article: Predator 2/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:Predator2 GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 52
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ', "" (; ), page 176
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 88
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 ', "" (; ), page 56
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 60
- ↑ The Cutting Room Floor: Predator 2 %28Genesis%29
- ↑ https://www.smspower.org/Tags/SMS-GG
- ↑ File:Predator 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Predator 2 SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ ', "October 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 67
- ↑ ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 179
- ↑ ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 100
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- ↑ 32.0 32.1 ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
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- ↑ ', "Diciembre 1992" (; 1992-xx-xx), page 102
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Alien 3 (1992) | Predator 2 (1992) | Aliens (unreleased) | Aliens vs. Predator (unreleased) | Operation: Aliens (unreleased) | |
Alien 3 (1992) | Predator 2 (1992) | |
Alien 3 (1992) | Predator 2 (1992) | |
Alien 3: The Gun (1993) | |
Alien Trilogy (1996) | Aliens vs. Predator (unreleased) | Alien: Resurrection (unreleased) | |
Aliens: Crucible (unreleased) | Aliens vs. Predator (2010) | Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013) | Alien: Isolation (2014) | |
Aliens: Infestation (2011) | |
Aliens: Colonial Marines (unreleased) | |
Alien: Isolation (2014) | |
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