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+ | Unlike most arcade games of its time, ''{{PAGENAME}}'' was not revealed to the public at a trade show. Instead, fittingly based on the game's own setting, it was unveiled on April 20, 1998, on a cruise ship where many people from the gaming press were invited. [[Makoto Uchida]] attended the event cosplaying as protagonist Bruno Dillinger, although it wasn't too noticeable considering the character doesn't have the most distinct appearance, just wearing a jacket and carrying a gun. He enacted a scene with an AM1 programmer who was pressured into cosplaying as the President's daughter. This programmer's cross-dressing incident was the subject of a joke manga artist Ami Shibata made for [[Famitsu]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210728161112/https://www.wizforest.com/diary/180427.html}}. | ||
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===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
[[Coolnet Entertainment]] planned to work with Sega to produce an [[Xbox]] port of the game (with extra characters){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203808/http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/1203_1/}}, but the port did not materialise. | [[Coolnet Entertainment]] planned to work with Sega to produce an [[Xbox]] port of the game (with extra characters){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203808/http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/1203_1/}}, but the port did not materialise. |
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Developer: Sega of America Product Development Dept.[1], Sega AM1[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre: Action[3][4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dynamite Cop, known as Dynamite Deka 2 (ダイナマイト刑事2) in Japan, is a beat-'em-up game created by Sega AM1. It was released for all three versions of the Sega Model 2 arcade hardware in 1998 (the only game to run on all Model 2 boards) before subsequently being ported to the Sega Dreamcast the following year. It is a sequel to Die Hard Arcade (Dynamite Deka in Japan), though unlike its predecessor, lacks the Die Hard film license. It was soon followed up by Asian Dynamite.
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Gameplay
Dynamite Cop is largely the same game as Die Hard Arcade, however instead of taking over a skyscraper, Wolf Hongo and his group of "modern day pirates" hijack a cruise liner and three protagonists are tasked with saving the president's daughter. Bruno Delinger returns but Cindy Holiday does not (in standard versions of the game at least), instead being replaced by two new characters, Jean Ivy and Eddie Brown, each with slightly different movesets to Bruno.
Primarily the biggest change in Dynamite Cop is the ability to face and attack in eight directions as opposed to only two. It is also less realistic than its predecessor, and the superior technical specifications of the Model 2 (and Dreamcast) hardware lead to higher quality graphics and sound.
Similar to Deep Scan's relationship with Die Hard Arcade, the Dreamcast version of Dynamite Cop includes the 1980 arcade game Tranquillizer Gun which can be used to give the player extra credits. The Dreamcast version can also be upgraded to "version 1.1" using a special save file, unlocking Cindy Holiday from the first game as a playable character.
History
Marketing
Unlike most arcade games of its time, Dynamite Cop was not revealed to the public at a trade show. Instead, fittingly based on the game's own setting, it was unveiled on April 20, 1998, on a cruise ship where many people from the gaming press were invited. Makoto Uchida attended the event cosplaying as protagonist Bruno Dillinger, although it wasn't too noticeable considering the character doesn't have the most distinct appearance, just wearing a jacket and carrying a gun. He enacted a scene with an AM1 programmer who was pressured into cosplaying as the President's daughter. This programmer's cross-dressing incident was the subject of a joke manga artist Ami Shibata made for Famitsu[15].
Legacy
Coolnet Entertainment planned to work with Sega to produce an Xbox port of the game (with extra characters)[16], but the port did not materialise.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Dynamite Cop | Dynamite Cop |
English (US) | Dynamite Cop | Dynamite Cop |
Japanese | ダイナマイト刑事2 | Dynamite Deka 2 |
Production credits
- Main article: Dynamite Cop/Production credits.
