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Blaster Master · LUDEX

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Shooter Platform Adventure

Release

Friday, June 17, 1988

Critic score

85/100

Platform families

1

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Inside Blaster Master

What it is

You've fallen down a hidden manhole into a world of creatures so terrifying they'd scare the rats away. You can panic and perish, or blast your way through an endless maze of tunnels, searching for the secret passages to your escape. And that's the easy part. Because the Masters of the Caverns lay waiting - prehistoric creatures so powerful, so gigantic, they literally fill your screen! So load your arsenal and get ready for Blaster Master.

Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric · Side view

Themes

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Blaster Master

SUNSOFT

85Critics4.0/5Friday, June 17, 198838.2 years ago

Connected releases

2

Game data from IGDB

Action · Science fiction · Horror

Languages

2 supported

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9 assets

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2 Bundle

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2 releases

BundleMemorial Series: Sunsoft vol. 4Feb 14, 2002Multi-item package
BundleSunsoft Collection 1Oct 6, 2023Multi-item package

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Who made it

SUNSOFT
Developer · Publisher
Sun Electronics
Developer · Publisher
Tokai Engineering
Publisher

Platforms

Nintendo 3DS
Gen 8
Wii
Gen 7
Family Computer
Gen 3
Wii U
Gen 8
Nintendo Entertainment System
Gen 3

Release history

Jun 17, 1988Family Computer
Nov 01, 1988Nintendo Entertainment System
Dec 14, 2009Wii
Apr 09, 2010Wii
Apr 09, 2010Wii
Jun 29, 2010Wii
Sep 05, 2012Nintendo 3DS
Jan 10, 2013Nintendo 3DS
Jul 24, 2014Nintendo 3DS

Themes & modes

ActionScience fictionHorrorSingle player

Tags

metroidvania
frog
backtracking
mutants
tank
boss fight
radiation

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85

Metascore

Critic aggregate

4.0/5· 35 ratings

Details

Released: Friday, June 17, 1988
Developers: SUNSOFT,Sun Electronics
Publishers: SUNSOFT,Sun Electronics,Tokai Engineering
Franchise: Blaster Master
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Modes: Single player
Languages: English, Japanese
Also known as: Chou Wakusei Senki MetaFight
In player libraries: 37

Platforms

Nintendo

Where to buy

Nintendo eShop

Links

Genres

Shooter Platform Adventure Arcade

Feb 12, 2015

Wii U

May 27, 2015Wii U

Jul 16, 2015Wii U

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