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'''''Red Dog: Superior Firepower''''' is a [[video game]] released in 1999 for the [[Dreamcast]]. It was developed by [[Argonaut Games]] PLC and [[Crave Entertainment]].
'''''Red Dog: Superior Firepower''''', also known as simply '''''Red Dog''''', is a [[shooter game]] released in 2000 for the [[Sega]] [[Dreamcast]]; it was developed by [[Argonaut Games]].


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
''Red Dog: Superior Firepower'' is composed of six single-player missions, seven challenge missions, and numerous combinations of game types and maps in multi-player mode.
The game is composed of six single-player missions, seven challenge missions, and numerous combinations of game types and maps in multi-player mode. The player controls the Red Dog, an armored all-terrain assault vehicle to fight the Haak, an alien race that has invaded Earth.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Merrett |first=Steve |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/ad/MrDreamcast_UK_01.pdf |title=Now playing: Red Dog |magazine=Mr Dreamcast |publisher=Magical Media |issue=1 |date=April 2000 |pages=72–75 |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>


==Development==
'''Single Player Missions'''
''Red Dog'' was one of the first [[Third party developer|third party]] titles developed for the Dreamcast outside of Japan. Jez San, the Managing Director of Argonaut Games, stated that Sega referred to them, No Cliché (developers of ''[[Toy Commander]]),'' [[Bizarre Creations]] (''[[Fur Fighters]]''), Red Lemon (''Take the Bullet'' and ''The Simpsons: Bug Squad'', both unreleased)<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN staff |date=May 10, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/11/red-lemon-studios-signs-on |title=Red Lemon Studios Signs On |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607152601/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/11/red-lemon-studios-signs-on |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Daniel |date=December 21, 2020 |url=https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-simpsons-bug-squad-dreamcast-unreleased-rare-game-2000-fox-102445143.html |title=See an unreleased 'The Simpsons' game that never made it to Dreamcast |website=[[Yahoo! Finance]] |publisher=[[Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present)|Yahoo! Inc.]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421182053/https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-simpsons-bug-squad-dreamcast-unreleased-rare-game-2000-fox-102445143.html |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> and [[Appaloosa Interactive]] (''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future]])'' as their "1.5 party developers, in reference to the fact that we were treated like in-house developers and given access to the early devkits....warts n' all!". He told ''[[GameFan]]'' magazine that when Sega approached them to develop for the Dreamcast "we asked our artists to go to town on what they thought a next-gen game might look like" with "no limits on the number of [[Polygon|polygons]] and [[Central processing unit|CPU]] power used and we then set about trying to faithfully reproduce that vision in reality".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_12/page/n73/mode/2up |title=11th hour interview with Argonaut's Jez San (the big cheese in those parts) |magazine=[[GameFan]] |publisher=[[BPA Worldwide|BPA International]] |volume=8 |issue=12 |date=December 2000 |page=72 |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
*Volcanic Island Outpost
*Arctic Research Center
*Grand Canyon Docks Zone
*Underground Hydro Generator
*Red Dog Research City
*The Haak Mothership


San described their intent in designing the gameplay as "kinda ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'', meets ''[[Battlezone (1980 video game)|Battlezone]]'' meets ''[[Star Fox]]''...in a tank".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/c5/ODM_UK_00.pdf |title=Player 3: Jez San |magazine=[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK magazine)|Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)]] |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |issue=Special |year=1999 |page=27 |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
'''Challenge Missions'''
*Vehicle Maneuvering
*Shooting Range
*Survival
*Search and Collect
*Footsoldier Rampage
*Advanced Vehicle Maneuvering
*Heavy Duty Rampage


On the 26th of September 2022 the game's source code was released by the developers and published on the open source platform [[GitHub]].
'''Multiplayer Game Types'''
*Skirmish
*Team
*Tournament


