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Death Duel

Publisher: RazorSoft

Genre: Action

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Death Duel is a 1992 action game for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Punk Development. In the far future, interstellar disputes are resolved by duels to the death. Nine alien races have blocked the Federation's nine flight paths, leaving it unable to operate. The player character must battle against the champion of each race to save the Federation, using his own personal giant robot to battle each champion.

Gameplay

The game takes place from the view of the player's robot, with the player and his opponent always facing each other. Each match takes 90 seconds, and if the opponent is not defeated by the end of that time, the player loses a continue and must restart the duel. The goal of each match is to destroy the opponent by depleting their health bar, using weapons attached to the robot such as cannons, missiles, and machine guns. The player must also dodge projectiles fired by their enemies, while destroying barriers scattered across the battlefield that both the player and the opponent can use for cover.

Specific body parts on both the player and their opponent can be destroyed if they take enough damage. Normally, health will regenerate for both the player and their enemy if they avoid damage for a long enough time, but damaged body parts will add permanent damage onto their life bar that cannot be recovered.

The player has three weapon slots, left, middle, and right, assigned to the . , and buttons, respectively. The left and right shots will fire at an angle, needing a more careful aim to get successful hits on an enemy. Each weapon also has its own ammo count, and when the ammo count is depleted, it can no longer be used in that duel. If the player runs out of ammo for all three weapons, they will lose a try and must restart the duel.

After each match, the player receives money based on how well they did, and move onto a qualifying round they must complete to proceed to the next duel. In the qualifying round, players must fire at creatures to earn extra money, needing to reach a certain amount of money that grows with each qualifying round before a timer expires. If the money goal is not reached in the time limit, the player loses a try and must restart the qualifying round. After every qualifying round, the player is taken to a shop where they can purchase different weapons with their earned money. Each weapon behaves differently, and some opponents are more susceptible to different weapons than others.

Controls

D-Pad: Move cursor

: Fire left weapon

: Fire middle weapon

: Fire right weapon

START : Switch between aim/movement modes

Promotional material

DeathDuel MD US PrintAdvert Alt.jpg

US print advert (alt)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #16bit: "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[1]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

85

^[6]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[7]

Game Power (IT)

80

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[2]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

61

^[3]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

34

^[10]

Play Time (DE)

66

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

34

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

82

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

62

^[14]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

30

^[4]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-U

90

^[15]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[16]

	59
Based on 15 reviews

Death Duel

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

References

↑ GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 80
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePro US 039.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 039.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:Mega UK 04.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 04.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56
↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 140
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 60
↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 56
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
↑ MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 46
↑ Play Time, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-07), page 110
↑ Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 32
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 68
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Supergame, "Janeiro 1993" (BR; 1993-01-xx), page 14
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 49

[:File:16BitVideoGaming_US.pdf_p80-1] GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:GamePro_US_039.pdf_p56-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePro US 039.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 039.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Mega_UK_04.pdf_p50-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:Mega UK 04.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 04.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p70-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 14.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_015.pdf_p140-6] Consoles +, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 140

[7] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 60

[:File:GamePower_IT_13.pdf_p56-8] Game Power, "Gennaio 1993" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p32-9] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_13.pdf_p46-10] MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 46

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-02.pdf_p110-11] Play Time, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-07), page 110

[:File:SegaPower_UK_39.pdf_p32-12] Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_14.pdf_p68-13] Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 68

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-14] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[:File:Supergame_BR_18.pdf_p14-15] Supergame, "Janeiro 1993" (BR; 1993-01-xx), page 14

[16] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 49

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-'''Death Duel''' is a 1992 action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] developed by [[Punk Development]]. In the far future, interstellar disputes are resolved by duels to the death. Nine alien races have blocked the Federation's nine flight paths, leaving it unable to operate. The player character must battle against the champion of each race to save the Federation, using his own personal giant robot to battle each champion.
+'''''Death Duel''''' is a 1992 action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] developed by [[Punk Development]]. In the far future, interstellar disputes are resolved by duels to the death. Nine alien races have blocked the Federation's nine flight paths, leaving it unable to operate. The player character must battle against the champion of each race to save the Federation, using his own personal giant robot to battle each champion.
 ==Gameplay==

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Contents

Gameplay

Controls

Promotional material

Physical scans

References