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Metal Head
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
JP 		¥7,8007,800 GM-4008
Sega 32X
US 		84511
Sega 32X
EU 		84511-50
Sega 32X
BR 		152060
Sega 32X
AS 		84511

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Metal Head (メタルヘッド) is a Sega 32X action game developed and published by Sega.

Gameplay

Metal Head is an early first-person shooter, in which the player controls a bipedal mech tasked with destroying enemies on the map. It is one of the few 32X games to take place in a full 3D environment (with textured polygons), though comes at the expense of relatively low draw distances and frame rates. There is also a large amount of digitized speech.

History

Development

Metal Head was first announced in mid-1994, although at the time the game was in a very early state of production, with the only available footage being pre-rendered scenes and technical demos. It was originally planned to be a launch title for the 32X, however a series of troubles put the game back a few months until early 1995.

Production Credits

~In-game~

Producer: Koichi Nagata
Director: Masahide Kobayashi
Metal Head Team Leader: Masahiro Wakayama
Chief Graphic Designer: Koichi Sasaki
Graphics Designer: Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Tsutomu Nakatsugawa, Kazuki Aizawa, Maiko Kitagawa
Chief Programmer: Masahiro Wakayama
Programmer: Naoki Kobayashi, Akio Setsumasa, Takeshi Sakakibara, Nobuyuki Tanioka
Main Planner: Ryutaro Nonaka
Planner: Katsunori Yamaji, Hideki Anbo
Additional Graphics: Akio Setsumasa, Norihiro Sekine
Sound Designer: Jun Senoue, Atsumu Miyazawa, Yoshiaki Kashima, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Text Coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Character Voices: David Leytze, Steve Ray Burton, Henry Giesen, James Spahn, Scott Alexander
Special Thanks: Tatsutoshi Narita, Shinji Kawahira, Naoyuki Machida, Norihiro Sekine, Koji Umeda, and All Testers
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

~US manual~

Producer: Jesse Taylor
Marketing Manager: Haven Dubrul
Associate Producer: Greg Becksted
Lead Testers: Atom Ellis, Peter Clark, Dave Dodge
Testers: Rick Greer, John Melchoir, Roger Somerville, Peter Trkovksy, Mark Subotnick, Edward Riel, Jon Ries, Joe Cain, Rachel Briston, Jennifer Vernon, Patrick Tello, Arnold Feener, Jason Friedman, Erick Simonich, Dana Green, Kenneth Ratcliff, Stan Weaver, Bart Larrenaga, Leonard Sayers, Ilya Reeves, Crisi Albertson, Chris Lucich, Howard Gipson
Special Thanks: Anne Jordan, Shelly Berliner, Clint Dyer, Eric Smith
Manual: Wendy Dinsmore

Promotional Material

  • 32X ES PrintAd 1995-04.jpg

    ES print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
56 №7, p126-129[2]
87 №160
78 №27, p68
80 №10, p14
67
87 №29, p30-32
75 №4/95, p76-78[3]
87 №29, p66-68[4]
40 №4, p90[5]
72 №53, p103
87 №14, p80/81
76 №65, p57
80 №43, p48/49
71 №5, p79
69 №4/95, p89[6]
Sega 32X
 74
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
56
[2]
Consoles + (FR)
78
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
87
[8]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
84
[9]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
58
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
48
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[12]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
91
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
60
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[15]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[16]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
67
[17]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
89
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
67
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
87
[20]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
82
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
75
[3]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
50
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[4]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[5]
Player One (FR)
72
[23]
Play Time (DE)
70
[24]
Power Up! (UK)
74
[25]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
68
[26]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[27]
Sega News (CZ)
85
[28]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
76
[29]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[30]
Sega Force (SE)
99
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[33]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[34]
Top Consoles (FR)
65
[35]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) PAL
71
[36]
Video Games (DE) PAL
69
[37]
VideoGames (US)
80
[38]
Sega 32X
 73
Based on
36 reviews

Metal Head

32X, US
MetalHead 32X US Box Back.jpgMetalHead 32X US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Metal Head 32X US cart.jpg
Cart
Metalhead 32x us manual.pdf
Manual
32X, EU
MetalHead 32X EU Box Back.jpgMetalHead 32X EU Box Spine.jpgMetalHead 32X EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
Metal Head 32X EU cart.jpg
Cart
32X, JP
Metalhead 32x jp backcover.jpgMetalhead MD JP BoxSpine.jpgMetalhead 32x jp frontcover.jpg
Cover
Metalhead MD JP CartTop.jpg
Metal Head 32X JP cart.jpg
Cart
MetalHead 32X JP manual.pdf
Manual
32X, BR
MetalHead 32X BR Box.jpg
Cover
MetalHead 32X BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Metalhead 32x br manual.pdf
Manual
32X, Asia
MetalHead 32X Asia Box Back.jpgMetalHead 32X Asia Box Spine.jpgMetal Head 32X AS box front.jpg
Cover
MetalHead 32X Asia Cart.jpg
Cart
  1. ↑ File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 65
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:CDConsoles FR 07.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 07.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-04.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-04.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ File:VideoGames DE 1995-04.pdf, page 85
  7. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122
  8. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 90
  9. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-06)
  10. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
  11. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-03-03" (JP; 1995-02-17), page 1
  13. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 25
  14. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 45
  15. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
  16. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14
  17. ↑ Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  18. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 100
  19. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 46
  20. ↑ Mega, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-xx), page 30
  21. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
  22. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
  23. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 103
  24. ↑ Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106
  25. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 15, 1995" (UK; 1995-04-15), page 1
  26. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 May" (JP; 1995-04-07), page 48
  27. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 80
  28. ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 35
  29. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 57
  30. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 48
  31. ↑ Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 20
  32. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1995" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 131
  33. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  34. ↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 34
  35. ↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  36. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 79
  37. ↑ Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 89
  38. ↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
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