==Reception==
'''Multiplayer Maps'''
{{Video game reviews
*Ruined
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*Space Station
| MC = 73/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/red-dog-superior-firepower/ |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324183843/https://www.metacritic.com/game/red-dog-superior-firepower/ |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
*Storm Drain
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jon |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20854&tab=review |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower - Review |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000323/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=20854&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*The Circus
| CNG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Aprile |first=Jason |date=January 4, 2001 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Rdsf/ |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010123223100/http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Rdsf/ |archive-date=January 23, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*V.R.B.F
| EGM = 7.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kujawa |first1=Kraig |last2=Mielke |first2=James "Milkman" |last3=Dudlak |first3=Jonathan |url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_138_January_2001_U/page/n193/mode/2up |title=Red Dog |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=138 |date=January 2001 |page=194 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010128222000/http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0,11589,2658632,00.html |archive-date=January 28, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>{{efn|In ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''{{'}}s review of the game, two critics gave it each a score of 8/10, and the other gave it 7/10.}}
*Wasted
| EPD = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |date=February 28, 2001 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5251&full=1#mr_toppy |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020530214308/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5251&full=1#mr_toppy |archive-date=May 30, 2002 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*Acid Bath
| GI = 7.75/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Helgeson |first=Matt |title=Red Dog |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[FuncoLand]] |issue=92 |date=December 2000 |page=126}}</ref>
*Black Ice
| GameFan = 89%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mylonas |first=Eric "ECM" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_12/page/n71/mode/2up |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |magazine=GameFan |publisher=BPA International |volume=8 |issue=12 |date=December 2000 |pages=70–71 |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*D.O.D. (Drive or Die)
| GSpot = 6.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |date=November 1, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/red-dog-superior-firepower-review/1900-2649252/ |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211193100/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2649252,00.html |archive-date=December 11, 2000 |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*D.O.D. Expert
| IGN = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Chau |first=Anthony |date=November 7, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/08/red-dog |title=Red Dog |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130200912/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/08/red-dog |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
*Dune
| JXV = 12/20<ref>{{cite web |author=Mélo |date=May 17, 2000 |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000642_test.htm |title=Test: Red Dog |language=fr |website=[[Jeuxvideo.com]] |publisher=[[Webedia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203190552/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000642_test.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2004 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>
*Ganymede
| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |last=Preston |first=Jim |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n97/mode/2up |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |issue=73 |date=January 2001 |page=97 |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*Helterskelter
}}
*Industrial Zone
*Medieval
*Molten


The game received above-average reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/> Jim Preston of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' called it "A fun, colorful 3D take on ''[[Moon Patrol]]'' that is best when played with some friends."<ref name=NGen/> Four-Eyed Dragon of ''[[GamePro]]'' said, "''Red Dog'' may look and sound strong, but with poor controls, its bite is far from threatening. The only thing saving this canine from the kennel is its huge complement of multiplayer games for up to four people."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/6/61/GamePro_US_147.pdf |title=Red Dog: Superior Firepower |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |issue=147 |date=December 2000 |page=150 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121001820/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/7589.shtml |archive-date=January 21, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the game two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, 2/5 for control, and 3/5 for fun factor.}}
'''Multiplayer Play Modes'''
*Deathmatch
*Knockout
*Bomb Tag
*Suicide Bomb Tag
*Stealth Assassin
*Flag Runner
*King of the Hill
==Story==
After three years in Earth orbit, the Haak forces were invited to the surface. The Earth Council and the Haak forces negotiated agreements which were mutually beneficial and maintained peace for seven years.


{{clear}}
But now things have gone awry. Contact has been lost with a number of human populations near Haak settlements. Three recon teams sent to investigate were blown out of the sky. It looks like war is about to start, and as the commander of the Red Dog assault vehicle, it's up to you to lead the fight.

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{moby game|id=/28692/red-dog-superior-firepower/}}
*[http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/160/160961p1.html IGN review]
* {{GitHub|mattgodbolt/reddog|''Red Dog: Superior Firepower''}}


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 15 August 2024

Red Dog: Superior Firepower
Developer(s)Argonaut Games
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Nick Clarke
Designer(s)Sefton Hill
Programmer(s)Matt Godbolt
Matthew Porter
Saviz Izadpanah
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release
Genre(s)Shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Red Dog: Superior Firepower, also known as simply Red Dog, is a shooter game released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast; it was developed by Argonaut Games.

