Tinhead

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Tinhead
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ballistic, Spectrum HoloByte
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-119236
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Rerelease)

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.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №68, p72[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
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Cart
Tinhead MD US Manual Ballistic.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
(Spectrum HoloByte)
Tinhead MD US Box SpectrumHolobyte.jpg
Cover

References

  1. File:GamePro US 057.pdf, page 88
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:VideoGames US 68.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 68.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  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