Hammerin' Harry


Hammerin' Harry, known in Japan as Daiku no Gen-san, is a series of platforming video games developed and published by Irem in 1990. The titles were developed and published for the arcades, Famicom, Game Boy, Super Famicom and Sony PSP platforms.

Games

The following is a list of games released in the series.
Japanese TitleEnglish TitleSystemYear
大工の源さん 〜べらんめ町騒動記〜
Daiku no Gen-san: Beranmechō Sōdōki		Hammerin' HarryArcade1990
大工の源さん
Daiku no Gen-san		Hammerin' HarryFamicom1991
大工の源さん ゴーストビルディングカンパニー
Daiku no Gen-san: Ghost Building Company		Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building CompanyGame Boy1992
大工の源さん2 赤毛のダンの逆襲
Daiku no Gen-san 2: Akage no Dan no Gyakushō		Famicom1993
がんばれ！大工の源さん
Ganbare! Daiku no Gen-san		Super Famicom1993
大工の源さん ロボット帝国の野望
Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabō		Game Boy1994
大工の源さん カチカチのトンカチがカチ
Daiku no Gen-san: Kachikachi no Tonkachi ga Kachi		Game Boy Color2000
いくぜっ! 源さん 夕焼け大工物語
Ikuze! Gen-san: Yūyake Daiku Monogatari		Hammerin' Hero /GenSan PSP2008

Spin-offs and related releases

The first spin-off in the series was Kizuchida Quiz da Gen-san Da!, a quiz game released for the Game Boy on December 19, 1992 exclusively in Japan. Others were various Japan-only, pachinko machines, as well as home ports of them for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows-operated PCs and Game Boy. Outside of the franchise, Hammerin' Harry was represented in a Japan-only Game Boy title, Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter along with three other Irem franchises: R-Type, Ninja Spirit and Mr. Heli. Hammerin' Harry can be seen on the arcade flyers of Ninja Baseball Bat Man, also by Irem.

Anime

On March 24, 2008, an anime series based specifically on the PSP title Hammerin' Hero, titled as Ikuze! Gen-san, was aired on GyaO's website until June 9, 2008. There were 24 9-minute webisodes aired. A DVD compiling the episodes was released in April 2009.