Metal Head

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Metal Head

System(s): Sega 32X

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Sound driver: SMPS 68000

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Action Shooting^[1], Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-02-24^[2]	¥7,8007,800	GM-4008
US	1995-02^[3]		84511
EU	1995-04		84511-50
PT
UK	1995-04^[4]	£59.9959.99^[5]^[6]	84511-50
AU	1995-04^[7]	$99.9599.95^[7]	FMET01SXC
BR	1995		152060
AS	1995		84511

Metal Head (メタルヘッド) is a Sega 32X action game developed and published by Sega.

Gameplay

Metal Head is an early first-person shooter, in which the player controls a bipedal mech tasked with destroying enemies on the map. It is one of the few 32X games to take place in a full 3D environment (with textured polygons), though comes at the expense of relatively low draw distances and frame rates (averaging between 10FPS and 12FPS during gameplay). There is also a large amount of digitized speech.

Despite the US box claiming otherwise, Metal Head is a single player game.

History

Development

Metal Head was first announced in mid-1994, although at the time the game was in a very early state of production, with the only available footage being pre-rendered scenes and technical demos. It was originally planned to be a launch title for the 32X, however a series of troubles put the game back a few months until early 1995.

Production credits

Producer: Koichi Nagata
Director: Masahide Kobayashi
Metal Head Team Leader: Masahiro Wakayama
Chief Graphic Designer: Koichi Sasaki
Graphics Designer: Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Tsutomu Nakatsugawa, Kazuki Aizawa, Maiko Kitagawa
Chief Programmer: Masahiro Wakayama
Programmer: Naoki Kobayashi, Akio Setsumasa, Takeshi Sakakibara, Nobuyuki Tanioka
Main Planner: Ryutaro Nonaka
Planner: Katsunori Yamaji, Hideki Anbo
Additional Graphics: Akio Setsumasa, Norihiro Sekine
Sound Designer: Jun Senoue, Atsumu Miyazawa, Yoshiaki Kashima, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Text Coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Character Voices: David Leytze, Steve Ray Burton, Henry Giesen, James Spahn, Scott Alexander
Special Thanks: Tatsutoshi Narita, Shinji Kawahira, Naoyuki Machida, Norihiro Sekine, Koji Umeda, and All Testers
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Source:

In-game credits^[8]

Producer: Jesse Taylor
Marketing Manager: Haven Dubrul
Associate Producer: Greg Becksted
Lead Testers: Atom Ellis, Peter Clark, Dave Dodge
Testers: Rick Greer, John Melchoir, Roger Somerville, Peter Trkovksy, Mark Subotnick, Edward Riel, Jon Ries, Joe Cain, Rachel Briston, Jennifer Vernon, Patrick Tello, Arnold Feener, Jason Friedman, Erick Simonich, Dana Green, Kenneth Ratcliff, Stan Weaver, Bart Larrenaga, Leonard Sayers, Ilya Reeves, Crisi Albertson, Chris Lucich, Howard Gipson
Special Thanks: Anne Jordan, Shelly Berliner, Clint Dyer, Eric Smith
Manual: Wendy Dinsmore

Source:

US manual^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: Metal Head/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

NL flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-03: "March 1995" (1995-02-08)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #43: "Abril 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

56

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

78

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

87

^[4]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

84

^[13]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

48

^[15]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[16]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[17]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[19]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[6]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[20]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

89

^[21]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

67

^[22]

Mega (UK)

PAL

87

^[23]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

82

^[24]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[25]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

50

^[26]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

87

^[5]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[27]

Player One (FR)

72

^[28]

Play Time (DE)

70

^[29]

Power Up! (UK)

74

^[30]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[31]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[32]

Sega News (CZ)

85

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[35]

Sega Force (SE)

99

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[38]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[39]

Top Consoles (FR)

65

^[40]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

71

^[41]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

69

^[42]

VideoGames (US)

80

^[43]

	73
Based on 36 reviews

Metal Head

32X, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

32X, PT

32X, AU
Cover
Cart

32X, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, Asia
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Metal Head/Technical information.

References

Metal Head
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Credits \| Hidden content \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: 1994-11-14 \| 11-21 \| 11-28 \| 12-02 \| 12-07 B \| 12-07 \| 12-09 \| 12-13 \| 12-14 \| 12-20

[:File:Metalhead_32x_jp_frontcover.jpg_p-1] File:Metalhead 32x jp frontcover.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130619133127.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2F32x.2Fsoft.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/32x/soft.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-06-19 13:31)

[:File:EGM_US_067.pdf_p136-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 136

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p90-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 90

[:File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p66-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-30), page 66

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p14-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 14

[:File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf_p28-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 28

[:File:Metal_Head_32X_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Metal Head 32X credits.pdf

[:File:Metalhead_32x_us_manual.pdf_p20-9] File:Metalhead 32x us manual.pdf, page 20

[10] GamesMaster, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 68

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_07.pdf_p126-11] CD Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 126

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_043.pdf_p122-12] Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122

[digitiser1995-04-06-13] Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-06)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p80-14] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:EGM_US_069.pdf_p36-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[16] Famitsu, "1995-03-03" (JP; 1995-02-17), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0303.pdf_p25-17] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 25

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0804.pdf_p45-18] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 45

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p62-19] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:GameInformer_US_024.pdf_p54-20] Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_042.pdf_p100-21] Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-04.pdf_p46-22] MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 46

[:File:Mega_UK_29.pdf_p30-23] Mega, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-xx), page 30

[:File:MegaForce_FR_39.pdf_p78-24] Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-04.pdf_p76-25] Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 76

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_06.pdf_p64-26] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:NextGeneration_US_04.pdf_p92-27] Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 92

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_053.pdf_p103-28] Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 103

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-05.pdf_p106-29] Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106

[30] Power Up!, "Saturday, April 15, 1995" (UK; 1995-04-15), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-05_19950515.pdf_p48-31] Saturn Fan, "1995 May" (JP; 1995-04-07), page 48

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_14.pdf_p80-32] Sega Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 80

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p35-33] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:SegaPower_UK_65.pdf_p57-34] Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 57

[:File:SegaPro_UK_43.pdf_p48-35] Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 48

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_03.pdf_p20-36] Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 20

[:File:SSM_JP_19950301_1995-03.pdf_p131-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1995" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 131

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:TodoSega_ES_24.pdf_p34-39] Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_03.pdf_p92-40] Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_05.pdf_p79-41] Ultimate Future Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-02), page 79

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-04.pdf_p89-42] Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 89

[:File:VideoGames_US_75.pdf_p72-43] VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

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Metal Head

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References