Evil Dead: Hail to the King

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Evil Dead: Hail to the King
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: THQ
Developer:
Licensor: Renaissance Pictures, Canal+ DA
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
US
T-10003N
ESRB: Mature 17+
Sega Dreamcast
DE
T-10005D-83
USK: 16
Sega Dreamcast
ES
T-10005D-05
aDeSe: 16+
Sega Dreamcast
FR
T-10005D-80
SELL: 12+
Sega Dreamcast
UK
£29.9929.99[7][8] T-10005D-05
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
DE/FR
T-10005D-83
Sega Dreamcast
ES/UK
T-10005D-05
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Non-Sega versions

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Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game released for the Sega Dreamcast. It is based on the Evil Dead film franchise, with a story that takes place after the third film, Army of Darkness.

Gameplay

Hail to the King follows the survival horror formula popularised by the likes of Resident Evil, with pre-rendered backgrounds, fixed cameras and "tank" controls.

History

Legacy

A sequel, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, with very different gameplay would be released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2003.

Magazine articles

Main article: Evil Dead: Hail to the King/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #137: "December 2000" (2000-10-30)
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Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #19: "May 2001" (2001-04-05)
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Print advert in Hyper (AU) #92: "June 2001" (2001-04-25)
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Physical scans

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Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
85
[10]
Ação Games (BR)
65
[11]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
42
[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
45
[13]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[14]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
58
[15]
GamePlay RPG (FR) NTSC-U
61
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
55
[17]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
39
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
37
[19]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[20]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
50
[21]
Play (PL)
59
[22]
Power Unlimited (NL)
40
[23]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
40
[24]
Sega Dreamcast
54
Based on
16 reviews

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Manual
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Inlay
Dreamcast, FR
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, FR/DE
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, UK/ES
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Cover
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Disc
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Reg Card

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. http://www.ebworld.com:80/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-13 17:23)
  2. http://www.micromania.fr:80/zooms/?ref=18991 (Wayback Machine: 2002-10-30 12:42)
  3. http://www.amazon.fr:80/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/557792/ref=vg_brbx_c_1_1/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-28 02:00)
  4. http://www.amazon.de:80/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004YSSM (Wayback Machine: 2004-04-28 00:30)
  5. http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=4449 (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-30 17:37)
  6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/300720/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-08-03 10:58)
  7. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2001" (UK; 2001-06-21), page 59
  8. 8.0 8.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 23" (UK; 2001-06-14), page 52
  9. http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=17154&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-10 21:53)
  10. 576 Konzol, "Február 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 38
  11. Ação Games, "Fevereiro 2001" (BR; 2001-xx-xx), page 52
  12. Consoles +, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 116
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 2001" (US; 2001-02-06), page 113
  14. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 68
  15. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 73
  16. GamePlay RPG, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 39
  17. GamePro, "March 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 93
  18. Game Informer, "March 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 79
  19. MAN!AC, "09/2001" (DE; 2001-08-01), page 50
  20. Next Generation, "April 2001" (US; 2001-03-20), page 85
  21. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2001" (UK; 2001-06-21), page 58
  22. Play, "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
  23. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 6, Juni 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 57
  24. Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Junio 2001" (ES; 2001-05-25), page 44


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