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Metal Head
Metal Head for Sega 32X.jpg
Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Platform(s) Sega 32X
Release date(s) 1994
Genre(s) Action, Simulation
Mode(s) One player
Rating(s) ESRB Kids To Adults
Media cartridge
System requirements Sega Genesis, and 32X attachment
Input methods Standard controller

Metal Head is a 3D First-person shooter video game developed and published by Sega and released for the Sega 32X add-on for the Sega Mega Drive, allowing for full, texture-mapped polygons.

Story

Five years after the 'World Federation' was established strife and war are still rise. In order to keep the peace the Federation Armed Forces, part of the Federation Police, build fully armed, bipedal Mechs also known as 'Metal Heads'. The Metal Head's success causes an over militarization of the countries of the Federation.

A sudden and chaotic revolution led by terrorists, armed with their own fully armed Mechs breaks out and the terrorists take control of a whole country. The Player (in a Metal Head) is sent in with his team to liberate the country's capital.

You start in a small boarder town and work your way into to reach the capital.

Gameplay

Metal Head's levels are broken down into missions, though most of the missions are to destroy all of the enemies in that particular area using the Mech's various projectile weapons. The time the user have remaining for each mission will count down and is displayed below the power gauge health bar. Before each mission a talking head appears of presumably one of the superior commanders in the Federation Armed Forces/Federation Police, and will instruct the user of the objective of the mission, which includes full voice-acting. A summary of the current mission will also appear when the game is paused.

Designed for Sega's 6-button controller, the games uses a first-person view looking through the windshield of one of the game's 'Metal Head' mechs. Below the screen is a control panel displaying the remaining health status, represented by a power-gauge and a percentage number, the time the user has remaining for the mission, the weapon the user is currently accessing and a screen displaying various other information for what is required (i.e. a 'miss' when the user does not hit an enemy target).

In the top-right of the quadrant of the screen is a map of the level. The user's vehicle is represented as a triangle and remaining enemies' vehicles are represented as pulsating circles, which allows navigation throughout each level.

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Metal Head
Box artwork for Metal Head.
Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Action, Simulation
System(s) Sega 32X, GameTap
Players 1
Rating(s)
ESRB: Kids to Adults

Metal Head is a mech simulation exclusive to the Sega 32X. It was poorly received, criticised for its simple enemy models and various graphical glitches.

The story revolves around the player exploring war-torn cities and performing various missions.

Table of Contents

Getting Started
  • Controls
  • Enemies
  • Equipment
Walkthrough
Appendices
  • Cheats

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Metal Head

Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Release date Sega 32X:
February 24, 1995 (NA)
Genre Tank Simulator
Mode(s) Single player
Age rating(s) ESRB: K-A
Sega 32X
Platform(s) Sega 32X
Input Sega Genesis Controller
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough



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