Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic

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The player can collect stars, which act as hit points throughout the level. After 100 stars have been collected, they can be used to hatch eggs. Eggs turn into animal assistants such as chickens, dragons, penguins or turtles. Different colored eggs will turn into different animals. These assistants can aid the player by shooting, or flying, and the player can have a maximum of three animal assistants at any time.

If the player collects 400 stars, they can get an extra life.

The story follows the eponymous Hermie as he witnesses an egg leap out of a trashcan and, peering inside said receptacle, falls into an alternate dimension.

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Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic was the second game developed by Yuke's.{{cite magazine|last1=Komai|first1=Nao|last2=Halverson|first2=Dave|url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_4_Issue_05/page/n95|title=JNN Presents An Interview With Yukes|magazine=GameFan|volume=4|issue=5|publisher=Metropolis Media|date=May 1996|pages=95–97}} Japan Studio assisted on development.{{cite web |year=2021 |title=JAPANスタジオ作品一覧 1998年～1994年 |trans-title=List of Japan Studio works 1998–1994 |url=https://www.playstation.com/ja-jp/corporate/playstation-studios/japan-studio/history-1994-1998/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226134223/https://www.playstation.com/ja-jp/corporate/playstation-studios/japan-studio/history-1994-1998/ |archive-date=26 February 2021 |access-date=1 March 2021 |publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment |language=ja}} The game was released on September 29, 1995, for the PlayStation by Sony Computer Entertainment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/scps10012.html|title=ハーミィホッパーヘッド 〜スクラップパニック〜|website=Sony PlayStation Official Website Software Catalog|publisher=Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726044538/http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/scps10012.html|archive-date=2010-07-26|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-23}} It was re-released under The Best for Family budget range on December 6, 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/scps91016.html|title=ハーミィホッパーヘッド スクラップパニック PlayStation the Best for Familly [sic]|website=PlayStation Official Site Software Catalog|publisher=Sony Interactive Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223051322/https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/scps91016.html|archive-date=2018-12-23|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-23}} Hermie Hopperhead has not been available on the Japanese PlayStation Store.

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| CP = 90%{{cite magazine|last1=Boissarie|first1=Véronique|last2=Gavet|first2=Nicolas|url=https://archive.org/details/Console_Plus_Numero_048/page/146/mode/2up|title=Playstation Review: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine={{ill|Consoles +|lt=Consoles +|fr|Consoles +}}|issue=48|publisher=EM-Images|date=November 1995|pages=146–147|language=fr}}

| Fam = 24/40{{cite magazine|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ハーミィホッパーヘッド スクラップパニック|magazine=Famitsu|issue=355|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=October 6, 1995|language=ja}} ([https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8996 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222221501/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8996|date=2018-12-22}}).

| MG = 66%{{cite magazine|last=Gaksch|first=Martin|url=https://archive.org/details/MANIAC.N026.1995.12/MANIAC.N026.1995.12-kultmags_noOCR/page/n27/mode/1up|title=Overseas Sony Dimension: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine={{ill|M! Games|lt=MAN!AC|de|M! Games}}|issue=26|publisher=Cybermedia|date=December 1995|page=32|language=de}}

| MF = 61%{{cite magazine|last=Özelsel|first=Timur|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf&page=92|title=Test Mixed: Hermie Hopperhead (Import Game)|magazine={{ill|Mega Fun|lt=Mega Fun|de|Mega Fun}}|issue=39|publisher=Computec|date=December 1995|page=92|language=de}}

| Play = 53%{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/play-uk-2-december-1995/page/74/mode/1up|title=Reviews: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine=Play|issue=2|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=December 1995|page=74}}

| SGP = 4.5/5{{cite magazine|author=Marjorie Bros|url=https://archive.org/details/SuperGamePower_Ano_03_No._025_1996-04_Nova_Cultural_BR_pt/page/n29/mode/1up|title=P.Station: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine={{ill|Super Game Power|lt=Super Game Power|pt|Supergamepower}}|issue=25|publisher={{ill|Nova Cultural|lt=Nova Cultural|pt|Editora Nova Cultural}}|date=April 1996|page=30|language=pt}}

| rev1 = PlayStation Plus

| rev1Score = 38/100{{cite magazine|last1=Bright|first1=Rob|last2=Merrett|first2=Steve|url=https://archive.org/details/playstation-plus-vol-1-issue-2/page/82/mode/2up|title=Review: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine=PlayStation Plus|volume=1|issue=2|publisher=EMAP|date=November 1995|pages=82–83}}

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According to Famitsu, Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic sold approximately 12,622 copies during its lifetime in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search|title=Game Search|website=Game Data Library|access-date=2025-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118005114/https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search|archive-date=2024-11-18|url-status=live}} The game received average reviews from critics.{{cite web|last=Peeples|first=Jeremy|url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2012/06/19/graveyard-hermie-hopperhead/7823/|title=Graveyard: Hermie Hopperhead|work=Hardcore Gamer|date=June 19, 2012|access-date=2025-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919044312/http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2012/06/19/graveyard-hermie-hopperhead/7823/|archive-date=2015-09-19|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|last1=Halverson|first1=Dave|author-link1=Dave Halverson|last2=Des Barres|first2=Nicholas Dean|last3=Loe|first3=Casey|title=Viewpoint: Hermie Hopperhead; Gen 32 Japan Soft Review: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine=GameFan|volume=3|issue=12|publisher=Metropolis Media|date=December 1995|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_3_Issue_12/page/n19/mode/1up 20], [https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_3_Issue_12/page/n109/mode/2up 110–111]}}{{cite magazine|title=Recension: Hermie Hopperhead|magazine=Super Console|issue=21|publisher=Editoriale Futura|date=December 1995|language=it}}{{cite magazine|title=Price Power - Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic|magazine=PlayStation Power|issue=1|publisher=Future Publishing|date=June 1996|page=53}}{{cite web|last=Sczepaniak|first=John|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hermie-hopperhead-scrap-panic/|title=Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic|work=Hardcore Gaming 101|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=2025-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511211901/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hermie-hopperhead-scrap-panic/|archive-date=2018-05-11|url-status=live}}

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• [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/572994-hermie-hopperhead-scrap-panic Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic] at GameFAQs
• [https://www.giantbomb.com/hermie-hopperhead-scrap-panic/3030-31022/ Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic] at Giant Bomb
• [https://www.mobygames.com/game/hermie-hopperhead-scrap-panic Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic] at MobyGames

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