Dynamite Headdy
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Developer: Treasure M2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SMPS 68000 (Treasure) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2], Adventure[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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 Show begins. The star of the show is Dynamite Headdy, the guy with the coolest head on stage. But danger lurks backstage—Trouble Bruin, a henchman of Dark Demon, stirs up trouble as he tries to do away with Headdy! But Trouble Bruin is small stuffing compared to Dark Demon, who strives to rule the world by converting the inhabitants into his evil minions! Most devastating are the Keymasters, who serve as Dark Demon's elite guard. | „ |
— US manual[20] |
The game stars Headdy, a heroic puppet with interchangeable heads who was captured, but was rejected and has escaped from incineration. He must defeat the evil Dark Demon, an evil emperor who wishes to take over the land of puppets. Along the way, he will encounter Heather/Fingy, a mysterious female puppet who collects the keys that Headdy recovers from defeating Dark Demon's Keymasters, and Trouble Bruin/Maruyama, a bear doll who lurks backstage to pursue Headdy at every turn possible in order to defeat him and take over the show.
Gameplay
As a platformer, Dynamite Headdy sees the player travel across nine levels known as "Scenes", each of which are split into multiple levels. The core mechanic of the game is Headdy's head, which can detach from his body in eight directions for a variety of purposes, the most common of which is to attack enemies. Besides attacking, Headdy can also use his head to interact with other objects such as boxes and switches, or to grab on to HangMan to pull himself to high places or to bring platforms into reach. Headdy can also upgrade his head with many temporary Power Up Heads provided to him by HeadCase; Headdy can only use them for a short amount of time, but most of them can be cancelled at any time by pressing .
As a common staple of Treasure-developed games, the game has multiple bosses to fight, with Scenes even having multiple mini-bosses that appear at specific points. Major bosses, known as Keymasters, are encountered in the final level of each Scene, and a character named Beau will appear to indicate their weak points to the player. Secret Bonus Points are hidden all over each Scene in the game, and are found by meeting certain conditions such as defeating specific enemies or mini-bosses, destroying certain targets, or attacking Bino. Finding Secret Bonus Points only serves to increase the player's score at the end of each Scene.
Dynamite Headdy is known for its difficulty level, with the International releases being made significantly harder than the Japanese version. The game also 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. All the characters that Headdy interacts with are all living toys and puppets.
Items
Big 500 | |
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Awards 500 points. | |
Banana | |
Restores a portion of Headdy's health. | |
1-UP | |
Awards an extra life. | |
Continue | |
Several of these are dropped by defeated Keymasters. Collect 13 of them in the International version, or 10 in the Japanese version, to get a continue. |
Power Up Heads
Scenes
Intermission bonus game
If the player picks up a Liberty Head in certain levels, they will be transported to the Intermission bonus game. This is a basketball style mini-game in which the objective is to use Headdy's head to hit the balls into the baskets marked with Star icons and reach a certain number of points. The ball machines at the bottom of the screen will provide an endless stream of basketballs to shoot, but they will occasionally fire bombs that will hurt the player. Once a ball touches the ground, it turns blue and can't be used. The hoops continuously scroll to the left, and each one is marked with an icon that has different effects:
Star | |
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These baskets must be shot at for points to clear the bonus game. | |
Basketball | |
Doubles the speed of which the ball machines will fire balls and bombs. | |
Slow | |
Slows down the hoops for a few seconds, making it easier to score. | |
Key | |
Destroys one of the ball machines, therefore they must be avoided. |
The bonus game will end in failure if both ball machines are destroyed, the player takes too much damage from bombs or they cancel the Liberty Head by pressing . After the bonus game ends, the player will be returned to where they found the Liberty Head.
However, if the player successfully makes the required number of shots, they will clear the bonus game and will be awarded a secret number, which they will need to use at the end of the game. The secret numbers earned from the bonus game are randomly generated for each playthrough. There are a total of four bonus games that must be played to get all four secret numbers, but there are only six opportunities in the game to play the bonus game. The number of points the player needs to score is increased by five for each successive bonus game, and bombs appear more frequently.
