Joe Blade
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. It reached the top of the UK game charts, replacing Renegade. In Germany, the game peaked at number 7.
Joe Blade
- Model
- Joe Blade
- Date
- 1987
- Genre
- action-adventure game
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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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Joe Blade • Designer — Colin Swinbourne • Publisher — Players (Interceptor Micros) • Released — 1987 • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Atari 8-bit, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST • Developer — Players
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — 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.
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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." 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". Computer and Video Games said "Nice and cheap with ace graphics, Joe Blade certainly cuts it. A good buy." Crash said "extremely playable and addictive."
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- “Joe Blade”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2174972: Joe Blade
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- 1.Newsfield. Joe Blade. The Game Machine. 4. 64. March 1988.
- 2.Sunshine Publications. Charts. Popular Computing Weekly. 44. 35. 6 November 1987.
- 3.Tronic-Verlag. Hotline Top 30 Im Januar. Aktueller Software Markt. 34. January 1988.
- 4.EMAP. Pre-Views - Joe Blade 3. Sinclair User. 90. 87. September 1989.
- 5.Page6 33 May88.
- 6.Katz, Arnie. Joe Blade. Ahoy!'s AmigaUser. 37, 39. November 1988.
- 7.Computer and Video Games Issue 0073a.
- 8.Crash - No. 44 (1987-09)(Newsfield)(GB). September 24, 1987.
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