Dead Connection
{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Dead Connection
| image = Deadconnection title.png
| caption = Japanese arcade flyer
| developer = Taito
| publisher = Taito
| director = Masaki Ogata
Ichiro Fujisue
Hidehiro Fujiwara
| designer = Kenji Kaido
Jiro Tonegawa
| programmer = Okazu Taiyaki
Yuichi Kohyama
Junichiro Noguchi
| artist = Hisakazu Kato
Masami Kikuchi
Masahiro Kato
| composer = Yoshiro Horie
| release = {{vgrelease|WW|August 1992{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n45/mode/1up/|title=タイトー (Taito)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|pages=44|isbn=978-4-9902512-1-5|language=ja}}}}
| genre = Shoot 'em up
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| arcade system = Taito F1
| platforms = Arcade, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
}}
{{nihongo foot|Dead Connection|デッドコネクション|Deddo Konekushon||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a shoot 'em up arcade video game released by Taito in 1992.{{cite magazine|last1=Yamashita|first1=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1992-10#page/n226/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information - Video Game: デッドコネクション|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=124|publisher=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|date=October 1992|page=243|lang=ja}}{{cite magazine|author=S.E.A.|url=https://archive.org/stream/micromania-segunda-epoca-55#page/n104/mode/1up|title=Arcade Machine: Dead Connection - Un imperio de gangsters|magazine=Micromanía|volume=2|issue=55|publisher=HobbyPress|date=December 1992|page=105|lang=es}} The game takes place on September 5, 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.
Gameplay
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When the player moves their character to within arm's length of an enemy, the shoot button triggers a melee attack. The player can also lie prone to evade gunfire, and perform a diving somersault in order to quickly take cover behind tables, plants, pillars, statues, and other fixtures.
Instead of using scrolling each stage takes place against a non-moving but richly detailed backdrop—beginning with the lavish interior of a posh hotel. Most of the environment is destructible and the scenery becomes visibly degraded by bullet holes throughout the prolonged firefights.
The game seems to take specific inspiration from the 1987 mobster film The Untouchables. Two of the main characters bear an unmistakable resemblance to Andy Garcia and Kevin Costner who both starred in that film as George Stone/Giuseppe Petri and Eliot Ness, respectively.
Legacy
On February 27, 2025, the game saw its first home release by Hamster Corporation as part of the Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.{{Cite web |last=Extension |first=Time |date=2025-02-26 |title=Taito's Action Shooter 'Dead Connection' Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/taitos-action-shooter-dead-connection-is-this-weeks-arcade-archives-release |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Time Extension |language=en-GB}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|CVG = 69%{{cite magazine|last=Boone|first=Tim|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/ab/CVG_UK_131.pdf#page=78|title=Arcade Action - Dead Connection|magazine=Computer and Video Games|issue=131|publisher=EMAP|date=October 1992|pages=78–79}}
|SUser = 80/100{{cite magazine|last=Harrod|first=Gary|url=https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-128/SinclairUser_128_Oct_1992#page/n41/mode/1up|title=Coin Ops - Dead Connection - Taito|magazine=Sinclair User|issue=128|publisher=EMAP|date=October 1992|page=42}}
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In Japan, Game Machine listed Dead Connection on their October 1, 1992 issue as being the seventeenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=435|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 October 1992|page=33|lang=ja}}
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Notes
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References
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External links
- {{KLOV game|id=7536}}
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/566945-dead-connection/data Dead Connection] at GameFAQs
Category:Arcade-only video games
Category:Video games about police officers
Category:Video games set in 1953
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
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