Blaster Master 2
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Sunsoft | ||||||||||
| Developer: Software Creations | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: Sound Images v1.2 | ||||||||||
| Genre: Action | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Blaster Master 2 is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed by Software Creations and published by Sunsoft. Released exclusively in the United States in June 1993, the game is the sequel to the 1988 Sunsoft game Blaster Master, and was produced without involvement from the original developers.
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Gameplay
For the most part, Blaster Master 2 borrows elements seen in the original Blaster Master, however, the on-foot sections now take place in a tank, and additional fighting game-like boss battle sections have been added.
History
Development
The Japanese branch of Sunsoft had, at this point, largely abandoned the Blaster Master franchise due to sluggish domestic sales. However, the game sold very well in North America, and so a Western-developed sequel was put into production. Sunsoft of America planned the game, with Software Creations handling the actual development; as such, the original Japanese team were initially unaware of the game's existence.
A Japanese version was nevertheless planned at one stage[4], but cancelled.
Release
The game was not manufactured in large numbers, and is now one of the more valuable Sega Mega Drive releases.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Blaster Master 2/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[5]
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Blaster Master 2/Technical information.
References
- ↑ Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mega Play, "June 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Sega '93 Winter Catalogue: TV Game World, page 25
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 115
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 33
- ↑ Console Mania, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
- ↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 60
- ↑ Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 48
- ↑ MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 62
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 59
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 34
- ↑ Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 62
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 48
- ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 27
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 36
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