The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny
|image = PS1 The Firemen 2 - Pete & Danny cover art.jpg
|developer = Media Entertainment
|publisher = Human Entertainment
|director = Hitoshi Abe
Shinobu Ogawa
|producer = Akihiro Nagashima
|designer = Tomoko Onodera
|programmer = Mamoru Hakamata
Naoya Nishina
Shigefumi Nakahara
|artist = Akiko Nagayoshi
Akiko Suetake
Atsushi Suzuki
|writer = Tomoko Onodera
|composer = Kenji Satoh
|series = The Firemen
|platforms = PlayStation
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 22, 1995}}
|genre = Action-adventure
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
{{nihongo|The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny|ザ・ファイヤーメン2 ピート & ダニー}} is an action-adventure game developed by Human Entertainment and released for the PlayStation in 1995. It is a sequel to The Firemen.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/firemen/firemen.htm|title=Hardcore Gaming 101: The Firemen|website=www.hardcoregaming101.net|access-date=2017-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726091021/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/firemen/firemen.htm|archive-date=2017-07-26|url-status=live}}
Gameplay
File:PS1 The Firemen 2 - Pete & Danny.png
Similar to the earlier game in the series, The Firemen 2 involves stopping a deadly fire, this time in a theme park on Christmas Eve.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/27/monkeypaw-games-retro-rush-week-3-the-firemen-2-pete-and-danny/|title=MonkeyPaw Games Retro Rush Week 3: The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny|website=PlayStation.Blog|date=27 January 2014 |access-date=2017-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805064008/https://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/27/monkeypaw-games-retro-rush-week-3-the-firemen-2-pete-and-danny/|archive-date=2017-08-05|url-status=live}} The game supports both single-player and co-op play.{{Cite news|url=http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/123116/the-firemen-2-pete-and-danny-review-youre-on-fire/|title=The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny Review: You're on fire!|work=TechnologyTell|access-date=2017-07-30|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227065404/http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/123116/the-firemen-2-pete-and-danny-review-youre-on-fire/|archive-date=2014-02-27|url-status=live}} Players must put out small fires on the ground by spraying them with their hose, which only impede progress. Moving and tall fires can hurt the player and must be put out with a standard spray. A water bomb gives off a spray of water and puts out all fires in the vicinity.
Levels have a different outcome depending on whether the player is able to save people trapped in the fire. Victims appear on the radar and the player must attempt to reach them in time.
Plot
Two firemen, Pete and Danny, are called in to respond to a fire in a high-tech amusement park where the robots have run amok and set fire to it. The robots in the various attractions appear as bosses, such as an animatronic T-Rex.
Release
Fireman 2 was released in Japan on December 22, 1995, for the Sony PlayStation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?a=page_h_title&title_id=9021|title=ザ・ファイヤーメン2 ピート＆ダニー [PS] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2018-11-23}}
It was not released in the West until it was published by MonkeyPaw Games on January 28, 2014, on PlayStation Network as a digital download for the price of $5.99.{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/the-firemen-2-coming-to-psone-classics-269660.phtml|title=The Firemen 2 coming to PSOne Classics|website=Destructoid|date=29 January 2014 |language=en|access-date=2017-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906043721/http://www.destructoid.com/the-firemen-2-coming-to-psone-classics-269660.phtml|archive-date=2015-09-06|url-status=live}} However, the game was not localized and still retains its original Japanese voice acting without subtitles.
Reception
Three reviewers for GameFan gave it a 66, 45, and 70, scores.{{Cite magazine|date=March 1996|title=Viewpoint|magazine=Gamefan|volume=4|issue=3|page=11}}
Jenni Lada of TechnologyTell rated the game a "B", saying it was a unique experience and praising the inclusion of a co-op mode, but criticizing its stuttering issues.
Conrad Zimmerman of Destructoid said he was "totally smitten" by the premise of "firefighters working together in a cooperative game" and said he wished he knew of its existence when it was released. However, Allistair Pinsof, of the same publication, called the game "lackluster".{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/eight-great-snes-games-that-never-made-it-to-the-u-s--209382.phtml|title=Eight great SNES games that never made it to the U.S.|website=Destructoid|date=21 August 2011 |language=en|access-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517141324/http://www.destructoid.com/eight-great-snes-games-that-never-made-it-to-the-u-s--209382.phtml|archive-date=2016-05-17|url-status=live}}
Hardcore Gaming 101 called the game "rushed", saying it was "unfinished" and criticizing the removal of gameplay mechanics from the first game.
References
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Category:Cooperative video games
Category:Human Entertainment games
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Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:Video games about firefighting
Category:Video games about robots