Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic[lower-alpha 1] is a platform game developed by Yuke's and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in September 1995. The game uses parallax scrolling.[1]

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
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)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot

The player can collect stars throughout the level. These stars act as the life meter. 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]

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

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. 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. "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. "Viewpoint - Hermie Hopperhead". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 12. DieHard Gamers Club. December 1995. p. 22.
  8. Boissarie, Véronique; Gavet, Nicolas (November 1995). "Playstation Review - Hermie Hopperhead". Consoles + (in French). No. 48. M.E.R.7. pp. 146–147.
  9. Gaksch, Martin (December 1995). "Overseas: Sony Dimension - Hermie Hopperhead". MAN!AC (in German). No. 26. Cybermedia. p. 32.
  10. Özelsel, Timur (December 1995). "Test Mixed - PlayStation - Hermie Hopperhead". Mega Fun (in German). No. 39. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 92.
  11. "Review: Hermie Hopperhead". Play. No. 2. United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing. December 1995. p. 74.
  12. "Review: Hermie Hopperhead". PlayStation Power. No. 1. United Kingdom: Future Publishing. June 1996. p. 53.
  13. "Super Console History". Super Console (in Italian). No. 100. Gruppo Editoriale Futura. February 2003. p. 21.
  14. Bros, Marjorie (April 1996). "P.Station: Hermie Hopperhead". Super Game Power (in Portuguese). No. 25. Nova Cultural. p. 30.
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