The Blues Brothers

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Description

The Blues Brothers are on the run from the law. Take control of either bulky Jake or nippy Elwood in this five-level platform game. You must cross a prison, a river and the big city to reach freedom. You also must find your missing records and collect these. Everything and everyone is against you, but you can pick up and throw warehouse crates to defeat your opponents.

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Alternate Titles

• "האחים בלוז" -- Hebrew spelling
• "HaAhim Bluz" -- Hebrew title

Part of the Following Groups

• Blues Brothers series
• Theme: Famous musicians

User Reviews

Somehow mismatched.

DOS

Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Jan, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Amiga Power	Amiga	Nov, 1991	87 out of 100	87
ST Format	Atari ST	Dec, 1991	72 out of 100	72
Power Play	Amiga	Dec, 1991	70 out of 100	70
Power Play	Game Boy	Oct, 1992	66 out of 100	66
Play Time	Amiga	Dec, 1991	65 out of 100	65
Video Games	Game Boy	Sep, 1992	65 out of 100	65
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Nov, 1991	7 out of 12	58
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	NES	May, 1992	22 out of 40	55
The Retro Spirit	DOS	Jun 20, 2007	3 out of 6	50

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Trivia

Covermount release

In 1995 this game appeared on the coverdisk of a UK Amiga magazine. The catch was - the game was password-protected, and you had to phone a special hotline and pay £7.99 (more than it cost through a mail-order company at around the same time) to gain access to it. £4 went to the UK charity Comic Relief.

Music

Some of the music from the Blues Brothers movie and the Saturday Night Live skits (also featured on the live album Briefcase Full of Blues) was transcribed and is used in the game. The re-arranged songs featured in some versions of the game include The Peter Gunn Theme, (I've Got Everything I Need) Almost, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love and Shotgun Blues

Information also contributed by Martin Smith