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. It was later ported to the

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and

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. Being a ''

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''-based shooter, it can be considered a follow-up to Seibu's '' Empire City: 1931'' and '' Dead Angle''.

The Double Dynamites

It is a version with simultaneous 2 player support. In addition, there are other changes: *Life gauges are shown with visible bars, where Duke and bosses all have 11 bars of life. *In the English version, it is no longer possible to refill the life bar by adding credits after completing Mission 1. *With the exception of Mission 9, there are more enemies on screen, including boss battles. *In the high score entry screen, a countdown timer is shown.

Story

left, Arcade screenshot A top scientist decides to utilise a secret formula to develop his very own army of evil mutant warriors, so he can become the ruler of the world. It is up to Dynamite Duke: a man who is armed with a cybernetic arm along with a machine gun to foil his evil plan.

Gameplay

The Arcade version has 9 stages, while the Genesis version only has 6 stages.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Dynamite Duke'' on their October 1, 1989 issue as being the fourteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Mean Machines ''Mean Machines'' was a multi-format video game magazine published between 1990 and 1992 in the United Kingdom. Origins In the late 1980s '' Computer and Video Games'' (''CVG'') was largely covering the outgoing generation of 8-bit computers l ...

gave the Mega Drive/Genesis version a 79%, commenting that it was only visually better than the Master System version and that it "lacks lasting appeal".Dynamite Duke review - Mega Drive
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rated the Genesis game a 5.0 (Meh) for a dismal value, 30 minutes of play value.

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magazine gave an overall score of 73 out of 100 commenting the game "provides plenty of blasting fun and frolics" and criticizes its lack of challenge. Console XS gave the Genesis an overall score of 77/100 praising the behind the shoulder gameplay perspective and the well drawn enemies although criticizing the gameplay being too easy. They also reviewed the Master system version and gave a score of 72/100 and felt the game was similar to Operation Wolf but with far superior graphics.

References

External links

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