Arcade version
- Main Program Work: Tomoaki Takayanagi
- Enemy Program Work: Tomoyuki Naito
- Program Assist: Taro Fukunaga
- All 3D Environment Artwork: Takahiro Kudo
- All 3D Character Artwork: Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Special Effects: Shinichi Fujii, Kunio Watanabe
- 2D Art Work: Shinichi Fujii
- Main 3D Motion: Atsushi Saito, Makoto Uchida
- Additional 3D Motion: Takahiro Kudo, Atsushi Shimamura, Yasushi Sekido, Yuuki Suzuki, Shinichi Fujii
- Demo Scene Artwork: Takahiro Kudo, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Atsushi Saito, Makoto Uchida, Atsushi Shimamura, Yasushi Sekido, Yuuki Suzuki
- Conceptual Artwork by: Tony De Zuniga
- Music and Sound Effects by: Howard Drossen
- Story Board: Susumu Hirai
- Special Thanks: Hideaki Sekiya, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Tohru Nakabayashi, Ai Kotani, Akemi Shimizutani, Mieko Sakaniwa, Yoshihide Ishiguro, Mutsuhiro Fujii, Hiroshi Ando, Kenichi Imaeda, Shinichiro Okumoto, Chris Senn, Yasuhiro Hayashida, Nitro Yamada, Kohji Tanuma, Tatsuya Watanabe, Kouji Ooto, Takayuki Yokoyama, All AM1 Staff, All SPD Staff
- Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
- Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
- Game Design and Directed by: Makoto Uchida
Dreamcast version
- Main Program (DC), Enemy Program (Arcade): Tomoyuki Naito
- Development Assistance (DC), Main Program (Arcade): Tomoaki Takayanagi
- Gallery and Comic (DC), Program Assist (DC): Luke Stewart
- Program Assist (Arcade): Taro Fukunaga
- Program Support (Naomi Library Team): Tatsuya Watanabe, Ichiro Kawaoka, Teruhito Abe
- Program Support (DC) (Arcade): Koji Ooto
- 3D Environment (DC) (Arcade): Takahiro Kudo
- 3D Character (DC) (Arcade): Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Special Effects
- (DC): Atsushi Saito, Takahiro Kudo
- (Arcade): Shinichi Fujii
- 2D Art
- (DC): Takahiro Kudo
- (Arcade): Shinichi Fujii
- 3D Animation
- (DC) (Arcade): Makoto Uchida, Atsushi Saito, Takahiro Kudo
- (Arcade): Atsushi Saito, Shinichi Fujii
- Demo Movie (DC): Hiroshi Kanazawa, Takahiro Kudo
- Demo Scene (Arcade): Takahiro Kudo, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Atsushi Saito, Makoto Uchida, Atsushi Shimamura
- Conceptual Artwork by: Tony De Zuniga
- Sound Staff: Howard Drossin
- Story Board (DC) (Arcade): Susumu Hirai
- Special Thanks: Tetsuya Kawauchi, Mika Araki, Seiki Saito, Akira Terasawa, Fumiaki Tomura, Hayato Takebayashi, Yukinori Ota, Akira Wada, Hideaki Sekiya, Mutsuhiro Fujii, Hiroshi Ando, Kenichi Imaeda, Shinichiro Okumoto, Takashi Oda, Masayuki Ao, Chris Senn, Eiichiro Watanabe, Kaoru Uno, All AM1 Staff, All SPD Staff
- Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
- Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
- Game Design and Directed by: Makoto Uchida
- © Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1998, 1999
- Localization Producer: Osamu Shibamiya
- Lead Tester: Michael Dobbins
- Assistant Lead Tester: Arnold Feener
- Sr. Product Manager: Andrew Stein
- Associate Product Manager: Stacey Kerr
- Special Thanks: John Amirkhan, Rod McNevin, Scott Etkin, Sandra Castagnola, Sean Doidge, Michael McCollum
- Manual Writer: Michael Hanna, Fumiaki Tomura
- Manual Editor: Michael Hanna
- Manual Translator: Michael Hanna
- Manual DTP Operator: Makoto Nishino
- Manual Designer: Hayato Takebayashi
- Manual Supervisor: Kaoru Ichigozaki
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dynamite Cop/Magazine articles.
Artwork
Physical scans
Model 2 version
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Technical information
- Main article: Dynamite Cop/Technical information.
ROM dump status
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External links
References
- ↑ Dynamite Deka 2 Official Guide, SoftBank
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 149
- ↑ File:DC DC JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990301/ (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-28 10:53)
- ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-10-23 17:28)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Press release: 1999-11-02: Dynamite Cop for Sega Dreamcast Brings Fully Interactive Arcade Fighting Action Home
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 140
- ↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=1100 (Wayback Machine: 2002-06-19 17:17)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 7
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 112
- ↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=13397&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 04:43)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 41
- ↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
- ↑ File:DynamiteCop DC PT Box Front GanhaSempre.jpg
- ↑ https://www.wizforest.com/diary/180427.html (Wayback Machine: 2021-07-28 16:11)
- ↑ http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/1203_1/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-18 20:38)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 57
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 47
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 38
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 94
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 101
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 74
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 90
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 112
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 ', "" (; ), page 66
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 88
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 50
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 22
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 107
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 112
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 86
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 233
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 59
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 60
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 30
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 71
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 140
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 66
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 88
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 127
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 36
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 72
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 32
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 83
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 48
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 85
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 20
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 40
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 93
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 113
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 146
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 41
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 16
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 126
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 100
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Games in the Dynamite Deka Series | |
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Die Hard Arcade (1996) | Dynamite Cop (1998) | Asian Dynamite (2007) | |
Die Hard Arcade (1997) | |
Dynamite Cop (1999) | |
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (2006) | |
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (2012) | |
Dynamite Deka related media | |
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