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PSP platforms. The series is centered around the titular Harry (or "Genzo Tamura" in the original Japanese), a hammer-wielding carpenter who protects his hometown of Beranme from the corrupt construction companies that mean to tear it down.

Games

The following is a list of games released in the series.

Reception

The original arcade game received positive reviews from critics. John Cook of ''

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'' gave it a 93% score.

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'' magazine gave it a 91% score. ''

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'' magazine gave it an 87% score.

Spin-offs and related releases

The first spin-off in the series was , a quiz game released for the Game Boy on December 19, 1992, exclusively in Japan. Others were various Japan-only,

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machines, as well as home ports of them for

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-operated PCs and

. Outside of the franchise, ''Hammerin' Harry'' was represented in a Japan-only Game Boy title, '' Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter'' along with three other Irem franchises: ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Mr. Heli ''Mr. Heli'', fully titled in Japan as is a multidirectional scrolling shooter developed and published in arcades in 1984 by Irem. It was released in North America as ''Battle Chopper''. Gameplay Players control a wacky fighter chopper named ...

''. ''Hammerin' Harry'' can be seen on the arcade flyers of '' Ninja Baseball Bat Man'', also by Irem.

Anime

An anime series based specifically on the PSP title ''Hammerin' Hero'', titled as , was aired on GyaO's website in March 24 until June 9, 2008. There were 24 9-minute

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s aired. A DVD compiling the episodes was released in April 2009. Saturday, 11 December 2021

References

External links

Official ''Ikuse! Gen-san'' anime website
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