![]() ![]() However, these opportunities feel a bit underutilized. A couple of bosses require efficiently managing which heads to choose and when. You’re usually given a choice of two or three heads at various points, which can potentially alter the course you take through a level. ![]() There are eighteen heads altogether, including the three you can use in the side-scrolling shooter stage. ![]() Certain heads will make you temporarily invincible, shrink in size or stop time. The Vacuum Head lets you suck up both enemies and power-ups Kirby-style. A Hammer Head amplifies attack power and can destroy certain blocks. Additionally, Headdy can pick up a slew of optional heads, each having a unique and different power. He can fire it in 8 directions, and can grab and pull himself up onto platforms using his beak-like mouth, similar to Ronald’s handkerchiefs in McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure, another Treasure game for the Genesis. Pressing the B button sends Headdy’s cranium out about 3 feet or so in front of him to bash enemies. While also being the protagonist’s name, the “Headdy” refers to the fact that your head is your weapon. What most gamers missed here was yet another game that made an attempt to innovate in mechanics and further refine the level design of its genre all while remaining a blast to play.ĭynamite Headdy has its central gameplay element imbedded in its title. Well, that and the fact that it is a textbook example of Japanese quirk released at a time when the market was not quite ready for it. Partially a victim of its time, Dynamite Headdy was released into an unforgiving market suffering through a deluge games starring wannabe mascot characters dropped into run-of-the-mill platform games. Though critically acclaimed, it never reached mainstream US popularity, much like the more recent Beyond Good & Evil and Psychonauts. Like its immediate predecessor, it is a side-scrolling platform game stuffed with some interesting mini-games and boss encounters. Dynamite Headdy was Treasure’s second foray into an original IP. ![]()
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