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Dynamite Duke
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Seibu Kaihatsu
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
SMPS Z80
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,0006,000 G-4038
Sega Mega Drive
US
Sega Mega Drive
EU
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
Sega Master System
EU 		7067
Sega Master System
AU
Sega Master System
BR

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Dynamite Duke (ダイナマイトデューク) is a 1989 arcade action game by Seibu Kaihatsu. Sega acquired a license to port it to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System, releasing them in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Game follows mercenary Duke "Dynamite" Fredericks as he attempts to bring down Dr. Neil Ashe, a mad scientist who is trying to take over the world by using robots. Duke's right arm is cybernetic and apparently (according to the manual anyway) ten times more powerful than a normal human.

The Japanese cover of the Mega Drive version features a character who resembles the actor Dolph Lundgren, who played Ivan Drago in the film Rocky IV.

During development the game was known as The Dynamite Duke, before the "The" was dropped.

Gameplay

The game plays like a lightgun game — you are Duke, positioned immediately in front of the screen, and your goal is to go around killing everything in sight. The D-pad moves your target crosshair (moving Duke in the process) and A/2 shoots (there is no rapidfire). You can also melee nearby enemies — B/1 punches and C (no Master System equivalent) kicks. Should a power-up appear, simply shoot at it to take it. Duke also has a special weapon called "Dynamite Punch" which is used by holding down the punch button and releasing it after Duke starts to glow. This causes massive damage to all enemies but can be used a few times in each level.

Each level has a boss fight in which the player must defeat a boss character in close combat.

The Master System version has less levels than its Arcade and Mega Drive counterparts.

There is a secret "Super Options" screen in the Mega Drive version, which can be activated by pressing C ten times, then  START , at the screen where "Start" and "Options" are seen. Various things can be changed from this screen, the starting level (mission) inclusive.

Items

  • Bullets: Increase the number of bullets Duke has.
  • Full Auto: Fully automatic machinegun fires continuously without using any bullets from Duke's ammo pool. It lasts about a minute.
  • Bullet Proof Vest: Duke is unaffected by attacks for a while.
  • Bazooka: Each shot causes massive damage. 10 bullets.
  • Extra Dynamite Punch: Increases Dynamite Punches by one.
  • First Aid Kit: Recovers Duke's lifebar.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Program: Y.Koba
  • Graphic Design: Kuronyan, B.T.S, Mahchan, Kennchan
  • Sound: Katochan
  • Special Thanks: Akkey, Gyofuku, Nino, Meiden, Yoshida


Master System version

  • Produced by: Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
  • Chief Programmer: T.Hagiwara
  • Music Composer: Wada
  • Sound Effects: Wada
  • Art Director: H.Akimoto
  • The Original Story Written by: Takahide Mada
  • Thanks to: Waka, Hana, Many & You


Magazine articles

Main article: Dynamite Duke/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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FI advert
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Logo-pdf.svg
Mega Drive print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #16: "November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75 [10]
65 [11]
67 [12]
73 [13]
55 №113, [1]
73 [14]
77 №11, p140
42 №5, p91
77 №17, p65
73 [15]
79 [16]
56 [17]
78 [18]
72 [2]
60 [19]
79 [20]
73 №18, p65
88 №18, p82
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
18 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[21]
Ação Games (BR)
75
[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[22]
Console XS (UK) PAL
77
[23]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[24]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
53
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
40
[25]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
73
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[26]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
73
[27]
Joystick (FR)
77
[28]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
42
[29]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[30]
Mega (UK) PAL
77
[31]
MegaTech (UK)
73
[15]
Mean Machines (UK)
79
[32]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
73
[33]
Player One (FR)
56
[17]
Power Play (DE)
73
[34]
Raze (UK) NTSC
78
[18]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[2]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[19]
Sega Pro (UK)
79
[35]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
73
[36]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
67
[12]
Tilt (FR)
65
[37]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
63
[38]
User (GR) PAL
71
[39]
Zero (UK) PAL
88
[40]
Sega Mega Drive
 66
Based on
29 reviews

Dynamite Duke

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Dynamiteduke md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
DynamiteDuke MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cart
Dynamite Duke MD BR Manual.pdf
Manual

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
78 [5]
71 [41]
30 №16
63 [42]
79 [43]
60 №38
55 [44]
71 [45]
60 [46]
Sega Master System
 63
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
42
[47]
Console XS (UK) PAL
72
[48]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
78
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
71
[41]
FX (UK)
58
[49]
Games-X (UK)
30
[50]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
33
[51]
Joystick (FR)
63
[42]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
60
[52]
Mean Machines (UK)
79
[53]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
79
[54]
Player One (FR)
55
[44]
Power Play (DE)
53
[55]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
71
[56]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[46]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
72
[57]
Video Games (DE)
55
[58]
Sega Master System
 60
Based on
17 reviews

Dynamite Duke

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, AU

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Master System, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 246f0bda
MD5 a940f0dd681f23e7859fdcf4d4a7917c
SHA-1 965ec4e6a239a707160d0a67973bc6da8212b53d
512kB 1990-09 Cartridge "Rev A" in No-Intro
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 39d01c8c
MD5 f9fa610acdb525e08f73b160eb014557
SHA-1 1bd77ad31665f7bdda85d9dfb9f08c0338ec4da9
512kB 1990-09 Cartridge
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 07306947
MD5 31a7be585288a8b77b7923a202752ab7
SHA-1 258901a74176fc78f9c669cd7d716da0c872ca67
256kB Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 76
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sega Power, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-04-04), page 49
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 20
  4. ↑ Supergame, "Setembro 1991" (BR; 1991-09-xx), page 37
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Computer & Video Games, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-04-14), page 74
  6. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 29
  7. ↑ GamePro, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 100
  8. ↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 8
  9. ↑ Sega Visions, "Winter 1990/1991" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 22
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ação Games, "Setembro 1991" (BR; 1991-09-xx), page 23
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 24 (26)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 39
  14. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 69 (61)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
  16. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-03-01), page 72/73 (72)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Player One, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 37
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Raze, "February 1991" (UK; 1990-12-20), page 73
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 45 (47)
  21. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 65
  22. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 26
  23. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
  24. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70
  25. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 308
  26. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-10-26), page 1
  27. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 69
  28. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 140
  29. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
  30. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87
  31. ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 65
  32. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-03-01), page 72
  33. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  34. ↑ Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 149
  35. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 47
  36. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  37. ↑ Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 70
  38. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 60
  39. ↑ User, "Ioúnios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 84
  40. ↑ Zero, "April 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 82
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 133
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 141
  43. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-03-01), page 70/71 (70)
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Player One, "Juillet/Août 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 56
  45. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 28/29 (28)
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 56
  47. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 154
  48. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 140
  49. ↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
  50. ↑ Games-X, "8th-14th August 1991" (UK; 1991-08-08), page 22
  51. ↑ Game Informer, "March 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 104
  52. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 33
  53. ↑ Mean Machines, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-03-01), page 70
  54. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 133
  55. ↑ Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 128
  56. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 28
  57. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 70
  58. ↑ Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 79
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