Joe Blade

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Description

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.

Joe Blade is viewed side-on and uses flick-screen progression. The bombs are deactivated by arranging letters into alphabetical order, but the bulk of the gameplay involves shooting and maze navigation. The screens are linked in various ways, and contain a number of keys which must be used correctly.

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Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Joe Blade Legacy

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Critic Reviews

Zzap!	Commodore 64	Nov, 1987	92 out of 100	92
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Jan, 1990	90 out of 100	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amstrad CPC	Nov, 1987	9 out of 10	90
Atari User (UK)	Atari 8-bit	Nov, 1988	8 out of 10	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Mar, 1988	72 out of 100	72
Atari Gamer - XL-XE Game Review Edition	Atari 8-bit	Dec, 2013	7 out of 10	70
Compute's Amiga Resource	Amiga	Feb, 1990	14 out of 20	70
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	7 out of 10	70
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Oct, 1987	7 out of 10	70
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Oct, 1987	7.6 out of 12	63

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Trivia

Index

On April 30, 1988, Joe Blade was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Spectrum version compatibility

The Spectrum version includes music for 128K systems, however this ordinarily does not play on +2A or +3 Spectrums. Type USR0 in +3 Basic to activate it successfully.

Related Web Sites

• Game Map (A screenshot map of the game (Atari 8-bit))