Dynamite Headdy

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Dynamite Headdy is a platformer video game developed by Treasure. It was released in 1994 by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System. A port for the Sega 32X was planned, but was cancelled due to the system's low popularity.

 

 

Headdy, the central protagonist of the game, arrives in North Town to find that the evil puppet King Dark Demon is in the midst of attacking the puppet town to select which of the peaceful toys should live and which should be converted into his evil minions. Headdy is captured and rejected by D.D.'s forces, and is dropped into the dust cargo to be thrown into the incinerator. However, Headdy escapes the clutches of Dark Demon's minions and sets off to defeat the evil king.

However, trouble is afoot. Not only is the puppet world filled with Dark Demon's minions, but to reach the evil overlord's castle Headdy must defeat Dark Demon's Keymasters, who serve as the king's elite guard. To make matters worse, Headdy is followed by Trouble Bruin (Maruyama), a puppet jealous of Headdy's success. Trouble Bruin wants to be the star instead of Headdy, and will stop at nothing to get rid of him.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R79sZo7jFo

Dynamite Headdy is one of the more interesting games I've come across with one of the more wacky looking aesthetics. I do like how Headdy has all the different heads with different powers (The vacuum head is my favorite). I wish I had known of it's existence when I was a kid because I would've liked to see this under the Christmas tree or in front of my birthday cake. I highly recommend this game so if you still have a working Sega Genesis, MAster System, or GameGear, see if you can hunt down a copy or emulate it, I won't judge.

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