Blades of Vengeance

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Blades of Vengeance
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9949.99[1] 708401
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		E259SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£44.9944.99[2]
Sega Mega Drive
AU

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. B attacks and C jumps. As you play, you collect a variety of magic potions. Hit  START  to access a list of collected potions to choose one and A 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
84 №146, p79[2]
88 №54, p56[1]
30 №12, p108
79 №25, p146/147
79 №17, p32/33
44 №15, p57
73 №8, p28/29
48 №2, p62/63/64
72 №24, p84/85/86
53 №15, p72/73[3]
85 №36, p106/107
60 №49, p68
64 №27, p30/31
Sega Mega Drive
 66
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[4]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
67
[5]
Console Mania (IT) NTSC
69
[6]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[2]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
63
[8]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
86
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
70
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
50
[11]
Freak (IL)
76
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[13]
Gamers (DE)
47
[14]
Hyper (AU)
66
[15]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2 (RU)
51
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
79
[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
79
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
44
[19]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
73
[20]
Mega Force (FR)
88
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
77
[22]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
48
[23]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
69
[24]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
72
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
53
[3]
Player One (FR)
85
[26]
Power Up! (UK)
72
[27]
Score (CZ)
75
[28]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
60
[29]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
64
[30]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
40
[31]
Todo Sega (ES)
65
[32]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
59
[33]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[34]
Sega Mega Drive
 66
Based on
33 reviews

Blades of Vengeance

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
BladesofVengeance MD US manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 74c65a49
MD5 0ef8cf31e77cf8fab03bd7540a4751c0
SHA-1 11f342ec4be17dcf7a4a6a80649b6b5ff19940a5
1MB 1993-11 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:GamePro US 054.pdf, page 60
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File:CVG UK 146.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 146.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 33
  5. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1994" (DE; 1993-12-06), page 91
  6. ↑ Console Mania, "Marzo 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 37
  7. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 36
  8. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-02-02)
  9. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 73
  10. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 47
  11. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 46
  12. ↑ Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 43
  13. ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  14. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 49
  15. ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
  16. ↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 57
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 146
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 32
  19. ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 57
  20. ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 28
  21. ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 122
  22. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/94" (DE; 1993-12-22), page 75
  23. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 62
  24. ↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 75
  25. ↑ MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 84
  26. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 106
  27. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, February 05, 1994" (UK; 1994-02-05), page 1
  28. ↑ Score, "Květen 1994" (CZ; 1994-05-01), page 58
  29. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 68
  30. ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 30
  31. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 56
  32. ↑ Todo Sega, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
  33. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
  34. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
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