Tinhead
| Tinhead | |
|---|---|
 Original North American Sega Genesis cover art | |
| Developer | MicroProse |
| Publisher | Piko Interactive (Super NES) |
| Producer | Stuart Whyte |
| Designer | Richard Lemarchand |
| Programmers | Chris Newcombe Jim Gardner Nick Thompson |
| Artists | Allan Holloway John Reitze Mark Wilson |
| Writer | Robert Giedt |
| Composer | Paul Tonge |
| Platforms | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release |
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| Genre | Platform |
| Mode | Single-player |
Tinhead is a 1993 platform video game developed by MicroProse and published by Ballistic for the Sega Genesis. Piko Interactive acquired the rights to the game and released a canceled Super Nintendo Entertainment System version in 2015.[1]
Plot
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An evil intergalactic goblin named Grim Squidge steals all the stars from the sky with a vacuum cleaner-nosed spaceship, seals them in glass spheres and scatters them far and wide across distant planets, threatening the very infrastructure of spacetime.
On a space station far out in the distant reaches of galactic space, Tinhead, the metallic Guardian of the Edge of the Universe, picks up a distress signal from an unknown friend of the stars. Arming his head-mounted ball bearing gun, he rushes to the stars' rescue.
Release
[edit]Ports for both the Amiga and Super Nintendo Entertainment System were in development and scheduled for 1994 but were cancelled.[2] Former MicroProse UK employee Steve Goss stated in a 2001 forum post at AtariAge that a conversion of the game was also in development and completed for the Atari Jaguar but was never released due to low sales of the system.[3][4][5]
Reception
[edit]Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game a score of 6.4 out of 10, commenting that the game is on the hard side but gets by due to useful power-ups and "dynamic" bosses. They cited the graphics as the highlight of the game.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "TinHead (1993) Genesis credits". MobyGames. 22 January 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ↑ G., Evan (18 November 2009). "Tinhead". Snes Central. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ↑ J., Steve (1993). "Gossip - Lies, Rumours and Just Plain Half Truths". Atari Entertainment. No. 1. The Hide-Out. p. 12.
- ↑ Goss, Steve (27 October 2001). "how hard is it to make jag games???". AtariAge. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ mmbe (13 October 2008). "Whatever happened to Gunship 2000?". AtariAge. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Review Crew: Tinhead". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 60. EGM Media, LLC. July 1994. p. 38.
