# Head Buster

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1991 video game

1991 video game

Head Buster Cover art Developers NCS Corporation[2] Winds Co.[2] Publisher Masaya[2] Producer Toshiro Tsuchida Programmer Takahiro Matsuzawa[3] Composers Noriyuki Iwadare[4] Isao Mizoguchi Hiroshi Fujioka Platform Game Gear[3] Release JP: March 15, 1991[1] Genre Strategy involving breeding/constructing[3] Modes Single-player, multiplayer

***Head Buster*** (ヘッドバスター; Headbuster) is a 1991 video game for the [Game Gear](/source/Game_Gear) handheld console. It involves [robots](/source/Robot) fighting in [combat](/source/Combat) sequences.[2]

## Gameplay

If the opponent happens to be range of the player's weapon, he can prepare to destroy the enemy.

The object is to earn more [gold](/source/Gold) by winning matches and spending that money on better [weapons](/source/Weapon) like [rifles](/source/Rifle), [missile launchers](/source/Shoulder-launched_missile_weapon), and [flamethrowers](/source/Flamethrower).[2] Robots can be traded in for money (gold) if updating them is impossible. At the center of each starting point is a base (circle). Either the base must be destroyed or all the opponent's robots must be destroyed in order to clear the [battlefield](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battlefield).[2] There is a certain range to each weapon; opponents cannot be attacked if they are too close or too far away from the weapon's firing range.

There are ten different maps in the game. Each level has its own [password](/source/Password_(video_gaming)).[5] Players must deliver newspapers for a tiny [stipend](/source/Stipend) in order to resume competing after a loss.[6]

## Development

The beta version of *Head Buster* had a different readout of the battle along with more complicated terrain types. Stairs, for example, would have been used to climb up steep mountains. They were removed during the late development stages. Players would have to develop their robots literally from the ground up in the unfinished version while robot models were already fully assembled in the finished version.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3rd_party_titles_-_Sega_JP_1-0)** ["Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)"](https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software_l.html). *セガ 製品情報サイト* (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-mobygames_2-5) ["Game information"](http://www.mobygames.com/game/head-buster). [MobyGames](/source/MobyGames). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080510174844/http://www.mobygames.com/game/head-buster) from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2009-04-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gamefaqs_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gamefaqs_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-gamefaqs_3-2) ["Release information"](http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gamegear/data/570304.html). [GameFAQs](/source/GameFAQs). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081212064151/http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gamegear/data/570304.html) from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2009-04-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-smspower_4-0)** ["Media/composer information"](http://www.smspower.org/Games/HeadBuster-GG). SMS Power. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100724152658/http://www.smspower.org/Games/HeadBuster-GG) from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2012-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Advanced game information"](http://ameblo.jp/wettissue/entry-10154449175.html) (in Japanese). Ameblo. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010842/http://ameblo.jp/wettissue/entry-10154449175.html) from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Consequences of losing"](http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/HeadBusterEnglish/). Chris M. Covell. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110725144306/http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/HeadBusterEnglish/) from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2012-11-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Development information"](http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/MD__1990Q4.html). Chris M. Covell. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810103718/http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/MD__1990Q4.html) from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

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