''Dynamite Cop'', known in Japan as , is a 1998

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published by

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and initially released in arcades on

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hardware. It is the sequel to the 1996 game ''

Dynamite Deka ''Die Hard Arcade'', known as in Japan, is an arcade beat 'em up video game released by Sega. It was the first beat 'em up to use texture-mapped 3D Polygonal modeling, polygon graphics, and used a sophisticated move set by contemporary beat 'em up ...

'', which was released outside Japan as ''Die Hard Arcade''. The game was ported to the

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and released internationally in 1999, this time without the '' Die Hard'' license. A second sequel, ''Asian Dynamite'', was released only in arcades.

Gameplay

''Dynamite Cop'' is a 3D

for up to two players in which players play as either Bruno Delinger, Jean Ivy, or Eddie Brown and fight through levels on board a

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and on a deserted

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to save the President's daughter from a band of modern-day

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s led by Wolf "White Fang" Hongo, the main antagonist from the first game. The classic

arcade game ''

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'' (

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) is included as a bonus game on the Dreamcast version. Clearing all missions will enable you to play ''Tranquilizer Gun'' an unlimited number of times.

Appearances in other games

Its main character, Delinger, makes a cameo appearance in '' The House of the Dead 2'' as a playable character via a special item obtainable in the original mode (present in home versions of ''The House of the Dead 2''). Bruno Delinger also makes an appearance in '' Project X Zone'' as a solo unit character. A chicken-leg from ''

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'' makes a cameo appearance on the Island stage.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Dynamite Cop'' on their August 1, 1998 issue as being the fourth most-successful arcade game of the month. Jeff Chen reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for '' Next Generation'', rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "an entertaining, if somewhat last-generation-looking title". The Dreamcast version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website

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. In Japan, ''

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'' gave it a score of 30 out of 40.

References

External links

* {{DieHard 1998 video games Arcade video games Die Hard video games Dreamcast games Sega arcade games Sega beat 'em ups Video games about police officers Video games about terrorism Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring female protagonists Video games scored by Howard Drossin PlayStation 2 games 3D beat 'em ups Side-scrolling beat 'em ups