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TRANSFORMERS - THE HEADMASTERS
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トランスフォーマー ザ ヘッドマスターズ
©Takara Co., Ltd. 1987
Release: 1987-08-28 (¥3300)
DiskCard TFC-TFH
Action/Shooter game
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Transformers The Headmasters is an action/shooter by takara
and based on the '80s popular animated series of the same name. Two factions
of humanoid robots, the Autobots and their arch nemesis the
Decepticons, have been at war for centuries. These robots have the
unique ability to disguise themselves as vehicles, and this unique element
made the series a worldwide success (and the collectible toys that came along
with it). The game features Chromedome, an Autobot Transformer
capable of changing into a heavy armed vehicle. The goal of the game is to
help him rescue four imprisoned allies, namely Rodimus Convoy (known
as Rodimus Prime outside of Japan), Hardhead, Highbrow
and Brainstorm. Each rescued Autobot joins the party and becomes
a playable character as the game progresses, and the ultimate goal is for them
to combine into the powerful Fortress Maximus. The game starts out with
a stage selection screen that gives the player the opportunity to explore three
different planets - Earth, Cybertron and Jail. A fourth
planet, the final stage, can only be accessed by rescuing the four Autobots
first. Stages alternate between vehicle and robot modes (it is not possible to
transform during gameplay) where the Autobots must defeat waves of
Decepticons and their leaders. Interestingly, the robot sections are
usually made out of closed rooms and Decepticon crests must be discovered
to proceed, either by killing all the enemies on screen, or in some cases, by
shooting specific pods. Various items are available to collect throughoutt the
game and range from Energy Capsules, Power-ups (each Autobot
comes with four power-ups levels) and Speed boosts.
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Rodimus Prime:
Rodimus Prime is located on Cybertron. In the vehicle stage,
make sure to take down the helicopter that carries Rodimus, and collect him.
Highbrow:
Highbrow is located on Cybertron and appears
somewhere in the robot stage.
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Hardhead:
Hardhead is located on Jail and appears in the vehicle stage.
Brainstorm:
Hardhead is located on Jail and appears in the robot stage.
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Transformers The Headmasters is probably the worst Transformers
game ever made. Period. First of all, it is horribly difficult. The robots
have a sort of inertia that makes them hard to control, and you can
only save the game if you manage to complete a whole level, which is
virtually impossible. Each robot can only shoot one bullet at the
time at first (actually two, one from each gun), and if you miss an enemy, you won't be
able to shoot again until that bullet reaches the edge of the screen.
Although it is possible to power them up as the game progresses, it
quickly becomes clear how arduous a task it is. Finally,
boss encounters are exceptionally poorly designed - they just fire at random
and are rather boring. And I thought The Mystery of Convoy released a
year earlier was bad. Even nostalgia can not save that one.
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