The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny

The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny
Developer(s)	Media Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Human Entertainment
Director(s)	Hitoshi Abe Shinobu Ogawa
Producer(s)	Akihiro Nagashima
Designer(s)	Tomoko Onodera
Programmer(s)	Mamoru Hakamata Naoya Nishina Shigefumi Nakahara
Artist(s)	Akiko Nagayoshi Akiko Suetake Atsushi Suzuki
Writer(s)	Tomoko Onodera
Composer(s)	Kenji Satoh
Series	The Firemen
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	JP: December 22, 1995
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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.[1]

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

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.[2] The game supports both single-player and co-op play.[3] Players must put out small fires on the ground by spraying them with their hose, which only impede progress.[3] Moving and tall fires can hurt the player and must be put out with a standard spray.[3] A water bomb gives off a spray of water and puts out all fires in the vicinity.[3]

Levels have a different outcome depending on whether the player is able to save people trapped in the fire.[3] Victims appear on the radar and the player must attempt to reach them in time.[3]

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.[1] The robots in the various attractions appear as bosses, such as an animatronic T-Rex.[1]

Release

Fireman 2 was released in Japan on December 22, 1995, for the Sony PlayStation.[4]

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.[5] However, the game was not localized and still retains its original Japanese voice acting without subtitles.[3]

Reception

Three reviewers for GameFan gave it a 66, 45, and 70, scores.[6]

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.[3]

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.[5] However, Allistair Pinsof, of the same publication, called the game "lackluster".[7]

Hardcore Gaming 101 called the game "rushed", saying it was "unfinished" and criticizing the removal of gameplay mechanics from the first game.[1]

References

1. "Hardcore Gaming 101: The Firemen". www.hardcoregaming101.net. Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
2. "MonkeyPaw Games Retro Rush Week 3: The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny". PlayStation.Blog. 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
3. "The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny Review: You're on fire!". TechnologyTell. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
4. "ザ・ファイヤーメン2 ピート＆ダニー [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
5. "The Firemen 2 coming to PSOne Classics". Destructoid. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
6. "Viewpoint". Gamefan. Vol. 4, no. 3. March 1996. p. 11.
7. "Eight great SNES games that never made it to the U.S." Destructoid. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2017-07-31.