1987 · Action-adventure · Platformer

Joe Blade

Tough guy Joe Blade must rescue six respected leaders from the madcap Crax Bloodfinger, who has kidnapped them in different areas of his base. Along the way he will find six bombs which must be activated, leaving him with only 20 minutes to rescue everyone.

Released: 1987
Platforms: Acorn Electron Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit Atari ST Atari ST/STE BBC Microcomputer System Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS MSX ZX Spectrum
Genres: Action-adventure Platformer Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: Joe Blade
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United Kingdom
Entry: #1 in Joe Blade

About

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. It was ported to the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Atari 8-bit computers, MSX, Amiga, and Atari ST. Two sequels to the game were also released, Joe Blade 2 in 1988 and Joe Blade 3 in 1989.

Keywords

modern warfare
action-adventure
modern military
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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

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."

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".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
MSX	31 December 1986	Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1987	Europe
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1987	Europe
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1987	Europe
Atari 8-bit	31 December 1988	Europe
BBC Microcomputer System	31 December 1988	Europe
Acorn Electron	31 December 1988	Europe
Amiga	31 December 1988	Europe
Atari ST/STE	31 December 1988	Europe
MS-DOS	31 December 1990	Europe