Metal Head

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

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Metal Head (メタルヘッド) is a Sega 32X action game developed and published by Sega. An attempted first person shooter and initially planned to be a launch title, the player controls a bipedal mech tasked with destroying enemies on the map. The game is notable for having large amounts of digitized speech and a fully 3D environment, placing it above most other 32X games when it comes to technical achievements.

Unfortunately due to hardware restraints, the draw distance is incredibly low. The game also runs quite slowly, ruining the action in the process.

Production Credits

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.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
56 №7, p126/127/128/129
87 №160
67
87 №29, p66/67/68
80 №43, p48/49
Sega 32X
 75
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
56
[1]
Consoles + (FR)
78
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
87
[3]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
84
[4]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
58
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
48
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
91
[8]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
60
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[10]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[11]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
67
[12]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
89
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
67
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
87
[15]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
82
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
75
[17]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
50
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[19]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[20]
Player One (FR)
72
[21]
Play Time (DE)
70
[22]
Power Up! (UK)
74
[23]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
68
[24]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[25]
Sega News (CZ)
85
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
76
[27]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[28]
Sega Force (SE)
99
[29]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[30]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[31]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[32]
Top Consoles (FR)
65
[33]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) PAL
71
[34]
Video Games (DE) PAL
69
[35]
VideoGames (US)
80
[36]
Sega 32X
 73
Based on
36 reviews

Metal Head

32X, US
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Cover
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Cart
Metalhead 32x us manual.pdf
Manual
32X, EU
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Cover
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Cart
32X, JP
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Cover
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Cart
32X, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Metalhead 32x br manual.pdf
Manual
32X, Asia
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Cover
  1. ↑ CD Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 126
  2. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122
  3. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 90
  4. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-06)
  5. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  7. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-03-03" (JP; 1995-02-17), page 1
  8. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 25
  9. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 45
  10. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
  11. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14
  12. ↑ Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  13. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 100
  14. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 46
  15. ↑ Mega, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-xx), page 30
  16. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 76
  18. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
  19. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-30), page 66
  20. ↑ Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 92
  21. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 103
  22. ↑ Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106
  23. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 15, 1995" (UK; 1995-04-15), page 1
  24. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 May" (JP; 1995-04-07), page 48
  25. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 80
  26. ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 35
  27. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 57
  28. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 48
  29. ↑ Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 20
  30. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1995" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 131
  31. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  32. ↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 34
  33. ↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  34. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 79
  35. ↑ Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 89
  36. ↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
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