Buggy Heat

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Buggy Heat
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: CRI (Japan), ASC Games (US), Sega (Europe)
Developer: CRI
Licensor: Network Enterprises Inc. (US), Four Winds
Peripherals supported: Race Controller, Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Off-Road Racing (オフロード レーシング), Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español
Release Date RRP Code JP 1999-07-08 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e T-6801M US 1999-09-07 T-13701N EU 1999-10-22 MK-54040-50 EU (White Label) 1999 DE 1999-10-22 MK-54040-50 ES 1999-10-22 8,990Ptas8,990 MK-54040-50 FR 1999-10-22 MK-54040-50 PT 1999-10-22 DCJS21704 UK 1999-10-22 £39.9939.99 MK-54040-50 AU 1999-11-30 $99.9599.95

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Buggy Heat (バギーヒート), called TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat in the US, is a 1999 racing game by CRI for the Sega Dreamcast.

During development the game was known as Great Buggy (グレートバギー).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Buggy Heat	Buggy Heat
English (US)	TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat	TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat
Japanese	バギーヒート	Buggy Heat

Production credits

• Producer: Keisuke Chiwata
• Director: Masayoshi Iwai
• Planner: Eriko Takimura, Katsumi Yabuno, Yasuomi Kuwahara
• Programmer: Masayoshi Iwai, Hironobu Tsujikawa, Shinji Ohkuma, Masatoshi Kawada, Ryutaro Hayakawa, Toshinori Ishibashi
• CG Desiner: Toshiyuki Adachi, Makoto Midorikawa, Akimitsu Kawamura, Satoshi Andou, Genta Takahashi, Kazuya Yukino, Chihiro Kushibe, Satoshi Fujinuma, Kozue Suzuki
• Movie Editer: Katsumi Yabuno, Masahiro Katsuta
• Tool, Library: Tooru Kujirai, Hideo Gunji, Ryutaro Hayakawa
• Sound: Yukiko Tamura, Toshinori Ishibashi
• Promotion: Taizan Suzuki, Tomonori Haba
• Package & Manual: Miwako Ohshima
• Helper: Akihiko Sasaki, Mayuko Ishida
• Assistant: Gen Murayama, Kenatarou Omata
• Special Thanks: Oscar Promotion Co.,Ltd, Atsunobu Hidaka (Bitwave Corporation)
• BGM Guitar: Ken Goto
• Bass: Atsushi Okada
• Drum: Eiji Takahashi
• Produced by: CRI (CSK Research Institute Corp.)

Source:

In-game credits

Voices

• ナレーター Mr. DJ: ジョジョ 大谷
• ナレーター・梶原 真弓: 梶原 真弓 (シェイプUPガールズ)
• ディビッド・寺田: とべこーじ
• キャロライン・メイヤーズ: 菅原 祥子
• カルバン・ステュアート: 長谷部 浩一
• アルフレッド・ギンガム: 河合 義雄
• ヘンリー・マクガイヤー: 沢木 郁也
• シルヴィ・ボーグ: 松下 美由紀
• シャンツァイ・ハン: 宮田 浩徳
• ポール・ルブラン: 山田 義

Staffs

• Producer: 千綿 桂介
• Director: 岩井 政佳
• Planner: 瀧村 絵理子, 薮野 勝巳, 桑原 康臣
• Programmer: 岩井 政佳, 辻川 裕信, 大熊 進化, 河田 匡稔, 早川 龍太郎, 石橋 俊基
• CG Designer: 安達 利幸, 翠川 真, 河村 彰光, 安藤 聡, 高橋 弦太, 雪野 和哉, 榆部 千尋, 藤沼 里志, 鈴木 こずえ
• Movie Editor: 藪野 勝巳, 勝田 昌広
• Tool, Library: 鯨井 亨, 郡司 英夫, 早川 龍太郎
• Sound: 田村 由紀子, 石橋 俊基
• Promotion: 鈴木 泰山, 幅 朝德
• Package & Manual: 大島 美和子
• Helper: 佐々木 明彦、 石田 繭子
• Assistant: 村山 玄, 小俣 健太郎

Special Thanks for...

• 協力: オスカー・プロモーション, 日高 篤信 (ビットウェイブ)
• BGM:
  • ギター: 後藤 健
  • ベース: 岡田 敦史
  • ドラム: 高橋 英志

Source:

