Game Gear Longplay [132] Dynamite Headdy (US)

www.longplays.org
Played by: Reinc
Headdy 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 be scrapped and which should be converted into his evil minions. Headdy is captured and rejected by Dark Demon'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, not only is the puppet world filled with Dark Demon's minions, but to reach the evil overlord's castle, Headdy must defeat Trouble Bruin/Maruyama, a puppet jealous of Headdy's success. He wants to be the star instead of Headdy, and will stop at nothing to get rid of him.
Dynamite Headdy is a 1994 action-platformer developed by Treasure and published by Sega. It was originally released for the Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, and Sega Master System. The main character, a puppet named Headdy, can throw his head at enemies to defeat them and use it to pull himself to various areas and move objects. The player can find a wide variety of heads which act as power-ups that provide different effects and alter gameplay.
The 8-bit versions of Dynamite Headdy are based on the original Mega Drive versions, but they have simplified plot, gameplay, levels and enemies, they are also much shorter. All Keymasters were replaced with Maruyama/Trouble Bruin's machines. The regional differences in these versions mostly repeat those on the Mega Drive, except for new sprites for some enemies - these versions' sprites only differ in palette.
The Japanese Game Gear version has no intro and no ending, which, together with easier enemies, makes it the least interesting one to play, it also slightly changes enemy placement in a couple instances, and adds a robot in the first level. The US Game Gear version has intro and ending, but has no congratulatory writing on curtains at the end. The Brazilian Master System version has more elaborate framing on some screens, but plays the same as the US Game Gear version otherwise.
I get all secret points. -
Disclaimer: Most videos by World of Longplays use SaveStates!

[@baalfgames5318]

Kid: Mom? Can we go home and play Dynamite Heady? Mom: We have Dynamite Heady in the car! Dynamite Heady in the car:

[@yoman8027]

To be fair, being able to play this on the go was a luxury back then.

[@Withfroggys]

Literal 😂😂😂

[@user-ms9qj8dn2r]

_Not sure if it was my young vision, or my screen magnifier, but I remember this game being much more smoother, with very vibrant colours, and more action. _*_Love the soundtrack still though!_*

[@HouseOfFunQM]

Hey I'm super late, but you may be accidentally remembering the Master System version? It was produced at a much higher resolution and ran much smoother than the Game Gear one.

[@cleanriver9958]

never knew there was a game gear version for this game

[@supakusuta]

There was also a Master System version of this released too, only in Brazil tho

[@Sinistar1983]

It feels like the developer made this by memory. And didn't check to ensure anything was in the right place.

[@Quenlin]

Dynamite Headdy: Gaslight

[@kiwibro6454]

It's got nice graphics, nice colors, the music is good but it's in the wrong places. but it's no where near as good as treasure's gunstar heroes gg port. Not that it should be on par with the genesis version but..look at how ristar turned out, or even the sonic games !

[@siriusxakanscaleguy7147]

Why is green twin freaks so darn happy? It makes me smile!

[@lynxez3302]

Look how they've massacred my child!

[@bjjackson7895]

The buget was so low they could not afford to hire the correct bosses.😠

[@vanmorgan855]

Pro tip: watch movies on flixzone. I've been using them for watching loads of movies recently.

[@kylennelson5043]

@Van Morgan yup, have been watching on Flixzone for years myself :)

[@FiftyFour54]

@@vanmorgan855 No U

[@ciayrrrr]

wooden dresser in genesis: i don't wear the same costume, i wear different costumes like an dragon and robot other than just an barbie girl wooden dresser in gamegear: i wear the same costume in 100 years before headdy kills me, what am i? an barbie fan

[@ciayrrrr]

fact: happy comecome used to be a mini-boss at 3 - 1 but it's now a secret boss in 2 - 2 in genesis version

[@ciayrrrr]

fact: rever face used to be a keymaster, but was replaced by baby face, causing reverface to be a chase boss

[@ciayrrrr]

fact: stepping up's ost is actually south town's ost going underground's ost is actually i sing (wooden dresser's ost)

[@toastybutondifferentacc5775]

I sing makes down under feel more insane than it actually is.

[@jess648]

they tried their best

[@axelguzman8432]

Que juego tan más impactante visualmente

[@2011supergamer]

Why does a way slower version of You're Izayoi play for litterally all the bosses?

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

Probably not enough time to make the game or music.

[@bgasman]

Great Job, but never played this game before!

[@gatorchomp3371]

I LOVED THIS GAME ON GAME GEAR

[@hoakcast]

Trust me, on Sega Mega Drive it's BETTER

[@whizzytheelephantadventure1063]

Still plays better than fortnite.

[@davidtomasovitch874]

Every boss is trouble bruin in this version but the theme is absent so they use the your lazy theme instead

[@thelastgames1666]

Yeah it's not as good as the Genesis Version but still nice overall port

[@DreaDreamzTV]

I didn't know there was a Game Gear versions tell Google play the actor games reversion to mobile

[@thehumbleone1983]

Looks good as it is but I’m sure this could have been so much better

[@Portalcrafter]

This is definitely a rushed game

[@MonkeyFromTurkey]

2:18 the sound here is kinda like something out of an ATARI 2600 game

[@shemarlosscott4103]

Cool game

[@barenyfuntime]

The other game is more fun because it has been on the genesis

[@marioandsonic25]

So we're not going to talk about the fact Heather is not in the game

[@pferreira1983]

I wish the SMS port was released in Europe.

[@astro-et8ys]

I wish it was released in america

[@pferreira1983]

@@astro-et8ys An SMS port? To be fair if they were going to release it Europe would get it as releases had stopped coming out for the SMS in the USA in the early 90's.

[@pferreira1983]

@@alelauguz Yeah that's unfortunate. Same goes for Ristar not having a SMS release.

[@astonquintanilla9301]

Very good for a gamegear game

[@ciayrrrr]

tarot in game gear version be like: i am speed

[@GameAlicornLuna]

They couldn't afford to get the actual bosses and made the understudy character play all of the bosses?

[@huneiii]

16:58 How trouble bruin and maryama were made

[@user-tx3cm8xe8f]

3:04 DAFUQ HAPEN HERE

[@rastaman108037]

14:42 for some reason I never could figure out how to beat this boss and ended up dropping this game. Think I was about 5. Shoulda just played it again and seen if I could figure it out this time. Not sure why though - he has an obvious weak point.

[@WeavilePro196]

You must send him to the corner and have his spinning wheel collide in the limits to free his weak point

[@ciayrrrr]

2 - ? on game gear: north town and south town combined

[@helloworld5555]

Wait. i saw tarot!

[@HitmakerShottie]

Lol

[@marwahalqaysi6334]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1: Full Game

[@gamet2004]

What even is this comment

[@theshinycharmander258]

ITS ALL TROUBLE BRUID

[@astro-et8ys]

BRUIN*

[@theshinycharmander258]

@@astro-et8ys GRAMMAR POLICE BAD STOP IT!

[@waterringtoss]

@Kieran Callahan Some bosses are controlled by Maruyama, Some bosses are not.

[@gameandstuff]

Why does this underpowered piece of plastic need nearly every SEGA Genesis game ported to it? It's like they think everybody wants to take their Genesis games with them but don't own a Nomad. This really does make no sense whatsoever.

[@gameandstuff]

Makes sense but still.

[@Gambit771]

How many people actually owned a nomad?

[@the757general2]

The Nomad was not released until late 1995 and only sold over 1 million units

[@MrAdil1977]

L

[@barenyfuntime]

This game is super bad

[@astro-et8ys]

Rude

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

No it’s not