Blade Master
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Other uses|Blademaster (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Blade Master
|image = Blade Master arcade flyer.jpg
|developer = Irem
|publisher = Irem
|platforms = Arcade
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|July 1991{{cite magazine|author=Yanma|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1991-09#page/n248/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - クロスブレイズ|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=111|publisher=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|date=September 1991|page=257|lang=ja}}|NA|September 1991{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n122/mode/1up|title=アイレム (アイヒ－エム) Irem; Irem America; B|work=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|pages=13–14, 120–121, 147|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}}}
|genre = Beat 'em up
|modes = {{flatlist|
|arcade system = Irem M-92
}}
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.
Gameplay
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Synopsis
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Development and release
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
|rev1 = Game Zone
|rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/game-zone-01#page/83/mode/1up|title=Kill Zone - Blade Master|magazine=Game Zone|volume=1|issue=1|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=November 1991|page=83}}
|rev2 = Sinclair User
|rev2Score = 82%{{cite magazine|last=Cook|first=John|url=https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-115/SinclairUser_115_Sep_1991#page/n56/mode/1up|title=Coin Ops: Blade Master - Irem|magazine=Sinclair User|issue=115|publisher=EMAP|date=September 1991|page=57}}
|rev3 = Zero
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Stokes|first=Doris|url=https://archive.org/stream/zero-magazine-25#page/n85/mode/1up|title=Dosh Eaters: Blade Master|magazine=Zero|issue=25|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=November 1991|page=86}}
}}
In Japan, Game Machine listed it on their August 15, 1991 issue as being the fifteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Vimana and King of the Monsters.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=409|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 August 1991|page=25|lang=ja}} 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".{{cite magazine|last=Cook|first=John|url=https://archive.org/stream/theone-magazine-35#page/n81/mode/1up|title=The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem|magazine=The One for Amiga Games|issue=35|publisher=EMAP|date=August 1991|page=82}}{{cite magazine|last=Cook|first=John|url=https://archive.org/stream/One_for_ST_Games_The_Issue_035_1991-08_EMAP_Images_GB#page/n81/mode/1up|title=The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem|magazine=The One for ST Games|issue=35|publisher=EMAP|date=August 1991|page=82}} In the October 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fourteen spot in popularity.{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1991-10#page/n251/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=112|publisher=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|date=October 1991|page=259|lang=ja}}
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=blade-master&page=detail&id=269 Blade Master] @ Arcade-History
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Category:Arcade-only video games
Category:Side-scrolling beat 'em ups
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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