Charge 'n Blast

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Charge'n Blast
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Developer(s) CSK Research Institute, SIMS Co., Ltd.
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Dreamcast
Release
  • JP: December 7, 2000
  • NA: February 7, 2001
  • EU: June 29, 2001
Genre(s) Shooter
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer

Charge 'n Blast is a video game developed by Sims for Dreamcast in 2000.

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Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said of the game, "If you've got a lot of patience or superhuman hand-eye coordination, by all means give it a try. Otherwise, this wears thin quickly." [10] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 4.5/10, 6/10, and 5/10.

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References

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