Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic

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Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
PS1 Hermie Hopperhead - Scrap Panic cover art.jpg
Developer(s)Yuke's
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)Nobuhiko Tenkawa
Producer(s)Tetsuji Yamamoto
Designer(s)Kenji Nakamura
Yasuo Hayashi
Programmer(s)Yukinori Taniguchi
Artist(s)Atsuko Fukuyama
Hirofumi Morino
Katsuaki Kasai
Composer(s)Kaoru Ohori
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • JP: 29 September 1995
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic[a] is a video game developed by Yuke's and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in September 1995.

Gameplay[]

Gameplay screenshot.

The game features extensive use of parallax scrolling.[1]

The player can collect stars throughout the level. These stars act as the life meter (somewhat like Sonic the Hedgehog). After 100 stars have been collected, they can be used to hatch eggs. Eggs turn into animal assistants such as chickens, dragons, penguins or turtles.[1] Different colored eggs will turn into different animals. These assistants can aid the player by shooting, or flying, and the player can have a maximum of three animal assistants at any time.[1] They evolved at: 

               Chicken 100 500 1500 star
               Dragon  100 1600 4000 star
               Penguin 100 800 2000 star
               Turtle  100 1000 3000 star

If the player collects 400 stars, they can get a new life.[1]

In some stage, it may had more than one path to end that stage and each path will lead you to next stage or some hidden stage, shortcut.

Enemies in the game include mutant, ex: car tire, shoe, pin, lighters, bubbleman,.... and some stage will had BOSS.

Plot[]

The story follows the eponymous Hermie as he witnesses an egg leap out of a trashcan and, peering inside said receptacle, falls into an alternate dimension.

Development and release[]

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic was developed by Yuke's.[2] The game was released on September 29, 1995, for the PlayStation by Sony Computer Entertainment.[3] It was re-released under The Best for Family budget range on December 6, 1996.[4] Hermie Hopperhead has not been available on the Japanese PlayStation Store.[5]

Reception[]

Famitsu 24/40.[6]

Mega Fun 61.[10]

Maniac gave it a 66%.[9]

GameFan 84.[7]

Super Game Power gave it an overall score of 4.5 out of 5 and called it a fun game in the style of Mario Bros.[14]

Super Console gave it a score of 89%.[13]

Play 53%.[11]

PlayStation Power gave it just 20%.[12]

Consoles + gave it 90%.[8]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Japanese: ハーミィホッパーヘッド スクラップパニック, Hepburn: Hāmyi Hoppāheddo: Sukurappu Panikku

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Video Games staff writers (January 1996). "First Look Sony PlayStation: Hermy Hopperhead". Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine. No. 84. L.F.P., Inc. pp. 78–79.
  2. ^ Komai, Nao; Halverson, Dave (May 1996). "JNN Presents An Interview With Yukes". GameFan. Vol. 4 no. 5. Metropolis Media. pp. 95–97.
  3. ^ "ハーミィホッパーヘッド 〜スクラップパニック〜". Sony PlayStation Official Website Software Catalog. Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan. Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  4. ^ "ハーミィホッパーヘッド スクラップパニック PlayStation the Best for Familly [sic]". PlayStation Official Site Software Catalog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  5. ^ Peeples, Jeremy (June 19, 2012). "Graveyard: Hermie Hopperhead". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "ハーミィホッパーヘッド スクラップパニック [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain, Tokuma. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Viewpoint - Hermie Hopperhead". GameFan. Vol. 3 no. 12. DieHard Gamers Club. December 1995. p. 22.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Boissarie, Véronique; Gavet, Nicolas (November 1995). "Playstation Review - Hermie Hopperhead". Consoles + (in French). No. 48. M.E.R.7. pp. 146–147.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Gaksch, Martin (December 1995). "Overseas: Sony Dimension - Hermie Hopperhead". MAN!AC (in German). No. 26. Cybermedia. p. 32.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Özelsel, Timur (December 1995). "Test Mixed - PlayStation - Hermie Hopperhead". Mega Fun (in German). No. 39. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 92.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Review: Hermie Hopperhead". Play. No. 2. United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing. December 1995. p. 74.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Review: Hermie Hopperhead". PlayStation Power. No. 1. United Kingdom: Future Publishing. June 1996. p. 53.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Super Console History". Super Console (in Italian). No. 100. Gruppo Editoriale Futura. February 2003. p. 21.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Bros, Marjorie (April 1996). "P.Station: Hermie Hopperhead". Super Game Power (in Portuguese). No. 25. Nova Cultural. p. 30.

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