DEcapAttack

aka: DEcapAttack: Starring Chuck D. Head, Decap Attack Classic
Moby ID: 7272
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In this game you play as Chuck D. Head, the product of a mad, but benevolent, scientist. Chuck looks a lot like a mummy, except he is missing an important part: a head. Fortunately, he is equipped with a set of eyes and a weird punching appendage in the middle of his chest.

Chuck's weird features come in handy when, one day, this evil guy named Max D. Cap emerges from the underworld. Max quickly takes over our world, and only Chuck can stop him.

The gameplay in Decapattack is of the side-scrolling platformer variety. You play through several colorful worlds, collect useful power up potions, and deliver a beat down to the ugly bosses.

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  • Decap Attack - Alternative spelling
  • 디캡 어택 - Korean spelling

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12 People (10 developers, 2 thanks)

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  • Rich Man

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Critics

Average score: 71% (based on 16 ratings)

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Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 31 ratings with 2 reviews)

Unusual-looking platformer

The Good
The unusual, inventive level backgrounds and the surreal-looking, often strange enemies set this apart from the thousands of cute cartoon-style platform games out there. The ability to throw your character's head at enemies is a nice touch, and the game as a whole is addictive, has good music and is very playable.

The Bad
Once or twice it was difficult to see what was below.

The Bottom Line
Max D.Cap and his army of mutations and horrors have taken over the island inhabited by a mad professor. But, unlike most scientists in video games, he is a nice bloke, and has created the mummy-like bandage-clad Chuck D.Head to rid the land of Cap's evil minions. This means you, as Chuck, must negotiate your way through seven platform-jumping levels, each one with three sections. There are varied enemies, ranging from eye-popping blobs with spiked shells to killer plants and land-walking fish. At the end of every set of three sections you will face a boss - these include a hat-throwing mutant, a spitting monkey and finally Max D.Cap himself. All along the way are statues which can be broken open to reveal power-ups. These can include anything from extra energy, spells which can increase certain abilities or destroy enemies, to a head which can be thrown like a weapon at villains. Make it through all seven levels to return the land to its former united condition.

Genesis · by Gary Smith (57) · 2005

Despite the title, it's good fun for all ages

The Good
Lively music, bright colors and funny renditions of characters give us an atmosphere of being trapped in a cartoon. Gameplay was a little unusual, with the ability to use your own head as a weapon (!). Difficulty level was perfect - just challenging enough without causing me to throw my controller at the television in disgust. I kept playing this one until I finished it, and that's a sign of a good one.

The Bad
The inability to go backwards presented some minor frustrations at times.

The Bottom Line
Nonsensical platform/side-scroller - not groundbreaking, but it isn't trying to be. Just a game that is fun for the sake of being fun.

Genesis · by dancinhomer (8) · 2003

Trivia

Comic

The game had a long-running recurring strip in the British comic Sonic the Comic published by Fleetway.

Japanese version

Originally released in Japan as Magical Flying Hat Turbo Adventure and was based on a popular cartoon. The American version removed all references to the cartoon and gave it a horror theme.

Inspiration

This game is loosely built on Psycho Fox for the Sega Master System and Kid Kool for the NES.

Information also contributed by Игги Друге nd Mark Ennis

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Game added by quizzley7.

Android, iPhone, iPad added by GTramp. Windows added by 666gonzo666. Macintosh, Linux added by Foxhack.

Additional contributors: Alaka, Marguerite Richardson, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, GTramp, Rik Hideto.

Game added September 24, 2002. Last modified August 17, 2023.