Teddy Boy Blues is a 1985 arcade game made by Sega.
Gameplay[]
It stars a young boy(the titular Teddy Boy) who is armed with a gun. Each level is an infinitely repeating maze with several dice. Each die is filled with monsters which hatch out and the player must shoot to shrink, then collect them. If the player does not collect each shrunken monster quickly, it turns into a time-eating bug which flies to the time limit bar and consumes a chunk of it.
If you touch one monster or run out of time then you lose a life. The game ends if all lives are lost. There are 50 distinct levels, called "rounds" in the game, even though the counter goes to 99 (the 100th level does not show). The player can play through the levels loops infinitely, with no apparent end.
There are also "bonus rounds" every so often where the player can shoot colored dice to reveal prizes and increase his or her score.
Trivia[]
- The name of the arcade version was a reference to a 1985 hit song entitled "Teddy Boy Blues" by then-popular Japanese pop star Yoko Ishino, an instrumental version of which constantly played in the background during the game.
- An animated version of Ishino also appeared on the title screen and during the bonus rounds.
- Teddy Boy Blues was declared the second most successful table cabinet of the year.
- The Daruman enemies that appear here also put in appearances in Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Pit Pot.
- Like Psycho Fox and Ghost House, there is a Brazillian reskin of Teddy Boy Blues starring Geraldão, a middle aged man who smokes, drinks and walks around mostly naked who lives with his mother.
- Flicky and Pengo make guest appearances in the bonus game.
- This game was included in Game no Kanzume Otokuyou. Teddy Boy himself appears on the box art.
