Blam! Machinehead
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.
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Blam! Machinehead
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- 1996
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- first-person shooter · action game
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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.
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• Title — Blam! Machinehead • Developer — Core Design • Released — February, 1997 • Genre — First-person shooter • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — MS-DOS, PlayStation, Saturn
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In the near future of 2020, a disgruntled nanotechnology worker injects himself with nanomachines to improve his poor physique, accidentally turning himself into a sentient gray goo creature and destroying most life on Earth. MIT scientist Dr. Kimberly Stride rides a hovercraft over the goo wastelands to deliver a nuclear bomb into the heart of the creature.
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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%. 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."
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- 1.Machinehead instruction manual (PS1 USA version). Kirkland's Manual Labor.
- 2.Thompson, Jon. Machine Head (Sega Saturn) Review. Allgame.
- 3.Imagine Media. Finals. Next Generation. 26. 128. February 1997.
- 4.Mega Fun Magazine (November 1996). November 1996.
- 5.Top 100 Sega Saturn Games. Saturn Power. 9. 95. January 1998.
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Machinehead is associated with United Kingdom. Machinehead) • Identity: Blam! Machinehead) • Published: Blam! Machinehead is recorded as published in 1996.
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