Toy Commander

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Toy Commander
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥4,8004,800 HDR-0052
Sega Dreamcast
US
$49.9549.95[1] 51020
Sega Dreamcast
EU
MK-51020-50
Sega Dreamcast
AU
$94.9594.95[5]

Toy Commander, known in Japan as Totsugeki! Teketeke!! Toy Ranger (突撃!てけてけ!!トイ・レンジャー), is a Sega Dreamcast game developed by No Cliché in 1999. It was a launch title in both North America and Europe, and was used extensively to advertise the Dreamcast's 3D rendering capabilities. In the game, the player controls a variety of toys, ranging from cars to planes and helicopters, and must complete various tasks in a 3D environment.

After the player (called Andy in the US and Guthy in Europe) receives some new army-themed toys for Christmas, his older toys, lead by Huggy Bear, rebel against the new arrivals. The overall goal is to stop Huggy Bear and his various generals and reclaim the house. By defeating a general, the toy can then be used against the final boss.

No Cliché developed Christmas and Summer time hoilday spin-offs for the Official Dreamcast Magazine. They also released a sequel, Toy Racer, a racing game with online capabilities which did not see the same level of success.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Toy Commander Toy Commander
English (US) Toy Commander Toy Commander
Japanese 突撃!てけてけ!!トイ・レンジャー Totugeki! Teketeke!! Toy Ranger

Production credits

  • Creative Director: Frédérick Raynal
  • Art Director, Original Concept: Didier Chanfray
  • Technical Director: Serge Plagnol
  • Executive Producer, Missions Design, Script Coding: David Chomard
  • Project Manager, Main Programmer: Frantz Cournil
  • Physics, Dynamics, Algorithmic: Cédrick Collomb
  • Libraries, Tools, Menus, Script Coding: Pascal Dubois
  • Libraries, Optimization: Sébastien Viannay
  • Game & Missions Design, Script Coding, Resources Manager: Lionel Chaze
  • Animation, Additional Programming: Awen Limbourg
  • Real Time 3D Intro, Additional Script Coding: Alain Jarniou
  • Additional Script Coding, Internal Tests: Hugues Tardif
  • 3D Computer Artist For Cut Sequences And Graphic Design: Benoit Boucher, Merlin Pardo, Ludovic Rubin, Frédéric Taquet
  • Vehicles, Characters, Special F/X, Animation: Arnaud Lhomme
  • Characters, Animation: Paul-Henri Michaud
  • 2D Artist For Background Design And Menus, Marketing Support: Sabine Morlat
  • Additional Concept Artist: Yaël Barroz
  • Music, Sound F/X: Philippe Vachey
  • Game Design, Text: Didier Quentin
  • Quality Assurance, Micro Computer Manager: Jérôme Roseau
  • Accounting: Véronique Palmier
  • Internal Tests: Eddie Javelle, Romain Chavanne
  • Special thanks to: Valérie Rochereau, Studio Vox Populi
  • Sega Europe
    • Chief Executive Officer: Jean-Francois Cecillon
    • Chief Operating Officer: Kazutoshi Miyake
    • Director of Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino
    • Producer: Dave Nulty
    • Producer of Japanese Version: Kats Sato
    • Assistant Producer: Miyuki Morozumi
    • Technical Support Manager: Colin Carter
    • Senior Software Engineer: Thomas Szirtes
    • Software Engineer: Elton Bird
    • Hardware Engineer: Tamer Tahsin
    • Senior Test Manager: Jason Cumberbatch
    • Senior Designer: Paul Jerem
    • Designer: Ross McLeish
    • Localisation: Roberto Parraga, Angelika Michitsch
    • Test/Quality Assurance: Daimion Pinnock, Steve Curd, Marlon Grant, Michael Lawsiriphat
    • Special thanks to: Jean-Francois Cecillon, Kazutoshi Miyake, Naohiko Hoshino, Naoya Tsurumi, Hiroshi Okuno, Richard Jacques, Giles Thomas, Begona Sanz, Cedric Marechal, Philippe Renaudin, Jose Angel Sanchez, Tina Sakowsky, Lisa Narbutis
  • Sega of Japan: Shoichiro Irimajiri, Kenichi Iwanaga, Shuji Utsumi, Junichiro Takahashi, Takahiro Obara, Hakuroh Matsuda, Keiko Terashima
  • Sega of America: John Byrd, Arnold Feener, Stacey Kerr, Jason Kuo, Tom Miley, Jonas Robledo, Mari Schaal, Andrew Stein, Ralph Thomas
  • Presented by: Sega

© Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 2000

Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Toy Commander/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #125: "December 1999" (1999-11-09)
also published in:
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #3: "Mars/Avril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
40 №13, p101[7]
92 №93, p112/113/114
60 №218, p73[3]
70 №2, p24-27[8]
90 №2, p76-79[9]
77 №2000-02, p23[10]
89 №, p33[11]
86 №2, p58/59[2]
60 №78, p76[12]
63 №578, p32
76 №101, p104/105[13]
80 №1, p37[4]
Sega Dreamcast
74
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
85
[14]
Arcade (UK) PAL
25
[7]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
92
[15]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[3]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
90
[16]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
70
[8]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
90
[17]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
25
[18]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[19]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
86
[20]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
89
[11]
Edge (UK) PAL
60
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
84
[21]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[22]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[23]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
90
[24]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
87
[25]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[26]
GamesMaster (UK)
80
[27]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
67
[28]
Joypad (IT) PAL
85
[29]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
78
[30]
Man!ak (PL)
65
[31]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[32]
Neo Plus (PL) PAL
80
[33]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[34]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[35]
Next Level (AR)
85
[36]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
80
[37]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
80
[38]
Player One (FR)
76
[13]
Playmag (FR) PAL
75
[39]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
80
[4]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
85
[40]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[41]
Sega Dreamcast
76
Based on
35 reviews

Toy Commander

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
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Disc
Dreamcast, JP
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Disc
Dreamcast, EU (white label)

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Disc

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. Press release: 1999-11-04: Fun, Nostalgia and Multiplayer Warfare Collide in Toy Commander for Sega Dreamcast
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 56
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:CVG UK 218.pdf, page 73 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 218.pdf_p73" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 File:ROD ES 01.pdf, page 37 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 01.pdf_p37" defined multiple times with different content
  5. File:Hyper AU 076.pdf, page 64
  6. Gamers' Republic, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-15), page 25
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Arcade UK 13.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 13.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:DCUK 02.pdf, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 02.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
  9. File:DreamcastMonthly UK 02.pdf, page 76
  10. File:DCM_JP_20000121_2000-02.pdf, page 23
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:Edge UK 078.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 078.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 576 Konzol, "Szeptember 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
  15. Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 116
  16. Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 77
  17. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 76
  18. Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 42
  19. Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-02 (2000-01-21,28)" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 23
  20. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 58
  21. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-09), page 267
  22. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 281
  23. Famitsu, "2000-01-07,14" (JP; 1999-12-24), page 32
  24. Fun Generation, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-13), page 76
  25. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 1: January 2000" (US; xxxx-xx-xx), page 20
  26. GamePro, "December 1999" (US; 1999-1x-xx), page 190
  27. GamesMaster, "Christmas 1999" (UK; 1999-11-29), page 60
  28. Gamers' Republic, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-15), page 74
  29. Joypad, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 96
  30. MAN!AC, "12/99" (DE; 1999-11-03), page 48
  31. Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 63
  32. Mega Fun, "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-01), page 60
  33. Neo Plus, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 48
  34. Next Generation, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-23), page 104
  35. neXt Level, "Januar 2000" (DE; 1999-12-03), page 32
  36. Next Level, "Enero 2000" (AR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 23
  37. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 78
  38. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2000" (US; 1999-12-05), page 98
  39. Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 124
  40. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1999" (DE; 1999-11-01), page 18
  41. Video Games, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-20), page 108