Blam! Machinehead
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Blam! Machinehead
| image = Blam! Machinehead.jpg
| caption = European PlayStation cover art
| developer = Core Design
| publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|Eidos Interactive|JP|Virgin Interactive Entertainment}}
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|1996|BRA|February, 1997|JP|May 23, 1997}}
| genre = First-person shooter
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = MS-DOS, PlayStation, Saturn
}}
Blam! Machinehead (released in the US as Machine Head) is a first-person shooter developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in North America and in Japan by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, and was released for Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, and PlayStation in 1996.
Reception
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{{Video game reviews
| NGen = {{rating|3|5}} (SAT){{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=26|publisher=Imagine Media|date=February 1997|page=128}}
}}
Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it three stars out of five. The magazine praised the graphics capabilities, but was critical of controls and lack of additional content.
German magazine Mega Fun gave the game a rating of 86%.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/MegaFun1196/page/n51/mode/2up | title=Mega Fun Magazine (November 1996) | date=November 1996 }} In 1998, Saturn Power listed the game 96th on their Top 100 Sega Saturn Games writing: "Nothing mind-blowingly original in any fashion but, in typical Core style, an interesting game nonetheless."{{Cite journal |date=January 1998 |title=Top 100 Sega Saturn Games |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/70/SaturnPower_UK_09.pdf |journal=Saturn Power |issue=9 |pages=95}}
Reviews
- GameFan #48 (vol. 4, issue 12) 1996 December
- PC Games - Jan, 1997
- GamePro - Jan, 1997
- GamePro - Feb, 1997
- Game Revolution - Jun 06, 2004http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/saturn/machine-head {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
- Mean Machines (Nov, 1996){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-49/page/n49/mode/2up | title=Mean Machines Sega Magazine Issue 49 | date=November 1996 }}
- NowGamer (Oct 01, 1996){{cite web | url=http://www.nowgamer.com/reviews/playstation/7105/blam-machine-head | title=GamesRadar+ | date=27 May 2023 }}
- PC Zone (Aug 13, 2001)[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=2777 Computer and Video Games] {{dead link|date=April 2023}}
- Joypad (Oct, 1996){{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/erreur404.php|title=Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org|website=www.abandonware-magazines.org|access-date=28 March 2023}}
- Absolute Playstation (Dec, 1996){{cite web | url=http://www.absolute-playstation.com/api_review/rblam.htm | title=BLAM MACHINEHEAD - Review - ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197813-machine-head Machine Head at GameFAQs]
- [http://www.giantbomb.com/machine-head/3030-19153/ Machine Head at Giant Bomb]
- [http://segaretro.org/Blam!_Machinehead Blam! Machinehead at Sega Retro]
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Category:Eidos Interactive games
Category:First-person shooters
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Video games featuring female protagonists
Category:Virgin Interactive games
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