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Genre: Simulation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herzog Zwei (ヘルツォーク・ツヴァイ) is a strategy video game developed by Technosoft, released exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive in 1989, and a sequel to Herzog, which was only released for Japanese home computers in 1988. It was published in Japan by Technosoft in 1989 and in North America and Europe by Sega in 1990.
Herzog Zwei is often credited for creating the foundations of the RTS (real-time strategy) and MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) genres as we know them today. It was also a precursor to the hero shooter genre, as it was the first game to combine shooter and MOBA elements.
Contents
Gameplay
In Herzog Zwei, the player controls a unit which can freely transform from a plane to a robot, and must create and transport units to capture structures and destroy enemy bases. It combines concepts from the Thunder Force series (as it stood in 1989) with a strategic element which plays out in real time, as opposed to the more traditional turn-based strategy games which derive from games such as chess.
Along with a single-player mode, it features a split-screen two-player mode where both players are in action simultaneously. There are no pauses while decisions are taken, forcing players to think quickly while on the move. Though the player only controls one unit, a transforming mech, the manner of control foreshadowed the point-and-click mechanic of later games. It introduced much of the genre conventions, including unit construction and resource management, with the control and destruction of bases being an important aspect of the game, as were the economic/production aspects of those bases.
History
Development
The Western packaging art was created by veteran San Francisco game box illustrator Marc Ericksen, who had previously created the art for Thunder Force II.
Legacy
Herzog Zwei went on to influence future RTS games, particularly 1992's Dune II[4].
With Technosoft closing its doors in 2001 and the status of the intellectual property being unknown, the future of the series is likely sealed.
Production credits
- Main Program: Takashi Iwanaga
- Weapon Program: Haruhiko Ohtsuka
- Map Design: Osamu Tsujikawa
- Character Design: Izumi Fukuda
- Demo Program: Izumi Fukuda
- Music Compose: Naosuke Arai, Tomomi Ohtani
- Sound Effect: Naosuke Arai, Tomomi Ohtani
- Manual Writer: Fumio Sugano
- Herzog: T. O.
- Special Thanks: Marie Hughes, Kamometei
- Copyright: Tecno Soft
Magazine articles
- Main article: Herzog Zwei/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ File:VG&CE US 16.pdf, page 38
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 59
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 27
- ↑ http://www.above-the-garage.com/rblts/vie16b.htm (Wayback Machine: 2003-05-04 03:49)
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-02.pdf, page 69
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 31
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 103
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 85
- ↑ File:EGM US BuyersGuide 1993.pdf, page 46
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 50
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 102
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 78
- ↑ File:PlayTime DE 1991-06.pdf, page 116
- ↑ File:PowerPlay DE 025.pdf, page 121
- ↑ File:Raze UK 05.pdf, page 58
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 61
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 102
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 103
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 20
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 321
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 107
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 207
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 102
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 89
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 116
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 123
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 58
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 26
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 61
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 63
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