Dead Angle

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Dead Angle

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu

Sega

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR)

Genre: Arcade^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1990		7030
EU	1990-01^[2]		7030
NL	199x
PT	1991		MSJ7030
UK	1990-01^[2]	£24.9524.95^[2]	7030
AU	199x
BR	199x

Non-Sega versions
Arcade

Dead Angle is a 1988 arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu, which was ported to and published by Sega for the Sega Master System.

Story

In New York City in 1931, near the end of Prohibition, the criminal investigator George Phenix has recently put the powerful criminal kingpin Robert King behind bars. While on vacation in Italy, King's mobsters kidnap Jane, Phenix's girlfriend. Phenix must fight the mob and rescue Jane.

Gameplay

Dead Angle is a shooting game played as the private investigator George Phenix, who must fight scores of gangsters in order to stop the mob boss Robert King and rescue his girlfriend Jane. It plays similarly to a light gun game, but the player can move around at will rather than the rounds autoscrolling (and there is no Light Phaser support).

An outline of Phenix appears in the center of the screen, and players can move the outline and a targeting cursor at the same time using the D-Pad. Moving the targeting cursor to an edge of the screen moves Phenix in that direction. The targeting cursor drifts back to Phenix's outline when the player is not holding the D-Pad. Phenix can duck to avoid enemy fire by holding , though he becomes unable to duck for a duration if the player ducks for too long. Phenix is initially armed with a pistol that fires one bullet at a time by pressing , but he can acquire a machine gun that can fire multiple shots rapidly by holding . The pistol has unlimited ammunition; the machine gun has limited ammo, and Phenix reverts to the pistol when he runs out. A counter in the bottom-right corner of the screen shows the number of enemies in the round who must be eliminated, and Phenix automatically moves to where the boss appears when the counter reaches zero.

If an enemy shoots Phenix, he is injured, reducing the health meter in the bottom of the screen and causing a bullet wound to appear in his outline. His outline normally appears yellow but changes to red when he is targeted by an enemy. Phenix can avoid enemy fire by not standing in front of enemies. He loses a life if he is shot three times or if the time limit runs out and restarts in the same place if the player has extra lives remaining. The game remembers the number of enemies who have been eliminated after losing a life. The game ends if the player runs out of lives and cannot be continued. Extra lives are acquired at 30,000 and 100,000 points. Any time left at the end of a round is added to the score as a bonus.

Items

Items are collected by shooting them.

	First Aid Kit
	Heals Phenix for one wound.
	Tommy Gun
	Equips Phenix with a machine gun and 300 bullets.

Rounds

	Napoli
	Family: Enrico Family Enemies: 47

	New York: At the Port
	Family: Salvatore Family Enemies: 55

	New York: At the Hotel
	Family: Orazio Family Enemies: 57
	The boss throws knives, which can be shot to prevent them from hitting Phenix.
	Chicago
	Family: Vincento Family Enemies: 65

	The Hall
	Family: Tomasso Family Enemies: 67
	The boss throws grenades, which can be shot to prevent them from hitting Phenix.
	The Boss
	Enemies: 50
	Phenix has a final showdown with Robert King, who is sitting behind a protective glass barrier. A previous boss reappears to challenge Phenix when the enemy counter reaches 30, 20, and 10 remaining enemies. King only takes one hit to defeat, but Phenix must be careful not to shoot Jane.