Decap Attack is a 1991 platform game developed by Vic Tokai and published by Sega for the Genesis. The game is a westernized version of the 1990 Japanese Mega Drive game Magical Hat no Buttobi Tābo! Daibōken, with the art, plot, music, and level designs all being changed. Both are updates of the late 1980s games Kid Kool and Psycho Fox. The game has also been released as part of several emulated compilations.[3]
Plot
Chuck D. Head, a headless mummy created by mad scientist Dr Frank N. Stein and his assistant Igor, is sent to defeat Max D. Cap, a demon who has returned from the Underworld with his army of monsters to conquer the surface world, splitting the skeleton-shaped cluster of islands the land is on into pieces in the process. After reforming the scattered islands to normal and defeating Max, Chuck sluggishly returns home, where Stein rewards him by transforming him into a real human.
Gameplay
The player controls a living mummy, named Chuck D. Head, through various side-scrolling levels to battle an underworld army led by Max D. Cap. Levels contain many enemies and hazards that can harm or kill Chuck, and power-ups to collect; at the end of the last level in every area, there is a boss to defeat. The player has a small number of health units, displayed as hearts, and a small number of lives. The fictional island the game takes place on, shaped like a skeleton, is split apart into many pieces. Individual levels are named after parts of the skeleton, such as Abdomainland or Armington. Some levels require the player to collect a certain item for Dr Frank N. Stein, the mad scientist who created Chuck.
Reception
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Reception
Sega Force praised the game’s graphics, saying it was “big, bold, colourfully and beautifully animated” while criticizing the gameplay as unoriginal.[7] Console XS said that Decap Attack is the same game as Magical Flying Hat Turbo Adventure but with gothic graphics and gory killings. They also felt the game was big and very playable.[8] MegaTech praised the game calling it “A fun-filled platform game” and saying it’s identical to Magical Flying Hat Turbo Adventure but with different sprites.[5]
Mega placed the game at #22 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.[9]
References
- ^ @SEGAForever (3 November 2017). “Decap Attack hit Europe 26 years ago in November 1991, the same month Black or White earned Michael Jackson his twe…” (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ “Die Hard”. gamingrebellion.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Riaz, Adnan (25 October 2017). “Decap Attack Comes to Sega Forever”. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Nigel Kitching interview by Sonic HQ (July 22, 1999) – Sonic Retro”.
- ^ Jump up to:a b MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 5, page 78, May 1992
