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Transformers: The Headmasters

An action game based on the Transformers license, developed and published by Takara for the Famicom Disk System. The game follows Chromedome on a quest to free his allies and free several planets from the…

28 August 1987

Transformers: The Headmasters is a platform developed by Takara Tomy, released 28 August 1987 on Family Computer Disk System.

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What Transformers: The Headmasters is

Transformers: The Headmasters is a platform game developed by Takara Tomy and released in 1987. It was published by Takara. It is available on Family Computer Disk System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An action game based on the Transformers license, developed and published by Takara for the Famicom Disk System. The game follows Chromedome on a quest to free his allies and free several planets from the control of several Decepticon warlords.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Transformers series

Transformers: The Headmasters is the fifth of 50 entries we hold in the Transformers series. It arrived 8 months after Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth. The next entry was Transformers Generation 2 in 1993.

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When did Transformers: The Headmasters come out?
Transformers: The Headmasters was released on 28 August 1987 for Family Computer Disk System.

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