JP Manual

ASC Games Credits

• CEO: Steve Grossman
• Exec. Vice President: David J. Klein
• Product Development:
  • Vice President of Product Development: Kerry Wilkinson
  • Producer: Luciano Manente
  • Assistant Producer: Rich Rosado
  • Lead QA Analyst: Marco Barros
• QA Testers: Santos Gonzalez, Rene Zelada, Hulls Charles, Jeff Sylvan, Chris Bryan
• Marketing:
  • Product Marketing Manager: Phil Tucker
  • Marketing Cordinator: Janill Katpal
  • Webmaster: Michael Masone
  • Technical Producer: Jason Gomez
  • Director of Marketing Communications: Jayson Bernstein
  • PR Assistant Manager: Jeffrey Castaneda
• Creative:
  • Senior Art Director: Cindy Wieting
  • Art Director: Todd R. Emmerson
  • Senior Mechanical Artist: Peter Skowronski
• Operations:
  • Director of Operations & Manufacturing: TJ Kerbs
  • Customer Service & Operations Manager: Lynn Balcius
• Sales:
  • Vice President of Sales: Howard Horowitz
  • Director of Sales: Lidia Bonanno
• Voices Provided By:
  • Pro-Motions. Voice Director: Lani Minella
• Special Thanks: Lola Albrys, Rhona Golubock,Esq., Jim Liddell, Gaelle Piorkowski, Kelly Gallagher, Sam Piscitell, Deane Rettig, Oswald Greene Jr., Travis L. Williams

TNN Motorsports Credits

• • Special Thanks To TNN
• TNN Motorsports, A CBS Cable Network:
  • Vice President, General Manager Interactive Media: Martin Clayton
  • President TNN, CMT: David Hall
  • Director of Business Affairs & Administration Interactive Media: Ruth Hummel
  • Vice President, Programming TNN, CMT: Brian Hughes
  • Administrative Assistant Interactive Media: Melva Hagadorn
  • Manager, Communications, TNN Sports Information: Tony Dolle
  • Director, TNN Motorsports: Mark Kuchan
  • Supervisor TNN Motorsports/Operations: Diane Davis
  • Editorial Director Country.com: Donna Priesmeyer
  • Counsel TNN, CMT: Kevin L. Wilson
• CBS Cable:
  • Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing: Lloyd Werner

CSK Research Institute Credits

• Producer: Keisuke Chiwata
• Director: Masayoshi Iwai
• Planners: Eriko Takimura, Katsumi Yabuno, Yasuomi Kuwahara
• Programmers: Masayoshi Iwai, Hironobu Tsujikawa, Shinji Ohkuma, Masatoshi Kawada, Ryutaro Hayakawa, Toshinori Ishibashi
• Desingers: Toshiyuki Adachi, Makoto Midorikawa, Akimitsu Kawamura, Satoshi Andou, Genta Takahashi, Kazuya Yukino, Chihiro Kushibe, Katsumi Yabuno, Satoshi Fujinuma, Masahiro Katsuta, Mwako Ohshima, Kozue Suzuki
• Tool Library: Tooru Kujirai, Hideo Gunji, Ryutaro Hayakawa, Toshinori Ishibashi
• Sound: Yukiko Tamura, Toshinori Ishibashi
• Assistants: Akihiko Sasaki, Mayuko Ishida, Gen Murayama, Kenatarou Omata
• BGM:
  • Guitar: Ken Gotou
  • Bass: Atsushi Okada
  • Drum: Eiji Takahashi
• Produced by: CRI (CSK Research Institute Corp.)

Source:

US Manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Buggy Heat/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #124: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)
• Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #2: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #125: "December 1999" (1999-11-09)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-15: "1999-15 (1999-05-07)" (1999-04-23)
also published in:

• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-08: "1999-08 (1999-03-05)" (1999-02-19)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-09: "1999-09 (1999-03-12)" (1999-02-26)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-10: "1999-10 (1999-03-19)" (1999-03-05)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-11: "1999-11 (1999-03-26,04-02)" (1999-03-12)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-12: "1999-12 (1999-04-09)" (1999-03-26)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-13: "1999-13 (1999-04-16)" (1999-04-02)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-14: "1999-14 (1999-04-23,30)" (1999-04-09)
• Dreamcast Press (JP) #1999-05: "May 1999" (1999-04-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-21: "1999-21 (1999-07-02)" (1999-06-18)
also published in:

• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-22: "1999-22 (1999-07-09,16)" (1999-06-25)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-22ex: "1999-22 extra (1999-07-23ex)" (1999-07-09)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-23: "1999-23 (1999-07-30)" (1999-07-16)
• Dreamcast Fan (JP) #1999-14: "1999 No. 14 (1999-07-30)" (1999-07-xx)
• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-24: "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (1999-07-23)

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Publication Version Score Arcade (UK) PAL 50 Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J 92 Consoles + (FR) PAL 79 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL 50 DC-UK (UK) PAL 60 Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL 80 Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) PAL 50 Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 73 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 76 Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J 82 Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J 81 Dreamzone (FR) PAL 85 Edge (UK) NTSC-J 60 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 40 Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) NTSC-U 83 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 60 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 73 GamesMaster (UK) 73 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 53 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 83 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 75 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 74 Man!ak (PL) 55 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 74 Neo Plus (PL) 60 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J 75 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 40 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) 60 Player One (FR) 15 Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL 60 Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J 72 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 74 Video Games (DE) PAL 69

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Buggy Heat

Dreamcast, JP
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Disc Manual

Dreamcast, US
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Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
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Disc Manual

Dreamcast, EU (White Label)
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Dreamcast, PT
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Technical information

Main article: Buggy Heat/Technical information.

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast