Blade Master

Blade Master is a scrolling hack and slash arcade game released by Irem in 1991. Two selectable heroes, Roy and Arnold, try to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to break and power-ups to collect, typical of this genre in the 1990s.

Blade Master
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)
CabinetUpright
Arcade systemIrem M-92
CPUNEC V33[3]

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Synopsis

Development and release

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game Zone[4]
Sinclair User82%[5]
Zero[6]

In Japan, Game Machine listed it on their August 15, 1991 issue as being the fifteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the year, outperforming titles such as Vimana and King of the Monsters.[7] British gaming magazine The One for Amiga Games reviewed Blade Master in August 1991, calling it a "masterpiece", stating that "Irem has certainly pulled out all the stops here - beautifully crafted animated sprites, lovely backgrounds, excellent gameplay, sampled sound", and furthermore calls the combat "satisfying".[8][9] In the October 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fourteen spot in popularity.[10]

Notes
    gollark: Anyway, all the results so far have been loaded in.
    gollark: We're using advanced three-dimension™ technology.
    gollark: I'll put in 0x1 as "blood orange" from the xkcd color list because WHY NOT.
    gollark: I suppose I could do that, but it might be inconvenient.
    gollark: This is really proving surprisingly popular.

    References
    1. Yanma (September 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - クロスブレイズ". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 111. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 257.
    2. Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アイレム (アイヒ－エム) Irem; Irem America; B. アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 13–14, 120–121, 147. ISBN 978-4990251215.
    3. "Irem M92 Hardware (Irem)". system16.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
    4. Wilson, David (November 1991). "Kill Zone - Blade Master". Game Zone. Vol. 1 no. 1. Dennis Publishing. p. 83.
    5. Cook, John (September 1991). "Coin Ops: Blade Master - Irem". Sinclair User. No. 115. EMAP. p. 57.
    6. Stokes, Doris (November 1991). "Dosh Eaters: Blade Master". Zero. No. 25. Dennis Publishing. p. 86.
    7. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 409. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 August 1991. p. 25.
    8. Cook, John (August 1991). "The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem". The One for Amiga Games. No. 35. EMAP. p. 82.
    9. Cook, John (August 1991). "The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem". The One for ST Games. No. 35. EMAP. p. 82.
    10. Yanma (October 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 112. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 259.


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