Its hard to believe that Dynamite Headdy was released for the Sega Genesis 30 years ago. Dynamite Headdy was a platform game that deserved way more credit than it got. Dynamite Headdy was created by a private Japanese video game developer known as Treasure and more difficult than it had any business being. The game had around fifteen different levels and the difficulty curve began to increase sharply as players progressed though it. The graphics, level designs and soundtracks were all key features that people instantly remember when they think about Dynamite Headdy. The game was quite possibly one of the better platform titles from the Sega Genesis era aside from the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy from ’91-’94. While Dynamite Headdy ended up being praised by many critics over the past few decades it was obviously overshadowed by the releases of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 along with Sonic & Knuckles. Dynamite Headdy came out the same year as the PS1 more people were starting to grow more fond of 3D gaming around the mid 90’s.

The 2D Platform genre was starting to slowly decline in popularity around the mind 90’s and people were showing greater preference for 3D gaming in general. If Dynamite Headdy had come out a few years earlier it could have possibly have sold way more than it did on Sega Genesis. Its a shame that Dynamite Headdy never got a 3D sequel on the Sega Saturn because its something that would have been very interesting. Its also shocking that Sega has never decided to revive or reboot Dynamite Headdy in any way within the past three decades. Dynamite Headdy was one of Sega’s most memorable IP’s from the 90’s aside from Sonic the Hedgehog and the Phantasy Star series. Dynamite Headdy is considered to be a underrated gem in some ways because it was one of the better games that Sega had produced for the Genesis console in terms of quality back in the 90’s.