Blam! Machinehead

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Blam! Machinehead
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Virgin Interactive
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (10 tracks)
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-7015G
Sega Saturn
US
T-7914H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-11505H-50
Sega Saturn
AU
Sega Saturn
BR
R$59.9759.97 192246

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Blam! Machinehead (ブラム!マシーンヘッド), known in the US as Machine Head, is an action shooting game developed by Core Design and published by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Saturn. The game was also released for DOS and PlayStation. A Sega 32X version of the game was once in development, but was cancelled. Development of the game was initially for the Mega CD as a sequel to Battlecorps before being moved to more powerful systems.

Gameplay

Blam! Machinehead is similar in design to Core's earlier Sega Mega-CD release, Battlecorps, with players driving a vehicle from a first person perspective, shooting at enemies and obstacles while trying to get to specified locations on the map.

Magazine articles

Main article: Blam! Machinehead/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #178: "September 1996" (1996-08-11)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #13: "November 1996" (1996-10-17)
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Print advert in Player One (FR) #68: "Octobre 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #37: "Dezember 1996" (1996-11-13)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86
53 №441, p31
70 [5]
89 [1]
84 [6]
91 [7]
83 №84, p42/43
87 [8]
76 [9]
68 №92
Sega Saturn
79
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Digitiser (UK)
86
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[12]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
70
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[14]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
69
[15]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
79
[16]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
81
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
70
[5]
LeveL (CZ)
71
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
82
[19]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
84
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[1]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[21]
Player One (FR)
91
[7]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
83
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
76
[9]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
90
[23]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
89
[24]
Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U
68
[25]
Sega Saturn
77
Based on
22 reviews

Blam! Machinehead

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Machinehead sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
Saturn, EU/UK
BlamMachinehead Saturn UK Box.jpg
Cover
BlamMachinehead Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, FR
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Cover
BlamMachinehead Saturn FR Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, DE
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Cover
Saturn, BR
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Cover
Machine Head Sat BR Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
572,347,440 CD-ROM(DE) T-11505H-18 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
572,453,280 CD-ROM(EU) T-11505H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
573,248,256 1997-01-17 CD-ROM(JP) T-7015G V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
572,418,000 CD-ROM(US) T-7914H V1.000

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 50
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 74
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 98
  4. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 100
  5. 5.0 5.1 Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 77
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 91
  7. 7.0 7.1 Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 102
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 72
  9. 9.0 9.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
  10. Digitiser (UK) (1996-10-11)
  11. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
  12. Famitsu, "1997-05-30" (JP; 1997-05-16), page 1
  13. Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 96
  14. GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116
  15. Game Informer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 74
  16. Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  17. Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 102
  18. LeveL, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-11-01), page 79
  19. MAN!AC, "01/97" (DE; 1996-12-11), page 99
  20. Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 93
  21. Next Generation, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-xx), page 130
  22. Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 42
  23. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 56
  24. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 12
  25. Ultra Game Players, "Holiday 1996" (US; 1996-12-03), page 107