Two Crude Dudes

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Two Crude Dudes
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Data East
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Data East
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-13063
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9549.95[1] T-13026
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1141
Sega Mega Drive
AU

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Two Crude Dudes, known as Crude Buster (クルードバスター) in Japan, is an arcade action-sidescroller developed by Data East. It was brought to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991.

The soundtrack was ported by Hitoshi Sakimoto. Some sound effects are identical to the ones found in Verytex and Midnight Resistance, games he also worked on.

Gameplay

C jumps, B is for punches and kicks and A is for grabbing objects and enemies. Controls can be remapped in the options screen. The protagonists can throw around rocks, billboards, cars etc. without breaking a sweat. Compared to many other games in the genre, physical attacks have low damage ratings and very poor reach, aside from jump kicks. Therefore throws and and jump kicks should mainly be used, which can be confusing at first.

The game has a total of 6 stages. All enemies must be defeated in order to progress. A boss awaits at the end of each stage.

A vendor machine bonus stage after each regular stage was added. Breaking the machine gives the player and extra life, but little score and just a little life can be replentished. Not breaking the machine but instead drinking as much coke as possible gives score and health, but no extra life

The player may choose from three difficulty levels. On higher difficulty settings, more enemies appear, while damage ratings are unaffected.

Versions

Compared to the Arcade version

  • As usual for the era, not all graphics and sound effects (esp. voice samples) could be ported due to space limitations
  • The color palette is brighter and more saturated, some of these changes are due to palette restrictions (e.g. player character and many enemies sharing the same palette), while others (e.g. sky color) seem deliberate.
  • The Sega Mega Drive version has considerable less slowdown than the arcade release
  • Beer cans have been replaced with Cola cans
  • The vendor machine bonus stage is new. It was a fixed cutscene in the Arcade release.
  • The enemy transporter helicopter has been replaced by a flying barge. ROM space restrictions or sprite amount issues could be a reason for this.

Compared to the Japanese version

  • Name change from "Crude Buster" to "Two Crude Dudes", also changed in all cutscenes
  • Possible censorship: A Santa Clause type enemy has been colored purple instead of red, mutant dogs have blue hair now instead of brown.

Region protection

  • The PAL version is not region protected and runs at full speed when forced into 60Hz mode. The game does not however change into "Crude Buster" when setting the console's region to Japan.

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Two Crude Dudes Two Crude Dudes
English (US) Two Crude Dudes Two Crude Dudes
Japanese クルードバスター Crude Buster

Magazine articles

Main article: Two Crude Dudes/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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JP print advert
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ES print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
73 [3]
73 [4]
60 [5]
89 [6]
96 [7]
61 [8]
40 №46
50 №1992-04, p85
85 [9]
85 [10]
85 [11]
86 №5, p95
43 №10, p79
80 №1, p65
87 №5, p48-51
79 [12]
34 №31, p94
38 №42, p38/39
91 [13]
91 №13, p23
89 №18, p68
72 №7, p60/61
Sega Mega Drive
 72
Based on
22 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[14]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[15]
Consoles + (FR)
60
[16]
Console XS (UK) PAL
91
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
89
[2]
Digitiser (UK)
70
[18]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[19]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
76
[20]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
60
[21]
Game Mania (UK)
86
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
96
[1]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
61
[8]
Games-X (UK)
40
[23]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[24]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
87
[25]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
85
[26]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
85
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
85
[11]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
86
[27]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[28]
Mega (UK)
43
[29]
Mega Action (UK)
80
[30]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
65
[31]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
87
[32]
Mean Machines (UK) NTSC-U
79
[33]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
79
[34]
Player One (FR)
34
[35]
Power Up! (UK)
52
[36]
Power Play (DE)
43
[37]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
38
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
91
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
91
[39]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[40]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
72
[41]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
78
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[43]
Supersonic (FR)
87
[44]
Video Games (DE)
61
[45]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
38 reviews

Two Crude Dudes

Mega Drive, US
CrudeBuster MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
TwoCrudeDudes MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
TCD MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
TwoCrudeDudes MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
CrudeBuster MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
CrudeBuster MD JP CartTop.jpg
CrudeBuster MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Crudebuster md jp manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1991-11-24 Page

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 42
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-15), page 28
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 34 (36)
  4. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 62/63 (62)
  6. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-15), page 28/29 (28)
  7. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-15), page 40 (42)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 86
  9. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-04-1x), page 92/93 (92)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 152
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 78
  12. ↑ Mean Machines, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-28), page 18-20 (18)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 42
  14. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 252
  15. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 36
  16. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 62
  17. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
  18. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-14)
  19. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 30
  20. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 112
  21. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 40
  22. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  23. ↑ Games-X, "12th-18th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-12), page 22
  24. ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 85
  25. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 116
  26. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-04-1x), page 92
  27. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  28. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115
  29. ↑ Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 79
  30. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  31. ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 62
  32. ↑ MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 48
  33. ↑ Mean Machines, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-28), page 18
  34. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  35. ↑ Player One, "Mai/Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-05-10), page 94
  36. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 08, 1993" (UK; 1993-05-08), page 1
  37. ↑ Power Play, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-15), page 144
  38. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 38
  39. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 23
  40. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  41. ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 60
  42. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 5
  43. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  44. ↑ Supersonic, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 22
  45. ↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 49
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