Die Hard Arcade

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Die Hard Arcade
System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Action

















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Die Hard Arcade known as Dynamite Deka (ダイナマイト刑事) in Japan, is a 3D arcade beat-em up developed by Sega AM1 and Sega Technical Institute. It was published by Sega for the Sega Titan Video arcade platform in 1996 and for the Sega Saturn in the following year.

Dynamite Deka was designed to be a 3D beat-'em-up game inspired by the movie Die Hard (which in turn was inspired by a 1979 novel, Nothing Last Forever). In overseas markets, it was granted official use of the Die Hard license by Fox Interactive - a move which occurred very late in the game's development cycle (and hence does not feature in Japanese versions). It was the last title to credit Sega Technical Institute before the team was dissolved.

Gameplay

Die Hard Arcade has players save the president's daughter from a group of terrorists led by Wolf Hongo, who have taken over a skyscraper. It is a one or two player game, player one taking control of Bruno "Mister Dynamite" Delinger (falsely assumed to be Die Hard protagonist John McClane in the overseas versions), and player two controlling Cindy Holiday, who is not named in the western versions of the game(?).

Similar in many respects to Virtua Fighter, Die Hard Arcade is a 3D beat-'em-up, although action mostly takes place on a 2D (or "2.5D") plane, similar to older Sega releases such as Golden Axe and Streets of Rage. Die Hard Arcade, however, puts a greater emphasis on the use of weapons and objects which can be found on the ground, and levels are interspred with quick time events, which if completed successfully, can save the player the trouble of having to fight more opponents.

Sequels and Re-releases

When released on the Sega Saturn, the game came bundled with a version of Sega's 1979 arcade game Deep Scan. Each 200 points earned in Deep Scan gives the player credits in Die Hard Arcade.

Dynamite Deka was followed by Dynamite Deka 2 on the Dreamcast/Sega Model 2. This game was known as Dynamite Cop outside of Japan. The story would be continued in Dynamite Deka EX, also known as Asian Dynamite, and the game would be remade in the form of Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka.

Production Credits

Arcade Version

Program Work

Chief Programmer: Hiroshi Ando
Enemy Programmer: Masanobu Yamamoto
Sub Programmer: Teruji Abe

Art Work

Chief Artist: Kunitake Aoki, Tatsuto Kumada
Model Artist: Joe Stephenson, Stieg Hedlund, Andrew Mundy, Betty Cunningham
Player Model Artist: Taku Makino, Yoshiaki Aoki, Hideyuki Katoh
Animation Artist: Dean Ruggles, Tom Tobey, Makoto Uchida, Greg Hancock
Back Ground Scr: Alan Ackerman
Illustrator: Tony De Zuniga
Art Manager: Bob Steele

Sound Work

Sound Director: Howard Drossin

Special Thanks

Hiro, Paul Sears, Youichi Ueda, Robert Morgan, David Leytze, Richard Hideshima, Tohru Nakabayashi, Kouji Ooto, Yuko L. Isoda, Kohji Tanuma, Sachiko Amano, Masayuki Ao, Naoko Takahashi, Susumi Hirai, Morikuni Kubo, Shinichiro Okumoto, Masamoto Morita
Producer: Roger Hector, Rikiya Nakagawa, Makoto Uchida
Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
Game Design & Directed by: Makoto Uchida

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Saturn Version

Program Work

Chief Programmer: Hiroshi Ando
Enemy Programmer: Masanobu Yamamoto
Sub Programmer: Teruji Abe

Art Work

Chief Artists: Kunitake Aoki, Tatsuto Kumada
Model Artists: Joe Stephenson, Stieg Hedlund, Andrew Mundy, Betty Cunningham
Player Model Artists: Taku Makino, Yoshiaki Aoki, Hideyuki Katoh
Animation Artists: Dean Ruggles, Tom Tobey, Makoto Uchida, Greg Hancock
Back Ground Scr: Alan Ackerman
Illustrator: Tony De Zuniga
CG Artist: Tatsuto Kumada
Art Manager: Bob Steele

Sound Work

Music and Sound Effects by: Howard Drossin

Special Thanks

Hiro, Paul Sears, Youichi Ueda, Robert Morgan, David Leytze, Richard Hideshima, Tohru Nakabayashi, Kouji Ooto, Yuko L. Isoda, Kouji Tanuma, Sachiko Amano, Masayuki Ao, Naoko Takahashi, Susumu Hirai, Morikuni Kubo, Shinichiro Okumoto, Stephen Hutchins, Masamoto Morita
Producers: Roger Hector, Rikiya Nakagawa, Makoto Uchida
Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
Game Designed & Directed by: Makoto Uchida

Physical Scans

Sega Titan Video Version

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Sega Titan Video,

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Saturn Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
74 №27, p84/85/86/87/88
60 №184
80 №17, p62/63
Sega Saturn
 71
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
80
[1]
Ação Games (BR)
75
[2]
CD Consoles (FR)
80
[3]
Console Mania (IT) PAL
91
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[5]
Edge (UK) PAL
60
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
74
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[8]
Freak (IL)
92
[9]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
70
[10]
Gambler (PL)
83
[11]
GameFan (US)
81
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[13]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
53
[14]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
75
[15]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
70
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
80
[17]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[18]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
80
[19]
Player One (FR)
90
[20]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
76
[21]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
74
[22]
Secret Service (PL)
56
[23]
Sega Magazin (DE)
86
[24]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
81
[28]
Strana Igr (RU)
80
[29]
Super Power (FI)
83
[30]
Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U
82
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
75
[32]
Sega Saturn
 77
Based on
32 reviews

Die Hard Arcade

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  1. ↑ 576 KByte, "Szeptember 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 16
  2. ↑ Ação Games, "Maio 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 20
  3. ↑ CD Consoles, "Avril 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 84
  4. ↑ Console Mania, "Marzo 1997" (IT; 1997-0x-xx), page 46
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 74
  6. ↑ Edge, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 78
  7. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 53
  8. ↑ Famitsu, "1997-01-31" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 1
  9. ↑ Freak, "4/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  10. ↑ Fun Generation, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 74
  11. ↑ Gambler, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  12. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 4: April 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
  13. ↑ GamePro, "April 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 90
  14. ↑ Game Informer, "March 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 42
  15. ↑ Gry Komputerowe, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  16. ↑ MAN!AC, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 70
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-05), page 88
  18. ↑ Next Generation, "April 1997" (US; 1997-03-11), page 126
  19. ↑ neXt Level, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-21), page 68
  20. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 64
  21. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 2" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 185
  22. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 5" (JP; 1997-02-28), page 98
  23. ↑ Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 64
  24. ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 26
  25. ↑ Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 38
  26. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-19), page 62
  27. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-01-31)" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 222
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13
  29. ↑ Strana Igr, "May 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 81
  30. ↑ Super Power, "4 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 48
  31. ↑ Ultra Game Players, "April 1997" (US; 1997-03-25), page 69
  32. ↑ Video Games, "3/97" (DE; 1997-02-19), page 96
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