History
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, Sega Mega Drive Classics, and the Japanese and Western models of the Mega Drive Mini.
Versions
Version history
- Main article: Dynamite Headdy/Changelog.
System | Version | Size | Date | Comment | Ref | Icon | |
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4.1.1 | 148.9MB | 2020-01-09 | [21] | ||||
2.0.2 | 155.7MB | 2019-06-03 | [22] | ||||
2.0.0 | 2019-01-31 | [22] | |||||
1.2.2 | 2018-10-31 | [22] | |||||
1.2.0 | 137.6MB | 2018-08-06 | [23] | ||||
1.1.0 | 2018-05-08 | [23] | |||||
1.0 | 2018-04-18 | [23] | |||||
4.1.1 | 60MB | 2020-01-09 | [3] | (info) (59.54 MB)
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2.0.1 | 48MB | 2019-06-03 | [24] | (info) (48.23 MB)
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2.0.0 | 47MB | 2019-01-31 | [25] | (info) (47.41 MB)
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1.2.2 | 47MB | 2018-11-01 | [26] | (info) (46.72 MB)
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1.2.1 | 45MB | 2018-08-06 | [27] | (info) (44.98 MB)
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1.1.1 | 45MB | 2018-05-09 | [28] | (info) (44.98 MB)
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1.0.0 | 43MB | 2018-04-18 | [28] | (info) (42.96 MB)
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Downloadable content
Title and description | Links | Releases |
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Premium Upgrade
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Production credits
- 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
- Cover artist: Osamu Muto
Digital manuals
- DynamiteHeaddy MD US digital manual.pdf
Mega Drive Mini US manual
- DynamiteHeaddy MD EU digital manual.pdf
Mega Drive Mini EU manual
- DynamiteHeaddy MD JP digital manual.pdf
Mega Drive Mini JP manual
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dynamite Headdy/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Dynamite Headdy/Promotional material.
Artwork
Sega Forever icon
Physical scans
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Based on 37 reviews |
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[76] | Page | |||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-06-16 | CD-R disc[77] | Page | |||||||||
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2MB | 1994-06-14 | CD-R disc[78] | File on disc was named "CABEZA" (Spanish for "head") | Page | ||||||||
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2MB | 1994-04 | Page |
External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
- Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU
- Dynamite Headdy on Steam
- Dynamite Headdy on Google Play
- Dynamite Headdy on iTunes: US, UK
References
- ↑ File:Dynamite Headdy MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Google Play (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2020-05-02 23:52)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 68
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 52
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 36
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/dynamite_headdy (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 00:05)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Dynamite-Headdy--277050.html (archive.today)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 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)
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19735&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:02)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 https://steamdb.info/app/211201/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-22 17:12)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 http://steamdb.info/app/211201/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:20)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 https://steamdb.info/app/211201/history/?changeid=5755268
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.9 http://steamdb.info/app/211201/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-08 21:07)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 @SEGAForever on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:26)
- ↑ File:Dynamite Headdy MD US Manual.pdf, page 4
- ↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989 (Wayback Machine: 2020-01-25 03:47)
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989 (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-20 22:14)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989?mt=8 (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:32)
- ↑ Google Play (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-07 04:34)
- ↑ Google Play (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2019-04-08 22:35)
- ↑ APKPure (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2019-04-08 22:36)
- ↑ Google Play (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:21)
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 APKPure (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:36)
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 https:/twitter.com/SEGAForever/status/985973235949932544 (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:26)
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989?mt=8 (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-20 01:51)
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989?mt=8 (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:29)
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/dynamite-headdy-classic/id1324013989?mt=8 (Wayback Machine: 2018-10-18 00:13)
- ↑ Google Play (com.sega.dynamite.classic) (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-19 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 19 (21)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 68-70 (68)
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 78-79 (80)
- ↑ GamesMaster, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-22), page 52-53 (52)
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 54
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 74-77 (74)
- ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99/101 (105)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 65
- ↑ 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, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-22), page 52
- ↑ 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, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 16
- ↑ Game Informer, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 74
- ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
- ↑ 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
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