Dead Head Fred

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Dead Head Fred

Developer(s)	Vicious Cycle Software
Publisher(s)	D3 Publisher
Engine	Vicious Engine
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Release date	^NA August 28, 2007 ^EU October 26, 2007 ^AUS November 2, 2007
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature OFLC: M PEGI: 18+
Media	UMD

Dead Head Fred is a 2007 action and horror themed PlayStation Portable video game, published by D3 Publisher and developed by Vicious Cycle Software. It won WGA's first-ever Video Game Writing Award at the 2008 Writers Guild Awards.^[1]^[2]

1 Synopsis
2 Gameplay
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Synopsis

Fred Neuman (voiced by John McGinley, of Scrubs fame), private eye and protagonist of the game, finds himself one day without his head after being resurrected after a strange scientific experiment. Left without his memory and searching for revenge, Fred begins tracking down suspects whilst dealing out brutal justice and attempts to solve the mystery of the town's seamy degradation.

The game is set in a new genre, called Twisted Noir; a mishmash of horror, gangster and detective motives (film noir) and pulp magazine heroes.

[edit] Gameplay

The core gameplay revolves around Fred's missing head. By progressing through the game the player can collect an assortment of different heads which all have different abilities.

Dead Head Fred incorporates a variety of gameplay styles. There are environment puzzles Fred has to solve in order to progress through the game, there's real-time "button mashing" combat and there are mini-games like pool, where Fred can bet on a game of 8-Ball or 9-Ball billiards.