Gameplay

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The game is composed of six single-player missions, seven challenge missions, and numerous combinations of game types and maps in multi-player mode. The player controls the Red Dog, an armored all-terrain assault vehicle to fight the Haak, an alien race that has invaded Earth.[3]

Development

[edit]

Red Dog was one of the first third party titles developed for the Dreamcast outside of Japan. Jez San, the Managing Director of Argonaut Games, stated that Sega referred to them, No Cliché (developers of Toy Commander), Bizarre Creations (Fur Fighters), Red Lemon (Take the Bullet and The Simpsons: Bug Squad, both unreleased)[4][5] and Appaloosa Interactive (Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future) as their "1.5 party developers, in reference to the fact that we were treated like in-house developers and given access to the early devkits....warts n' all!". He told GameFan magazine that when Sega approached them to develop for the Dreamcast "we asked our artists to go to town on what they thought a next-gen game might look like" with "no limits on the number of polygons and CPU power used and we then set about trying to faithfully reproduce that vision in reality".[6]

San described their intent in designing the gameplay as "kinda Quake, meets Battlezone meets Star Fox...in a tank".[7]

On the 26th of September 2022 the game's source code was released by the developers and published on the open source platform GitHub.

Reception

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The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[8] Jim Preston of NextGen called it "A fun, colorful 3D take on Moon Patrol that is best when played with some friends."[18] Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro said, "Red Dog may look and sound strong, but with poor controls, its bite is far from threatening. The only thing saving this canine from the kennel is its huge complement of multiplayer games for up to four people."[19][b]

Notes

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  1. ^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the game, two critics gave it each a score of 8/10, and the other gave it 7/10.
  2. ^ GamePro gave the game two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, 2/5 for control, and 3/5 for fun factor.

References

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  1. ^ Justice, Brandon (October 31, 2000). "Four Ship for Dreamcast". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Latest UK Release Schedule" (PDF). Dreamcast Monthly. No. 8. May 2000. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Merrett, Steve (April 2000). "Now playing: Red Dog" (PDF). Mr Dreamcast. No. 1. Magical Media. pp. 72–75. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  4. ^ IGN staff (May 10, 2000). "Red Lemon Studios Signs On". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Cooper, Daniel (December 21, 2020). "See an unreleased 'The Simpsons' game that never made it to Dreamcast". Yahoo! Finance. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "11th hour interview with Argonaut's Jez San (the big cheese in those parts)". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 12. BPA International. December 2000. p. 72. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "Player 3: Jez San" (PDF). Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK). No. Special. Dennis Publishing. 1999. p. 27. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Red Dog: Superior Firepower". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  9. ^ Thompson, Jon. "Red Dog: Superior Firepower - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  10. ^ D'Aprile, Jason (January 4, 2001). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  11. ^ Kujawa, Kraig; Mielke, James "Milkman"; Dudlak, Jonathan (January 2001). "Red Dog". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 138. Ziff Davis. p. 194. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  12. ^ Steinberg, Scott (February 28, 2001). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on May 30, 2002. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  13. ^ Helgeson, Matt (December 2000). "Red Dog". Game Informer. No. 92. FuncoLand. p. 126.
  14. ^ Mylonas, Eric "ECM" (December 2000). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 12. BPA International. pp. 70–71. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  15. ^ Provo, Frank (November 1, 2000). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on December 11, 2000. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  16. ^ Chau, Anthony (November 7, 2000). "Red Dog". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  17. ^ Mélo (May 17, 2000). "Test: Red Dog". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Preston, Jim (January 2001). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower". NextGen. No. 73. Imagine Media. p. 97. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  19. ^ Four-Eyed Dragon (December 2000). "Red Dog: Superior Firepower" (PDF). GamePro. No. 147. IDG. p. 150. Archived from the original on January 21, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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