Dynamite Headdy
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| Dynamite Headdy |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System, Virtual Console. |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Treasure |
Dynamite Headdy (ダイナマイト ヘッディー) is a platform game developed by Treasure and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. Tec Toy also brought it to the Sega Master System in Brazil. A Sega 32X port was planned, but cancelled due to the system's low popularity.
The game stars the rejected puppet named Headdy who has interchangable heads. He must defeat the evil Dark Demon, an evil emperor who wishes to take over the land of puppets.
Dynamite Headdy uses a distinct graphical style to give the impression that all the events take place on a theatre stage, with many of the backgrounds designed to look like cheap cardboard sets. It also suffered significant changes when brought over to a western audience, with many Japanese-themed bosses altered and the entire game's dialogue being removed. The most significant change is the regularly occuring bounty hunter "Maruyama", who was recoloured brown and renamed "Trouble Bruin". However, despite this, his musical score which has synthasized speech still says "Maruyama".
The game as also been released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, and was included in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
US Cart
