Tinhead

From Sega Retro

n/a

TinHead MDTitleScreen.png

Tinhead
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ballistic, Spectrum HoloByte
Developer:
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.5
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-119236
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Rerelease)

This teeny-tiny article needs some work. You can help us by expanding it.


Tinhead is a 1993 platforming run-and-gun developed by MicroProse and published by Ballistic. It was released exclusively in the US for the Sega Mega Drive, though plans appear to have been in place at one stage to bring it to Europe, where it was set to appear in March 1994.

Gameplay

You control a robot named Tinhead, who has to rescue the stars of the galaxy scattered about the planets by Grim Squidge while answering a distress call picked up by a space station. Tinhead's method of attack is shooting a ball from under his helmet in one of three directions with B: diagonally up, straight forward, or diagonally downward/bouncing; use A to change which direction to fire in. C jumps.

The game was re-released the following year, now with Spectrum HoloByte responsible for publishing.

Magazine articles

Main article: Tinhead/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [2]
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
64
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[5]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
87
[6]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
48
[7]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[2]
Sega Mega Drive
63
Based on
6 reviews

Tinhead

Mega Drive, US (Ballistic)
Tinhead MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Tinhead md us cart.jpg
Cart
Tinhead MD US Manual Ballistic.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
(Spectrum HoloByte)
Tinhead MD US Box SpectrumHolobyte.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 d6724b84
MD5 18763de130d8fa52a8dabbcafa8e7185
SHA-1 e5acf758e76c95017a6ad50ab0f6ae2db5c9e8bc
1MB 1994-04 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 88
  2. 2.0 2.1 VideoGames, "September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 72
  3. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 244
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
  5. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 363
  6. Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
  7. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 201