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Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Toho

Developer: Funari

Developer(s) of original games: Kaneko

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-26	¥6,5006,500	T-27013

Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special (ヘビーユニットメガドライブスペシャル) is a 1990 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Kaneko and published by Toho exclusively in Japan. It is a modified port of Kaneko's 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up Heavy Unit. Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special features the same amount of stages as its arcade counterpart but with partially modified enemies placements and behaviors. Stage 2 has now an underwater theme and an added raster scroll effect. Unlike the arcade release, the game also doesn't loop after finishing it.

Story

Humans have developed an artificial planet, "Le Tau," which is being attacked by aliens, and only the Heavy Unit transforming ship can stop them.

Gameplay

and shoot; rapidfire is an option. drops a bomb, which you have an unlimited supply of but must collect as a powerup. Among the various powerups is one, labeled T, that transforms your ship into a mecha and back, which plays identically, except its bombs will home in on enemies. The ship has a spreadshot, while the mecha is power oriented.

There is a strange option called "control", it effects whether the ship/mecha has inertia or not ("organize" means inertia is activated).

Trivia

Trivia sections are bad
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The big head monster in stage 1 can be exploited for infinite score. This is exclusive to the Sega Mega Drive port, as the arcade version auto scrolls past the boss. The game lacks a score table
The Password option is used to enable cheats

Magazine articles

Main article: Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[7]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

68

^[8]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[9]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[10]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

78

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[12]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

75

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[14]

Génération 4 (FR)

81

^[4]

Game Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

88

^[15]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[16]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

75

^[17]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

27

^[18]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[5]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

85

^[20]

Power Play (DE)

46

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

79

^[6]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

78

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

44

^[24]

Tilt (FR)

75

^[25]

	65
Based on 22 reviews

Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	1acbe608
MD5	6b60e70252280b1cc22d80cb4c70d54a
SHA-1	198e243cc21e4aea97e2c6aca376cb2ae70bc1c9

512kB

1990-09

Cartridge (JP)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Heavy Unit

↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-02.pdf, page 32
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ File:CVG UK 112.pdf, page 72
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 47 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf_p47" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 136
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 126
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 30
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 88
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-16), page 88
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 57
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Zone, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 59
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42
↑ Joystick, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 134
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tilt, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 83

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-02.pdf_p32-1] File:BeepMD_JP_1991-02.pdf, page 32

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-2] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:CVG_UK_112.pdf_p72-3] File:CVG UK 112.pdf, page 72

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p99-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p78-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p47-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 47 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf_p47" defined multiple times with different content

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 136

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p126-8] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 126

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-02.pdf_p30-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 30

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p88-10] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 88

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p130-11] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130

[:File:CVG_UK_112.pdf_p88-12] Computer & Video Games, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-16), page 88

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p57-13] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 57

[14] Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameZone_UK_01.pdf_p59-15] Game Zone, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 59

[16] Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42

[:File:Joystick_FR_014.pdf_p110-17] Joystick, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-18] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-19] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-20] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-04.pdf_p134-21] Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 134

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-22] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-23] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Tilt_FR_090.pdf_p83-25] Tilt, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 83

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Difference between revisions of "Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special"

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Trivia

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References