Joe Blade

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Joe Blade
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Developer(s) Players
Publisher(s) Players (Interceptor Micros)
Designer(s) Colin Swinbourne
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Atari 8-bit, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST
Release1987
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Joe Blade is a video game published by Interceptor Micros on their Players budget label for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1987. [1] It reached the top of the UK game charts, replacing Renegade . [2] In Germany, the game peaked at number 7. [3] It was ported to the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Atari 8-bit computers, MSX, Amiga, and Atari ST. A sequel, Joe Blade 2 , was published in 1988. Another sequel, Joe Blade 3 , was released in 1989. [4]

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Gameplay

Joe comes across a kidnapped World Leader and a guard (ZX Spectrum) ZX joe blade.png
Joe comes across a kidnapped World Leader and a guard (ZX Spectrum)

The first Joe Blade title portrayed Blade as a lone commando sent into an evil mastermind's complex to release a number of diplomats.

Reception

Ron Stewart for Page 6 said "It is not a great game, but for under a tenner what do you expect. There is enough game play here to keep you going for a while." [5]

Arnie Katz & Joyce Worley for Ahoy!'s AmigaUser said "Joe Blade is an exceptionally well programmed product. Its animated illustrations and jaunty soundtrack give it an edge over numerous other 'storm-the-fortress' epics". [6]

Computer and Video Games said "Nice and cheap with ace graphics, Joe Blade certainly cuts it. A good buy." [7]

Crash said "extremely playable and addictive." [8]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 "Joe Blade". The Game Machine. No. 4. Newsfield. March 1988. p. 64.
  2. ↑ "Charts". Popular Computing Weekly. No. 44. Sunshine Publications. 6 November 1987. p. 35. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hotline Top 30 Im Januar". Aktueller Software Markt. Tronic-Verlag. January 1988. p. 34. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pre-Views - Joe Blade 3". Sinclair User . No. 90. EMAP. September 1989. p. 87.
  5. ↑ "Page6 33 May88" – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Katz, Arnie; Worley, Joyce (November 1988). "Joe Blade". Ahoy!'s AmigaUser. pp. 37, 39.
  7. ↑ "Computer and Video Games Issue 0073a" – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "Crash - No. 44 (1987-09)(Newsfield)(GB)". September 24, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ "MegaJoystick Magazine (Spanish) Issue 02" – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ "Amstrad Accion Issue 04" – via Internet Archive.
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