Dynamite Headdy
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Virtual Console, Steam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Treasure, Minato Giken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SMPS/Treasure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
Story
“ | On-stage Rampage! The curtain is raised, and the Treasure Theater puppet show begins. The star of the show is Dynamite Headdy, the guy with the coolest head on stage. But danger lurks backstage - rival Trouble Bruin wants to be star, and if he can't get his goal by winning the hearts of the audience, he'll do it by doing away with Headdy! But Trouble Bruin is small stuffing compared to Dark Demon, the doll who strives to rule the puppet world by converting the inhabitants into his evil minions! Most devastating are the Key Masters, who serve as Dark
Demon's elite guard |
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— EU manual |
The game stars the rejected puppet named Headdy who has interchangeable heads. He must defeat the evil Dark Demon, an evil emperor who wishes to take over the land of puppets.
Gameplay
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.
Levels
NOTE: The translations used for this are from the M.I.J.E.T. patch.
Stage | English | Japanese | Rough Translation |
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1-1 | The Getaway | ????????? | Escape Hero! |
2-1 | Practice Arena | ????????? | Three Friends |
2-N/A | Meet Headcase | ????????? | Friend's Room |
2-N/A | Meet Hangman | ????????? | Friend's Room |
2-N/A | Meet Beau | ????????? | Friend's Room |
2-2 | Toys in the Hood | ????????? | North Town |
2-3 | Mad Dog and Headdy | ????????? | Concert Panic |
3-1 | Down Under | ????????? | Fire Carnival |
3-2 | Backstage Battle | ????????? | Backstage Battle |
3-3 | The Green Room | ????????? | Guest Area |
3-4 | Clothes Encounter | ????????? | Starlight Storm |
4-1 | Terminate Her Too | ????????? | South Town |
4-2 | Mad Mechs | ????????? | Working Gear |
4-3 | Mad Mechs 2 | ????????? | Restless Factory |
4-4 | Heathernapped | ????????? | Mystery Spot |
5-1 | Go Headdy Go | ????????? | Puppet Tower |
5-2 | Stair Wars | ????????? | Go Up! |
5-3 | Towering Internal | ????????? | Rolling Rolling |
5-4 | Spinderella | ????????? | On the Sky |
6-1 | The Flying Game | ????????? | Air Walker |
6-2 | Fly Hard | ????????? | Reckless Wheel |
6-3 | Fly Hard 2 | ????????? | Light Velocity |
6-4 | Baby Face | ????????? | Baby Face |
7-1 | Headdy Wonderland | ????????? | Paradise? |
8-1 | The Rocket Tier | ????????? | Fight! |
8-2 | Illegal Weapon 3 | ????????? | Missile Base |
8-3 | Fun Forgiven | ????????? | Radical Party |
8-4 | Vice Versa | ????????? | Reverse World |
8-5 | Twin Freaks | ????????? | Funny Angry |
9-1 | Fatal Contraption | ????????? | The Rival |
9-2 | Far Trek | ????????? | Brain Break! |
9-3 | Final Analysis | ????????? | Final Attack |
History
Release
Localisation changes
Dynamite Headdy suffered significant changes when brought over to a Western audience, with many Japanese-themed bosses altered and the entire game's dialogue being removed. Amongst the most significant changes are the level titles (now named to parody well-known movie titles e.g. Fly Hard/Die Hard) and the regularly-occurring bounty hunter "Maruyama", who was recoloured brown and renamed "Trouble Bruin". However, despite this, his musical score which has synthesized speech still says "Maruyama".
Legacy
Translation group M.I.J.E.T. restored and translated the cut dialogue in a translation patch made in 2007.
The game has also been released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, and was included in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Producer: Kafuichi
- Main Programmer: Masato Maegawa
- Programmers: Keiji Fujita, SRK, Yaiman
- Support Programmer: Kazuhiko Ishida
- Character Designers: Koichi Kimura, Makoto Ogino
- Background Designers: Kouichi Kimura, Kaname Shindoh
- Guest Designer: Tenkabito
- Sound Producer: Nazo²Suzuki
- Sound Effects: Satoshi Murata
- Music Composers: Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, Kouji, Aki, Non
- Public Relations: Hiroyuki, Take
- Director: Hiroshi Asoh
- Special Thanks to: PP, Etsuko
- Interpreters: Shinobu Shindoh, James Spahn
- Producer: Max Taylor
- Game Testers: Ben Szymkowiak, Maria Tuzzo, Darin Johnston, Matt McKnight, Rey Alferez, Alex Villagran, Fernando Valderrama, Christine Watson, Aaron Hommes, Jeff Loney, Mark Griffin, Kim Rogers, Atom Ellis, Alex Fairchild, John Jansen, Janine Cook, David Forster, Ben Cureton, Jeff Kessler, Dave Martin, Greg Vogt, Mark Paniagua
- Interpreter: Jill Alexander
- Product Manager: Pamela Kelly
- Developed by: Treasure™
- Published by: Sega™ 1994
- Marketing Assistant: Lisa Best
Digital manuals
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dynamite Headdy/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Dynamite Headdy/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Mega Drive, EU |
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50x50px Manual |
Mega Drive, JP (Jitsuenyou Sample) |
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Master System version
Game Gear version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1994-06 | Cartridge (US/EU) | ||||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-08 | Cartridge (JP) | ||||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-06-22 | CD-R disc[51] | Page | |||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-06-16 | CD-R disc[52] | Page | |||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-06-14 | CD-R disc[53] | File on disc was named "CABEZA" (Spanish for "head") | Page | ||||||||
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2MB | 1994-04 | Page | ||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (BR) | |||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (JP) | |||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
- Dynamite Headdy on Steam
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:EGM US 061.pdf, page 130
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:EGM US 061.pdf, page 146
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/dynamite_headdy (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 00:05)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/c6hDuIcxzUIMK7TqmLH6A-RaZjKnCtot (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:42)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/04.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:40)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_headdy/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-08-13 08:02)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://steamdb.info/app/211201/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-22 17:12)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 http://steamdb.info/app/211201/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:20)
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-08.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:EGM US 062.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 21
- ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 120
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-09)
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 33
- ↑ Famitsu, "1994-08-12" (JP; 1994-07-29), page 40
- ↑ Freak, "11/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 51
- ↑ GamePro, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ GamePro, "Oktober 1994" (DE; 1994-09-30), page 50
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 7" (1994-11-01, 24:00) (+9:24)
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 13
- ↑ Game Informer, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 16
- ↑ Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 14
- ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 48
- ↑ Mega Fun, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-21), page 61
- ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 94
- ↑ Play Time, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-05), page 104
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, November 05, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-05), page 1
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 84
- ↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 62
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 56
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 50
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 60
- ↑ Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 101
- ↑ VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ File:EGM US 062.pdf, page 38
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