Blades of Vengeance

For the Sega Dreamcast game announced with this title, see Draconus Cult of the Wyrm.

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Blades of Vengeance

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Beam Software

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-12^[1]	$49.99^[1]	708401
UK	1993-12^[2]	£44.99^[2]	E259SMXI
FR	1993-12-17	?F	E259SMXI
DE	1993-12^[3]	DM ?	E259SMXI
ES	1993-12-17	?Ptas	E259SMXI
AU	199x	$?	?

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Blades of Vengeance is a 1993 platformer exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive by Beam Software and Electronic Arts. The game has not been republished in any form so far and has become the perhaps most expensive Electronic Arts game on the system. Three heroes set out to free the land from a ruthless warrior queen. The game has semi realistic artwork and employs a couple of technical tricks such as raster scrolling for background.

Gameplay

You can play as one of three characters, each one has a specific weapon; Amazoness with a Sword, Warrior with an axe and the Wizard with a staff that fires projectiles. attacks and jumps. As you play, you collect a variety of magic potions. Hit to access a list of collected potions to choose one and to use it. Money collected throughout the game can be spent in shops.

Magazine articles

Main article: Blades of Vengeance/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Computer & Video Games (UK)	84	^[2]
GamePro (US)	88	^[4]
GamesMaster (UK)	30	№12, p108
Joypad (FR)	79	^[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	79	№17, p32/33
Mega (UK)	44	№15, p57
Mega Action (UK)	73	№8, p28/29
Mega Machines (UK)	48	№2, p62-64
MegaTech (UK)	72	№24, p84-86
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	53	^[6]
Player One (FR)	85	^[7]
Sega Power (UK)	60	№49, p68
Sega Pro (UK)	64	№27, p30/31

	66
Based on 13 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	74c65a49
MD5	0ef8cf31e77cf8fab03bd7540a4751c0
SHA-1	11f342ec4be17dcf7a4a6a80649b6b5ff19940a5

1MB

1993-11

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p60-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:CVG_UK_146.pdf_p79-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 79

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p12-3] MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p60_.2856.29-4] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 56 (60)

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p146_.28146.2F147.29-5] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 146/147 (146)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p72_.2872.2F73.29-6] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 72/73 (72)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_036.pdf_p106_.28106.2F107.29-7] Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 106/107 (106)

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