DJ Boy

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DJ Boy
System(s): Arcade, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP) Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP,EU) Kaneko (US)
Developer: Kaneko Inter State
Distributor: Consumer Electronics (ZA)
Sound driver: SMPS Z80
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1989-09 ¥? ? JP 1990-05-19 ¥6,0006,000 G-4032 US 1990-11 $49.9549.95 33016 EU 1992-05 1139-50 UK 1992-05 £39.9939.99 1139-50 AU 199x ZA 199x

DJ Boy (ＤＪボーイ) is a 1989 arcade beat-'em-up by Kaneko running on Kaneko-designed hardware and distributed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. in Japan and American Sammy elsewhere. Sega and Kaneko ported it to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990.

Story

Introduction

A young man named Donald J. Boy (DJ Boy) is a roller fighter taking part of an ultimate fight-race known as "Rollergame," taking place in Cigaretch City, located on the outskirts of New York City. Many people were excited to see DJ Boy, but a roller fighter gang known as the Dark Knights want him out of the competition. Their leader, Heavy-Met Tony, calls his gang to kidnap his girlfriend Maria, who also comes into town and defeat DJ Boy. DJ Boy must rescue Maria, defeat the Dark Knights, and win the Rollergame competition.

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

Store

The game is a belt-scrolling beat-'em-up where DJ Boy and the majority of the enemies are on roller skates and moving for most of the game. Every round scrolls to the right automatically, except at certain points such as boss fights. DJ Boy fights his opponents with hand-to-hand combat moves while skating. Some opponents drop coins that can be used to purchase power-ups from a store after each round.

DJ Boy moves in any direction using the D-Pad and jumps with . He punches with and kicks with . Punches are shorter range and do less damage but come out faster, while kicks are longer range and do more damage but are slower to perform. He attacks in front of him by default, but he can attack behind him by holding . DJ Boy can perform a double punch, punching to each side of him simultaneously, with +. He can perform a jump kick, which is especially effective against bosses, with in midair.

DJ Boy has a health bar that starts with four segments, and he loses segments as he takes damage from enemies. The game ends if all of his health is exhausted. There are two difficulty levels (Easy and Normal), which affects the durability of enemies.

Items

	Coin
	Gives the player another $20, which can be spent in the store after the round is complete.
	Hamburger
	Fully restores DJ Boy's health.

Store

	Hamburger
	Fully restores DJ Boy's health. His health carries over from round to round. Costs $100.
	Ice Cream
	Increases the maximum length of DJ Boy's health bar by 2 segments (up to a maximum of 10). This item is only present in the Japanese version; it is given automatically after completing each round in the Western releases. Costs $200.
	High Roller Skates
	Increases DJ Boy's movement speed. Costs $400.
	Super Punch
	Increases DJ Boy's attack speed. Costs $400.
	Helmet
	Increases DJ Boy's defense. Costs $500.
	Power-Up
	Increases DJ Boy's attack power. Costs $500.
	Cat
	Saves DJ Boy from dying one time by restoring all of his health and granting him temporary invincibility after losing all of his health. Costs $1,000.

Rounds

	Round 1
	Round 2
	Round 3
	Round 4
	Round 5
	Final Boss

Versions

The original arcade version has a limited number of lives (with each life having two hit points) and more stiff gameplay. The Mega Drive version instead has a heath bar without extra lives and continues.

In the Japanese version of the Mega Drive port, the protagonist must save a girl. In other versions, he instead must recover his stolen radio.

In Western releases, the boss of the first round was given a skin colour change (and throws donuts instead of farting), presumably to avoid depicting black stereotypes. Another boss that was changed is the final one (whose skin tone was lightened). The backgrounds of the first and third rounds differ between the Japanese and Western versions as well.

Production credits

Arcade version

• Staff: A Funatsu, A Yasaki, K Matsuoka, Y Mabuchi, M Yukumoto, T Watanabe, S Aizu, H Nagayoshi, H Mikami, T Katou, Y Itou, K Niihara
• Presented by: Kaneko

Mega Drive version

The last two entries (Special Thanks and Inter State) are absent from international versions.

• Program: E.Aizawa, K.Matsumoto, M.Yoshida
• Graphic: H.Yokoyama, M.Yukumoto, K.Saeki, N.Obana
• Sound: T.Watanabe, S.Aizu, M.Yoshida
• Test Play: O.Satou
• Special Thanks: Kou Chan, Kana Chan

Inter State

Source:

In-game credits

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• Cover artist (JP/EU): Osamu Muto

Source:

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: DJ Boy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Arcade version

PDF

Arcade JP flyer

Print advert in (JP) #39: "December 1989" (1989-10-30)

Mega Drive version

Print advert in (US) #18: "January 1991" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in (JP) #1990-04: "April 1990" (1990-03-08)

Print advert in (JP) #1990-06: "June 1990" (1990-05-08)

Physical scans

Arcade version

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Publication Version Score (UK) 89

	89
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DJ Boy

Arcade, JP

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score (RU) 40 (DE) 55 (JP) NTSC-J 65 (UK) 78 (UK) 78 (UK) NTSC-J 59 (RU) 30 (UK) 90 (UK) 61 (UK) 70 (US) NTSC-U 84 (IT) 91 (UK) 67 (ES) 65 (FR) 84 (UK) 37 (UK) PAL 27 (JP) NTSC-J 72 (FR) 80 (US) NTSC-U 70 (UK) 78 (ES) 65 (UK) 78 (DE) 44 (DE) 69 (UK) NTSC 50 (UK) PAL 30 (UK) 76 (UK) NTSC 59 (UK) PAL 47 (JP) NTSC-J 54 (RU) 58 (GR) NTSC-J 89 (US) NTSC-U 80 (UK) 89

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Based on 35 reviews

DJ Boy

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, FR
Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Technical information

Main article: DJ Boy/Technical information.