Dead Connection
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| Developer(s) | Taito |
| Publisher(s) | Taito |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | July 1992 |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2 player Co-op |
| Arcade system | Taito F2 |
Dead Connection is an arcade game released by Taito in 1992. The game takes place on September 5th 1953 "in a big city somewhere".
It features a group of detectives who set out to fight a crime family. The game has a strong Film noir vibe, shown through the appearance of the detectives and the featuring of a female protagonist. Each stage is preceded by a short cinematic interlude that explains the transition between the game's different locales.
The available gameplay maneuvres were unusually diverse for a sprite-based run-and-gun game of the era. When the player moves his character to within arm's length of an enemy, the shoot button triggers a melee melee attack. In addition to being able to lie prone and evade gunfire, the player can perform a diving somersault in order to quickly take cover behind tables, pillars, statues, and other fixtures.
Instead of using scrolling each stage takes place against an unmoving but richly detailed backdrop. Most of the environment is destructable and the scenery becomes visibly degraded by bullet holes throughout the prolonged firefights.
The game seems to take specific inspiration from the the 1987 mobster film The Untouchables among other similar influences. Two of the main characters bear a close resemblance to Andy Garcia and Kevin Costner who both starred in that film.
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