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Revision as of 08:06, 25 October 2014

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Dynamite Headdy
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
SMPS/Treasure
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
CERO
Missing Parameter!

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 and Sega Game Gear. Tec Toy also brought it to the Sega Master System in Brazil. A Sega 32X port was planned, but cancelled due to the system's low popularity.

Story

On-stage Rampage! The curtain is raised, and the Treasure Theater puppet show begins. The star of the show is Dynamite Headdy, the guy with the coolest head on stage. But danger lurks backstage - rival Trouble Bruin wants to be star, and if he can't get his goal by winning the hearts of the audience, he'll do it by doing away with Headdy! But Trouble Bruin is small stuffing compared to Dark Demon, the doll who strives to rule the puppet world by converting the inhabitants into his evil minions! Most devastating are the Key Masters, who serve as Dark

Demon's elite guard

— EU manual


The game stars the rejected puppet named Headdy who has interchangeable heads. He must defeat the evil Dark Demon, an evil emperor who wishes to take over the land of puppets.

Gameplay

Dynamite Headdy 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.

Levels

NOTE: The translations used for this are from the M.I.J.E.T. patch.

Stage English Japanese Rough Translation
1-1 The Getaway ????????? Escape Hero!
2-1 Practice Arena ????????? Three Friends
2-N/A Meet Headcase ????????? Friend's Room
2-N/A Meet Hangman ????????? Friend's Room
2-N/A Meet Beau ????????? Friend's Room
2-2 Toys in the Hood ????????? North Town
2-3 Mad Dog and Headdy ????????? Concert Panic
3-1 Down Under ????????? Fire Carnival
3-2 Backstage Battle ????????? Backstage Battle
3-3 The Green Room ????????? Guest Area
3-4 Clothes Encounter ????????? Starlight Storm
4-1 Terminate Her Too ????????? South Town
4-2 Mad Mechs ????????? Working Gear
4-3 Mad Mechs 2 ????????? Restless Factory
4-4 Heathernapped ????????? Mystery Spot
5-1 Go Headdy Go ????????? Puppet Tower
5-2 Stair Wars ????????? Go Up!
5-3 Towering Internal ????????? Rolling Rolling
5-4 Spinderella ????????? On the Sky
6-1 The Flying Game ????????? Air Walker
6-2 Fly Hard ????????? Reckless Wheel
6-3 Fly Hard 2 ????????? Light Velocity
6-4 Baby Face ????????? Baby Face
7-1 Headdy Wonderland ????????? Paradise?
8-1 The Rocket Tier ????????? Fight!
8-2 Illegal Weapon 3 ????????? Missile Base
8-3 Fun Forgiven ????????? Radical Party
8-4 Vice Versa ????????? Reverse World
8-5 Twin Freaks ????????? Funny Angry
9-1 Fatal Contraption ????????? The Rival
9-2 Far Trek ????????? Brain Break!
9-3 Final Analysis ????????? Final Attack

History

Release

Localisation Changes

Dynamite Headdy suffered significant changes when brought over to a Western audience, with many Japanese-themed bosses altered and the entire game's dialogue being removed. Amongst the most significant changes are the level titles (now named to parody well-known movie titles e.g. Fly Hard/Die Hard) and the regularly-occurring bounty hunter "Maruyama", who was recoloured brown and renamed "Trouble Bruin". However, despite this, his musical score which has synthesized speech still says "Maruyama".

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.

Production Credits

Mega Drive Version

~In-game credits~
(In Japan)

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

(In America)

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

~Other credits~
Marketing Assistant: Lisa Best

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 №36, p120/121
92 №155
96
76 №22, p52/53
82 №37, p54
93 №25, p74/75/76/77
86 №25, p52/53
80 №1, p99, 101
90 №48, p94/95/96/97
71 №60, p62/63
83 №38, p56/57
Sega Mega Drive
86
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[2]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
92
[3]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
92
[4]
Digitiser (UK)
92
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
76
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[7]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
60
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[9]
Freak (IL)
84
[10]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
96
[11]
Game Players (US)
96
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[13]
GamePro (DE) PAL
87
[14]
GamesMaster (UK)
76
[15]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
89
[16]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
93
[17]
Game Informer (US)
80
[18]
Joypad (FR)
82
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
86
[20]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
83
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[22]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
90
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[24]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[25]
Player One (FR)
90
[26]
Play Time (DE)
84
[27]
Power Up! (UK)
92
[28]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
96
[29]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
71
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[32]
Todo Sega (ES)
93
[33]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
83
[34]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[35]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
83
Based on
36 reviews

Dynamite Headdy

Mega Drive, US
Dynamite Headdy MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Dynamite Headdy MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
Dynamite Headdy MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
DynamiteheaddycartEUR.JPG
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Dynamite Headdy MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
Dynamite Headdy MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP (実演用 Sample)

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
Dynamiteheaddy md br manual.pdf
Manual

Master System Version

Master System, BR
Dynamite Headdy SMS BR Box.jpg
Cover
DynamiteHeaddy SMS BR Cart.jpg
Cart

Game Gear Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75
90 №45, p52/53/54
54 №60, p62/63
Sega Game Gear
73
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Game Gear
N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Dynamite Headdy

Game Gear, US
DynamiteHeaddy GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngDynamiteHeaddy GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Dynamite Headdy GG US cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, EU
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Dynamite Headdy GG EU Box Back.jpgDynamite Headdy GG EU Box Spine.jpgDynamite Headdy GG EU box front.jpgDynamite Headdy GG EU Box Spine2.jpg
Dynamite Headdy GG EU Box Bottom.jpg
Cover
Dynamite Headdy GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Dynamite Headdy GG EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, JP
DynamiteHeaddy GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Dynamite Headdy GG JP cart.jpg
Cart

External Links

  • 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
  • Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 68
  • Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-09)
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  • 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. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 80
  • 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, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
  • Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 54
  • 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