Die Hard Arcade
From Sega Retro
| Die Hard Arcade | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn | |||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||
| Developer: Sega AM1, Sega Technical Institute | |||||
| Genre: Action | |||||
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Die Hard Arcade known as Dynamite Deka (ダイナマイト刑事) in Japan is an arcade beat-em up developed by both Sega AM1 and Sega Technical Institute. It was published by Sega for the Sega Titan Video arcade platform before being ported to the Sega Saturn in 1996 and 1997 respectively. It was the last title Sega Technical Institute worked on before it was dissolved.
Die Hard Arcade had its Die Hard license brought in very late within the game's development cycle and is completely absent in the Japanese release of Dynamite Deka. It is nevertheless clearly inspired by the first Die Hard movie (which in turn was inspired by a novel, Nothing Last Forever), taking place entirely within the confinds of a skyscraper. The male protagonist (known as Bruno Delinger in the Japanese version) also bears a slight resemblance to John McClane, the protagonist of the movie.
Contents
Gameplay
The game involves having to save the president's daughter from a group of terrorists who have taken over a skyscraper. As well as beat 'em up sections, there are also quick time events which can save the player the trouble of having to fight more opponents.
Sequels and Re-releases
When released on the Sega Saturn, the game came bundled with a version of Sega's 1979 arcade game Deep Scan. Each 200 points earned in Deep Scan gives the player credits in Die Hard Arcade.
Dynamite Deka was followed by Dynamite Deka 2 on the Dreamcast/Sega Model 2. This game was known as Dynamite Cop outside of Japan. The story would be continued in Dynamite Deka EX, also known as Asian Dynamite, and the game would be remade in the form of Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka.
Production Credits
Arcade Version
- Program Work
Chief Programmer: Hiroshi Ando
Enemy Programmer: Masanobu Yamamoto
Sub Programmer: Teruji Abe
- Art Work
Chief Artist: Kunitake Aoki, Tatsuto Kumada
Model Artist: Joe Stephenson, Stieg Hedlund, Andrew Mundy, Betty Cunningham
Player Model Artist: Taku Makino, Yoshiaki Aoki, Hideyuki Katoh
Animation Artist: Dean Ruggles, Tom Tobey, Makoto Uchida, Greg Hancock
Back Ground Scr: Alan Ackerman
Illustrator: Tony De Zuniga
Art Manager: Bob Steele
- Sound Work
Sound Director: Howard Drossin
- Special Thanks
Hiro, Paul Sears, Youichi Ueda, Robert Morgan, David Leytze, Richard Hideshima, Tohru Nakabayashi, Kouji Ooto, Yuko L. Isoda, Kohji Tanuma, Sachiko Amano, Masayuki Ao, Naoko Takahashi, Susumi Hirai, Morikuni Kubo, Shinichiro Okumoto, Masamoto Morita
Producer: Roger Hector, Rikiya Nakagawa, Makoto Uchida
Executive Producer: Hisashi Suzuki
Game Design & Directed by: Makoto Uchida
Physical Scans
Sega Titan Video Version
Saturn Version
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