Die Hard Arcade
Developer(s)	AM1 / Sega Technical Institute
Publisher(s)	Sega of America
Release date(s)	1996 (arcade), April 8, 1997 (Saturn)
Genre(s)	Beat em up
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Arcade, Saturn
Media	CD-ROM

Die Hard Arcade is a 1 or 2 player game in which the male and/or female characters fight through action-packed levels to save the president's daughter from a band of terrorists. It was created by Sega, using a team up of the successful Japanese AM1 (Arcade Machine 1) group and US-based Sega Technical Institute (STI), which had created most of the Sonic series of games following the original, to create this game. AM1 provided the engineering, and some of the design and art, and STI provided art, design and animation. The game was created simultaneously for the Titan Arcade system and Sega Saturn but the home version was released later. Image File history File links Die Hard Arcade box art, uncopyrighted. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... AM1, or Austin Model 1, is a semi-empirical method for the quantum calculation of molecular electronic structure in computational chemistry. ... The Sega Technical Institute was a video game development division of Sega based in the United States, unlike the AM divisions which were based in Japan. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Wikipedia is the worlds largest Virus. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Beat-em-up is a genre of video games that usually involves punching and kicking your way through enemy characters from the start of an area to a goal. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... For the list, see list of computer and video games. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Adjective Saturnian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... Wikipedia is the worlds largest Virus. ... The Sega Technical Institute was a video game development division of Sega based in the United States, unlike the AM divisions which were based in Japan. ... Sonic might refer to: A sonic boom Supersonic and Hypersonic speeds. ... A video arcade (known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom) is a place where people play arcade video games. ... The Sega Saturn (Japanese: セガサターン, Sega Saturn), is a video game console of the 32-bit era. ...

The game is a beat-em-up with loose ties to the Die Hard movie series of the same name. However, other than the title, the building and the fact that the hero looks like John McClane, the game and the movie have little to do with each other (in fact, the license was purchased when the game was essentially complete for the US release). The game is played by fighting your way through waves of enemies, using fists, legs, and a ludicrous variety of weapons. You progress through the requisite baddies and bosses with cutscenes interspersed into the action (along with 'interactive' cutscenes where you have to hit certain buttons fast enough for good results, a la Dragon's Lair or Shenmue). This article is about Die Hard, a 1988 action film starring Bruce Willis. ... John McClane is a character. ... Dragons Lair was one of the first laserdisc video games, released June 1983 by Cinematronics. ... Shenmue (莎木 or シェンムー) (2000) is a story-based Modern Action Adventure/RPG/FREE for the Sega Dreamcast, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki of Sega-AM2. ...

Die Hard Arcade (or Dynamite Deka for the non-licensed import version) also has a sequel that was released in arcades and Dreamcast titled Dynamite Cop. Sega Dreamcast The Sega Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト; code-named Katana during development) was Segas last video game console. ... Dynamite Cop (1998) was published by Sega and initially released in arcades using the Sega Model 2 hardware. ...

Trivia

This video game is one of several released based on the Die Hard franchise. Others include Die Hard Trilogy, for the Saturn, PC and PlayStation, Die Hard: Vendetta for the GameCube, and Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza for the PC. The STI team members are credited in the arcade version but get no credit in the Sega Saturn version of the game, even though it is essentially the same game. Die Hard Trilogy was the first video game to be officially based on the Die Hard series of action movies. ...

External links

• Die Hard Arcade on GameRankings
• Die Hard Arcade at MobyGames
• Die Hard Arcade at The Killer List of Video Games